Harrower Family Tree » John Dawson (1823-1894)
Personal data John Dawson
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- He was born on March 26, 1823 in Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Occupations:
- in the year 1861 Woollen Weaver in 9 King Street, Ladhope, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 8
- in the year 1871 Foreman Wool Weaver in 9 King Street, Ladhope, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 7
- in the year 1851 Woolmill Worker in Island, Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 5
- in the year 1891 Woollen Manufacturer in Gollachy Woollen Factory, Gollachy, Banffshire, Scotland.Source 6
- in the year 1881 Scottish Tweed Mill Manager in 92 Telford Road, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.Source 3
- in the year 1841 Wool Spinner Journeyman in Island, Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 9
- Resident:
- in the year 1861: 9 King Street, Ladhope, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 8
- in the year 1871: 9 King Street, Ladhope, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 7
- in the year 1851: Island, Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 5
- in the year 1881: 92 Telford Road, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.Source 3
- in the year 1891: Gollachy Woollen Factory, Gollachy, Banffshire, Scotland.Source 6
- in the year 1841: Island, Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 9
- (Civil) on November 17, 1894 in Banff, Banffshire, Scotland.Source 4
- (Newspaper Article) on June 14, 1883 in Gollachy Woollen Factory, Gollachy, Banffshire, Scotland: Takeover of Woollen Mill.Source 10
- (Newspaper Article) on June 22, 1893 in Gollachy Woollen Factory, Gollachy, Banffshire, Scotland: Fire at Woollen Mill.Source 11
- (Newspaper Article) on October 25, 1894 in Gollachy Woollen Factory, Gollachy, Banffshire, Scotland: Report of death of John Dawson.Source 12
- He died on October 18, 1894 in Gollachy Woollen Factory, Gollachy, Banffshire, Scotland, he was 71 years old.Sources 2, 4
Age: 74
- A child of William Dawson and Margart Dawson
Household of John Dawson
He is married to Mary Hutton.
They got married on December 19, 1845 at Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 13
Child(ren):
- Catherine Dawson 1847-????
- Janet Dawson 1849-????
- William Dawson 1852-????
- Mary Dawson 1854-????
- Sophia Dawson 1858-????
- Helen Dawson 1860-????
- Margt Dawson 1869-????
Notes about John Dawson
1. Check 1851 Census again for John Dawson b, 1824 Stirling
2. 1851 Census John Dawson is living at his parents house in Alva. His wife is living with his family in Devonside, Tillicoultry
3. Newspaper article dated Oct 25 1894 states John was born in Bannockburn.
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Sources
- FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, 1823 Record for John Dawson "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 April 2020, 09:22), entry for John Dawson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MS6B-HM5); contributed by various users. PersonID MS6B-HM5
John Dawson
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Name:
John Dawson
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 Mar 1823
Event Place: Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Alva, Stirling, Scotland
Sex: Male
Father's Name: William Dawson
Mother's Name: Margaret Dawson
Record Collection:
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 - Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014, Ancestry.com, 1894 Record for John Dawson Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014
Record for John Dawson
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Name: John Dawson
Death Age: 74
Birth Date: 1820
Death Date: 18 Oct 1894
Death Place: Gollachy Woollen Mill Portgordon
Occupation: Woollen Manufacturer & Mill Owner
Original URL: http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/pe... - 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Dawson Parish: Inverness; ED: 19; Page: 21; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1881_28 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
Record for John Dawson
Name: John Dawson
Age: 59
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Dawson
Gender: Male
Where born: Stirling
Registration Number: 98
Registration district: Inverness
Civil Parish: Inverness
County: Invernessshire
Address: 92 Telford Road
Occupation: Scottish Tweed Mill Manager
ED: 19
Household schedule number: 102
Line: 6
Roll: CSSCT1881_28
Household Members:
Name Age
John Dawson 59
Mary Dawson 56
Hellen Dawson 20
John Dawson 17
Margaret Dawson 12
Mary Ann Munro 22 Daughter of absent Father
Eliza Cameron 78 Aunt Annuitant
Jeannie Fyfe 16 Domestic Servt (General) - Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com, 1894 DAWSON, JOHN
Record for John Dawson
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Name: John Dawson
Death: 18 Oct 1894 in Gollachy Woollen Mill Portgordon; Age: 74
Civil: 17 Nov 1894 in Banff, Scotland
DAWSON, John.
Value of Estate, £150, 3s. 9d.
