Joseph Dexter died 1893-1911, but where?

[BallyaltikilliganG]

The freebmds website covering England as far as they have gone have death dates for several Joseph Dexter between 1893-1913, allowing for the approx. age , the locations were Barrow , Boston, Kettering,Loughbro, Northampton, Nottingham, Poplar, Rugby, Wandsworth. Could your  Dexter be one of them?

[shanew147]

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Joseph was a land agent and a JP!
1869- 1893 they were registered in various directories in Ruan, Miltown Malbay, Carrigpatrick.
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I can add a listing to that... he also appears in Thom's 1899 as a magistrate in Co. Clare as follows :

  Joseph Dexter, Carrickpatrick, Miltownmalbay.

Trade & Street listings etc can be a little slow to update in directories, but I think it's more likely that lists of officials would probably be at least reasonably up-to-date.

He's not listed as a Co. Clare magistrate in the 1904 listing.


Shane

[murney]

This death notice would imply that he was still alive in 1900 and living in Fulham.

Irish Times
Saturday, 30 June 1900
DEXTER – In Dublin, John Reber, second surviving son of Joseph Dexter, JP, late Co. Clare and Mrs Dexter, 8 Bishop’s Terrace, Fulham, SW.  “Blessed are the dead who lie with the Lord.”  New York papers please copy.

Can't find a death notice for Joseph but still looking.

[shanew147]

not sure I read that as saying anything specific about Joseph - other than the fact that it doesn't say Joseph & Mrs. Dexter of....  and mentions Joseph was previously in Co. Clare - maybe I'm being fussy, but I think it depends on the punctuation!

[murney]

If he had died before his son John, they would have said 'the late' Joseph Dexter.  I could be wrong, but I would interpret that notice as saying that Joseph and Annie are living in Fulham at the time of John's death.

[shanew147]

I think the working is a bit vague - to me 'late of xxx location' means he used to live there, 'late Mr. YYY of xxxx' means he's deceased. Not sure what they used if he was deceased and formerly lived at xxxx ?

meant to post this death reference earlier...  the location (North Co. Dublin), doesn't really fit, the age is wrong - but the timeframe is about right ...

  Name: Joseph Dexter
  Date of Registration:    Jan-Mar 1898
  Age: 30   (est. yob 1868)
  Registration district: Balrothery
  Volume: 2 / Page: 312

It's remotely possible that the age was mis-recorded, or the mis-indexed ... might be worth eliminating if nothing else...


S.

[heywood]

Annie Dexter is listed as a widow in 1901 Dublin.

Gerald, 14 yrs is a visitor in Fulham in 1901 in the home of John C Cormack.

Gerald marries in 1908 in London

[aghadowey]

Might be worth following the New York lead in John's obituary.

[shanew147]

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Irish Times
Saturday, 30 June 1900
DEXTER – In Dublin, John Reber, second surviving son of Joseph Dexter, JP, late Co. Clare and Mrs Dexter, 8 Bishop’s Terrace, Fulham, SW.  “Blessed are the dead who lie with the Lord.”  New York papers please copy.
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just wondering about something - that means the timeline is a little different than we mentioned earlier - Annie is in Dublin in 1901, but based on that article at least she, and possibly Joseph, were in London in 1900 - so :

  1869- 1893 they were registered in various directories in Ruan, Miltown Malbay, Carrigpatrick. (Clare)
  1900 - Bishop’s Terrace, Fulham,London
  1901 Annie is a widow living in Charleston Ave, Rathmines and Rathgar ....(Dublin)
  1911  living in Ealing with son William Edgeworth Dexter and daughter in law And their four children


S.