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Title: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: peterstarling on Thursday 24 February 11 07:33 GMT (UK)
I'm trying to find the marriage of William & Elizabeth Dawson. They were from Donnington on Bain and raised a family there. Elizabeth was born c.1795 and the first born was in 1817. I've checked the IGI and nothing was found. Can anyone help please?
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: Geoff-E on Thursday 24 February 11 11:45 GMT (UK)
I've spent some time for looking for the marriage, without success :(

I see that the 1851 census gives Elizabeth's age as 58 and her birthplace as Ludborough.
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: peterstarling on Thursday 24 February 11 12:43 GMT (UK)
Thanks very much Geoff for your efforts. I think I may need to make a visit to the Lincolnshire Archives. The LFHS have published marriage records there and also Phillimores Marriage Index that I can look at.
Regards, Peter
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: Geoff-E on Thursday 24 February 11 13:19 GMT (UK)
I think I have it!  :D

10 Aug 1815 at Stenigot (next village to Donington)
Wm DAWSON to Eliz INGAMELLS

Map http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=524415&Y=381955&A=Y&Z=120

Her baptism http://tinyurl.com/6aeq3gp
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: peterstarling on Thursday 24 February 11 16:51 GMT (UK)
That's fantastic! Thank you ever so much  ;D
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: DarciDee on Sunday 27 July 14 17:51 BST (UK)
Hello! I am researching this William Dawson & Elizabeth Ingamells Dawson. I believe my 3rd great grandmother (Elizabeth Ada Dawson b. 1824, Donnington-on-Bain) was their daughter, but I can't find any records to document this.  Do you have any records of my Elizabeth b. 1824?
Thank you,
Darci
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: BostonLil on Thursday 31 July 14 18:20 BST (UK)
Hi DarciDee.  The Dawson nee Ingamells family comes into my research as I concentrate on the Ingamells name.  I take it that you can follow Elizabeth Ada forwards - who did she marry? What information was on her marriage certificate re her father, and who were the witnesses?  If you can let me know, I can see where I might be able to help.
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: DarciDee on Thursday 31 July 14 19:47 BST (UK)
Many many thanks!! The father is William Dawson, carpenter. Witnesses: Jane Dawson and J. Gilliat. Groom is John Lewis. The ages of bride and groom Elizabeth and John do not match my family records (birth years and age ranges...family records show that she was 9 years younger but on the marriage certificate, they are only 3 years apart)...but maybe they didn't tell the truth regarding their ages. Date of marriage certificate is April 1844 and my family records show the birthdate of the first child as July 1844. I doubt that she was 6 months pregnant, but could have been or birth year for eldest son is wrong...lots of info to clarify!!! Thank you again!!!!
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: Geoff-E on Thursday 31 July 14 20:16 BST (UK)
Date of marriage certificate is April 1844 and my family records show the birthdate of the first child as July 1844. I doubt that she was 6 months pregnant, but could have been or birth year for eldest son is wrong...

The first child (Levi) was bap in 1844 - some time between May and December - the vicar forgot to put the date in the register!  ::)

Top one on the right here - http://tinyurl.com/nynwcxf

Perhaps you'll find entries for later children as the register goes up to 1887. :)
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: DarciDee on Thursday 31 July 14 20:41 BST (UK)
Excellent!! Thanks for clarifying that.  I'll keep the July 1844 birthdate for Levi. Thank you again!!! :)
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: BostonLil on Friday 01 August 14 08:16 BST (UK)
I should ignore the fact that she might have been 6 months pregnant when she got married - a lot of women were that and more!  By the looks of it, you should have the right marriage as also shown married on the same GRO page was Jane Dawson, who married Robert Griffin - double wedding?  Now Jane was definitely one of William and Elizabeth's daughters.  Robert died in 1846 and Jane remarried to William Smith in 1848. 

The real mystery is why Elizabeth's baptism is not found at Donington, when there are 9 other children who ARE baptised there.  As luck would have it, there is a gap between Jane in 1822 and Hester in 1826 that Elizabeth would fit into nicely.  This may point to the fact that (if she WAS their daughter) her baptism may have been missed off the register - this is not unknown as some vicars kept rough registers and only copied them over into the proper register every now and then, so the potential for mistakes is there.  Or she might have been baptised somewhere else - the most obvious place would have been Ludborough where her mother came from, but there is nothing there.

Do you know where the Dickinson name came from?  Was this a Lewis family connected surname?

I will keep on digging.
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: Geoff-E on Friday 01 August 14 08:41 BST (UK)
Do you know where the Dickinson name came from?  Was this a Lewis family connected surname?

John LEWIS m Elizabeth DICKINSON 1785 at North Somercoates.  Dickinson LEWISes married at that place in 1808 and 1836.
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: DarciDee on Friday 01 August 14 14:35 BST (UK)
THANK YOU to you all!! I'm new at this so I don't know how to properly reply (using quotes), but I think you'll get my info.

I have Jane DAWSON marrying Robert GRIFFIN, May 16, 1844 so not double wedding but close.

Interesting post from Geoff-E re: DICKINSON surname--thank you!!! My 2nd great uncle was Dickinson William "Willie" LEWIS b. Oct 28, 1864 Donington-on-Bain, England, d. April 1951, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA.

We've always wondered where his name originated.  My family records do not show any LEWIS marrying a DICKINSON, but I will investigate that now as well.  I'll look to see if North Somercoates is close to Donington-on-Bain.

I have a John LEWIS, b. Dec. 04, 1710, d. Nov 23, 1795 so in 1785 he may have been too old to re-marry?? His wife was Anne FLETCHER... and my 2nd great grandfather, John LEWIS, b. Nov 9, 1814 wasn't alive yet...hmmmm.

Thank you again!!!! This is extremely exciting for me!!
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: BostonLil on Friday 01 August 14 21:41 BST (UK)
Just another thing for the Dawsons - if they turn out to be your family, and everything you have said so far might suggest that. 

William Dawson son of Joseph and Elizabeth nee Baldwin, married Elizabeth Ingamells dau of John and Jane nee Harrison on 08 Aug 1815 at Stenigot.

William Dawson's sister, Rebecca, married Elizabeth Ingamells' brother, Thomas, on 14 May 1823 at Horncastle.
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: DarciDee on Saturday 02 August 14 00:49 BST (UK)
Once again, thank you BostonLil!! I will add this info re: the DAWSONs to my files.
Title: Re: Donnington on Bain marriage
Post by: Shirley Patton on Wednesday 15 May 19 17:19 BST (UK)
Re donnington on bain   William Dawson was born c1790  in donnington he married Elizabeth ingamells in stenigot on10/08/1815 and died and was buried in donnington in June 1867.  His parents were Joseph Dawson and Elizabeth  Baldwin they married in donnington on 25/05/1789

Elizabeth ingamells was born on 01/01/1793 in ludborough Linc's to John ingamells and Jane Harrison, their marriage was on 16/05/1782  at St. James church in Louth Linc's
They went on to have 10 children
I have a bit more information but hope this helps for now