17 November.— Confirmation of John Dawson, Woollen Manufacturer, Gollachy Mill, Portgordon, who died 18 October 1894, at Gollachy Mill, intestate, granted at Banff, to John Dawson junior, Woollen Manufacturer, Gollachy Wool Mill, his son, Executor dative qua next of kin. - 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Dawson Parish: Alva; ED: 3; Page: 17; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_98; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
Record for Margaret Dawson
Name: Margaret Dawson
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1793
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Alva, Stirlingshire
Parish Number: 470
Civil Parish: Alva
Town: Alva
County: Stirlingshire
Address: Island
ED: 3
Page: 17
Household schedule number: 66
Line: 8
Roll: CSSCT1851_98
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Dawson 58
John Dawson 27
Janet Dawson 20
Agnes Dawson 18
James Arnott 23 Lodger - 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Dawson Parish: Rathven; ED: 6; Page: 3; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_42 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
Record for John Dawson
Name: John Dawson
Age: 69
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Dawson
Gender: Male
Where born: St Ninians, Stirlingshire
Registration Number: 152
Registration district: Enzie
Civil Parish: Rathven
County: Banffshire
Address: Gollachy Woolmill
Occupation: Woollen Manufacturer
ED: 6
Household schedule number: 17
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1891_42
Household Members:
Name Age
John Dawson 69
Mary Dawson 66
John Dawson 27
Margaret Dawson 21
Margaret Ann Walker 13 Domestic Servant - 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Dawson Parish: Melrose; ED: 4; Page: 12; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1871_180 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
Record for John Dawson
Name: John Dawson
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Dawson
Gender: Male
Where born: Skerne, Stirlingshire
Registration Number: 799/2
Registration district: Ladhope
Civil Parish: Melrose
County: Roxburghshire
Address: 9 King St
Occupation: Foreman Wool Weaver
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 45
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1871_180
Household Members:
Name Age
John Dawson 49
Mary Dawson 46
Janet Dawson 22
Wm Dawson 19
Mary Dawson 17
Sophia Dawson 13
Helen Dawson 10
John Dawson 7
Margt Dawson 2 - 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Dawson Parish: Ladhope; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_141 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
Record for John Dawson
Name: John Dawson
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Dawson
Gender: Male
Where born: St Newan, Stirlingshire
Registration Number: 799/2
Registration district: Ladhope
Civil Parish: Ladhope
Town: Galashiels
County: Roxburghshire
Address: 9 King Street
Occupation: Woollen Weaver
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 115
Line: 1
Roll: CSSCT1861_141
Household Members:
Name Age
John Dawson 39
Mary Dawson 37
Catherine Dawson 14
William Dawson 9
Mary Dawson 7
Sophia Dawson 3
Helen Dawson 11 Mo - 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Dawson Parish: Alva; ED: 1; Page: 14; Line: 1070; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
Record for William Dawson
Name: William Dawson
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Where born: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Civil Parish: Alva
County: Stirlingshire
Address: Island
Occupation: Wool Spinner Journeyman
Parish Number: 470
Household Members:
Name Age
William Dawson 50
Margaret Dawson 45
John Dawson 17
Euphemia Dawson 12
Janet Dawson 10
Agnes Dawson 9 - Newspaper Article, 1893 Vol 1 No 1 of the Banffshire Advertiser priced 1 penny 1881-1897 Woollen Mill under new management
1883 June 14
Gollachy Woollen Mill for long carried on by Nathan Fearnside taken over by John Dawson, Manufacturer, advertising will accept offers of wool.
Banffshire Advertiser 14th June 1883. Nathan died in Gollachy village on 1st August 1883. - Newspaper Article, 1893 Vol 1 No 1 of the Banffshire Advertiser priced 1 penny 1881-1897 Fire at Woollen Mill
1893 June 22
Big fire at Gollachy Woollen Mill owned by John Dawson. The mill was destroyed but the weaving shed and looms were saved. The business was only partially covered by insurance. - Newspaper Article, 1894 Vol 1 No 1 of the Banffshire Advertiser priced 1 penny. 1881-1897 Death of John Dawson, Gollachy Woollen Mill at the age of 73
Oct 25 1894
Death of John Dawson, Gollachy Woollen Mill at the age of 73. Born at Bannockburn, learned the weaving trade in Galashiels went on to become managers, etc, at various places throughout the country before taking over the Gollachy works in 1884. - Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1845 Record for John Dawson and Mary Hutton Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Record for John Dawson and Mary Hutton
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Name: Mary Hutton
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1845
Marriage Place: Tillicoultry, Clackmannan, Scotland
Spouse:John Dawson
FHL Film Number:1040210
Historical events
Birthday March 26, 1823
- The temperature on March 26, 1823 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken dampig. Source: KNMI
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Day of marriage December 19, 1845
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- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
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- December 2 » Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
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Day of death October 18, 1894
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