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Going around the bend need help BAD

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Kathleen

Kathleen Report 12 Nov 2007 19:51

see below

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 12 Nov 2007 19:52

Hi, I have a big brick wall and can not get passed it if anyone can help please do try, I am about to give up with line!!
Here goes, this is what I have.
Joseph Dixon, (ggrandfather)married my ggrandmother Charlotte McWilliams in Gateshead 1897. His Father was called James Dixon. In census records his age is as follows.
1901, abt 1872 born Carlisle, Cumberland, England.place of census Gateshead Durham, he is married.
1891, abt 1872 born Carlisle, Cumberland, England, place of census Stockton on Tees, he is a lodger
1881, abt 1874 Carlisle, Cumberland, England, place of census, 8 Saddle Lane, Caldewgate, Cumberland, England, he is living with his married mother Chatherine, no father on census form.
What I badley need is his bierth cert but can not find a ref for it, can you help pleasssse before I go mad!!!
Thanks for ready this its a long shot in the hope someone will have a better pair of eyes than me.
Best wishes
Kathy

Suzi-Wong

Suzi-Wong Report 12 Nov 2007 20:06

On freebmd there are four possibles born Carlisle between 1872 and 1875...do you have a middle name at all?

Suzanne

Researching:
Allison, Wylie,Turnbull, Ker, McDougall, Stuart, Beer, Montgomery, Chapman, Harmon, Lillicrap, Muraldi, Hislop, McKay, McCordick

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 12 Nov 2007 20:12

hi thanks for looking but I do not have another name for him, he is down as joseph Dixon on his marriage cert, Bachelor age 21 father James Dixon.
Thanks for trying
Kathy

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Nov 2007 20:20

Birth registration wasn't compulsory until 1875......he may simply not have been registered

Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Nov 2007 20:26

1881 census in full........for info

Name: Catherine Dixon
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Carlisle, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Caldewgate
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Street address: 8 Saddle Lane
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Cotton Bobbin Winder

Registration district: Carlisle
Sub-registration district: St Mary
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Annie Dixon 5
Catherine Dixon 28 b. Carlisle
Frank Dixon 2
Joseph Dixon 7
Thomas Reynolds 14 Nephew



This MIGHT be the younger boy's birth reg'n..........

Name: Francis Dixon
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Carlisle
County: Cumbria, Cumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 500

It would identify the father for you...........

Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Nov 2007 20:31

How about this marriage?

>>>>John Dixon 1872 Oct-Nov-Dec Carlisle Cumbria, Cumberland

Adam Hetherington 1872 Oct-Nov-Dec Carlisle Cumbria, Cumberland

Ellen McFarlan 1872 Oct-Nov-Dec Carlisle Cumbria, Cumberland

>>>> Catherine Reynolds 1872 Oct-Nov-Dec Carlisle Cumbria, Cumberland


1881 census shows that Adam married Ellen

Reg

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 12 Nov 2007 20:33

Hi Reg, thanks for the tip, I never thought to look for the other family members, I will give this a try.
Cheers
Kathy