Daw England USA

[EDaw]

I'm new at this.  Have done a lot of searching on Ancestry.com but have come to a brick wall at the UK end.  My Great Great Grandmother Elizabeth Daw came from the UK to the US in 1868 with 4 children.  I believe her husband, James, preceded her in 1864.  They settled in the Pittsburgh, PA area.  Can't seem to find out where they were born, married or their ancestors.  Any help would be appreciated. 

[ShaunJ]

Welcome to Rootschat!

Looking at the censuses,  James Daw was born around 1830 and was working in an iron works in 1870. Wife Elizabeth born circa 1835. Children born in England:

William 1855/6
Martha 1857/58
George 1860/61
Henry  1863/4
Maggie 1866/7

Not all births were registered in the UK at that time but there are some correlations with births registered in Stockton registration district:

Q/e Dec 1858   
Daw    Martha        Stockton    10a   35
    
Q/e June 1861 
Daw George        Stockton    10a   49   ( there is a Middlesbrough baptism to match that one https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMP6-F29 )

Q/e June 1867   
Daw    Margaret        Stockton   10a 111

Middlesbrough (part of Stockton RD) was a major ironworks town in the 1860's so that would fit.

Needs more research...

[rolnora]

Hi Welcome to Rootschat,

In case you haven't got it here they are on the passenger list travelling to New York

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPV-Q65V
Click on the camera to see the image.

[ShaunJ]

Found in the 1861 census in Middlesbrough - quite difficult to read.

James Daw 30 puddler, born Horton (?) Somerset
Elizth 26 born Chiperton (?) Gloucester
Wm 5 Born ? Monmouth
Martha 2 born Middlesbrough
Robt Seal lodger, puddler, Bishop Sutton, Somerset

3681 91 17

Daw transcribed as Dan on FindMyPast, Dun on Ancestry

[SelDen]

In addition to the entries found by Shaun, the birth of a William Daw in the March quarter of 1856, Abergavenny registration district, volume 11a page 62.

Monmouth (in Wales) was part of the Abergavenny registration districts.

You may wish to keep the following marriage in mind:

James Daw September quarter Abergavenny, vol 11 a p123.
One of the two potential brides is an Elizabeth Burrows.

The birth certificate for one of the children will tell you what Elizabeth's name was before she married James. This will help you identify the right marriage, and that certificate will give you the names and occupations of the groom's father & bride's father.

The above index entries come from www.freebmd.org.uk

You can use these references to order/purchase the relevant birth & marriage certificates from the General Register Office:

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

It is cheaper and easier to go directly to the General Register Office than to use one of the commercial  services (which order them from the GRO anyway).

Good luck 

[ShaunJ]

If it is Elizabeth Burrows there is a possible candidate in Minchinhampton in the 1841 and 1851 census. Father Thomas, a stonemason.

[SelDen]

The only safe way to proceed is to get a birth cert for one of the children, and then the marriage certificate.

You may wish to make a note of the following, to assess against the information you get from the certificates.

If - and it is a big if - Horton can be read as Norton, then the following entries may be worth considering:

HO107/1915 folio 91
1851 census, Bedminster, Bristol
East St
George Daw, Head, Married, 35, Tanner, born Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset
Sarah do, wife, 30, born do
James do, brother, Unmarried, 20, Labourer, born do

The 1841 census does not give relationships,  and the ages of adults are meant to be rounded down to the nearest five years.

1841 Census HO107/959/14/10 p 14
Somerset, Taunton, Norton Fitzwarren
Norton Street
William Daw, 45, Ag Lab [Agricultural Labourer] Y[es born in county]
Martha 45 Y
Geo 25 Y
Charles 17 Y
James 11 Y
Louisa 6 Y
In the next household, same building:
Martha Barthomlow [?] 70 Pauper Y

In case this turn out to be the right family, you may find the following site of interest:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/NortonFitzwarren/index.html

[ShaunJ]

If - and it is a big if - Horton can be read as Norton

It could easily be Norton

[SelDen]

The Norton Fitzwarren family again:

1851 Census HO107/1923 folio 208
Norton Fitzwarren
Pt of Doderidges?
Martha Daw, Head, W, 58, Pauper - Nurse, born Somerset Norton Fitzwarren
Louisa Daw U[nmarried] 17 Silk Factory born do
Charles Daw M[arried] 27 Ag Lab born do
Harriett Daw Daughter in law Married 29 born - N.K. [not known]
Emma Daw Niece 3 scholar born Somerset Norton Fitzwarren
Emma Wyatt Niece 3 do born do