So my relative is Moses Dodgson born abt 1803 at Broughton died abt 1883 in Bootle.
So I'm trying to find out who his father is. And there are a few ancestry trees that have it as being John Dodgson born abt 1764 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire and died abt 1822 Ulverston.
Then his father (grandfather of Moses)
As being John Dodgson born about 1742 in Heysham and died abt 1767 in Bramhope, Yorkshire.
The 2 Johns here look like the most likely father and grandfather in my mind (I've been at this all day) however I can't find anything to either back this up or to dismiss it apart from a couple of family trees on Ancestry (with no source info apart from it being on another family tree).
Pam
Hi Pam,
I can help you rule out John Dodgson b. 1742 in Heysham as the grandfather of Moses. (John is my OH's 5x G Grandfather).
John Dodgson b. 1742 Heysham, d. 1820 Heysham. He married Ellen/Eleanor Mashiter and they had 9 children including a John Dodgson b 1778 Heysham (OH's 4 x G Grandfather).
John Dodgson b. 1778 Heysham, d. 1828 Heysham. He married Anne (Nancy) Gibson and they also had 9 children - none of them were called Moses.
The name Moses Dodgson has never cropped up in my research of the Heysham Dodgsons.
Hope this helps rule him out
