Dawson Hunslet, Holbeck and Beeston

[nattal82]

Hi everyone,

I am new here and I am trying to trace the Dawson side of my family tree, but there are so many Dawson's that I am lost!

Here's what I have so far
My living grandma is a Dawson (Pauline) and her father was Albert Dawson (17 July 1912 - 23 Sept 1976), he married Annie Crossley (24 Mar 1913 - 13 July 1985), these are my great grandparents.

Albert's father was Harry Dawson which I have as 27 Mar 1883 -  approx. 1946 and he married Mary Ann Lightowler (approx. 1885 - 1953) They lived in Hunslet.

Harry and Mary had children, Albert my great grandfather as above, Clara and Leonard who were twins, Doris, Beatrice and I believe a Clifford.

Harry's father I think... was William, and his mother Elizabeth Crabtree however I am not sure.
My grandma told me that Harry's father was a pig farmer in the Cottingley area of Leeds, but I cannot find any information about this at all. And when I am tracing the Dawson's, there are so many, I have even been to the graveyards where I know where some of them are buried and searched on find a grave to find links, assuming they may all be buried together. To no avail! I have found some but only ones that I know are certain based off what my grandma has told me.

I am hoping that someone, who is related however far down the line can help me locate Harry's father onwards.

Any help would be much appreciated

[Neale1961]

The 1906 Marriage record for Harry Dawson to Mary Ann Lightowler in Hunslet
Shows that Harry was a currier, and his father was William Dawson, a miner.

The census records also show that William Dawson was a coal miner, born abt 1843 Wakefield Yorkshire.

William Dawson married Elizabeth Crabtree in 1870 in Leeds.
     William was 25, a bachelor, a miner, and his father was John Dawson, a miner.
     Elizabeth was 20, a spinster, and her father was William Crabtree, a weaver.

The 1851 census Beeston Yorkshire shows William Dawson, a coal miner, with siblings, and parents:- John Dawson born abt 1813 West Ardsley ( a miner) and Eliza Dawson born abt 1817 Shropshire.

There is a marriage in Feb 1835 Dewsbury for John Dawson to Eliza Butterfield.
   It looks as if their first child was Edward (1836)


I don’t see any evidence of pig farmers in these generations of Dawsons, so maybe there were farmers in a female line that married into the Dawsons.


Let me know if that was helpful, and how I can help further.
Welcome to RootsChat.

[sparrett]

Harry and Mary had children, Albert my great grandfather as above, Clara and Leonard who were twins, Doris, Beatrice and I believe a Clifford.

 

I would say that the twins in the family were Doris and Leonard.

DAWSON, Doris  MMS LIGHTOWLER 
GRO Reference: 1921  J Quart
In HUNSLET
Volume 09B Page 841
Occasional Copy: A

DAWSON, Leonard   MMS LIGHTOWLER 
GRO Reference: 1921  J Quarter
In HUNSLET
Volume 09B  Page 841
Occasional Copy: B

In a later record where much of the family is still together,  their birth month is shown as February.

Sue

[bbart]

I agree with Sparrett... and as I had just written all this up, I am posting it although repeating some of Sparrett's work:

DAWSON, CLARA        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1907  M Quarter in HUNSLET  Volume 09B  Page 225

 DAWSON, BEATRICE        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1910  J Quarter in HOLBECK  Volume 09B  Page 475
   
DAWSON, ALBERT        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1912  S Quarter in HOLBECK  Volume 09B  Page 930

 DAWSON, ARTHUR        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1914  S Quarter in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 485
Possible death, Freebmd, Arthur Dawson, age 2, died m quarter 1916, Holbeck

DAWSON, FRED        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1915  M Quarter in HUNSLET  Volume 09B  Page 895
Freebmd death - Fred Dawson, age 0, M quarter 1916 , Hunslet

DAWSON, WILLIE        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1917  M Quarter in HUNSLET  Volume 09B  Page 666
Freebmd death, Willie Dawson, age 3 M quarter 1920, Hunslet

DAWSON, CLIFFORD        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1918  D Quarter in HUNSLET  Volume 09B  Page 607

DAWSON, LEONARD        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1921  J Quarter in HUNSLET  Volume 09B  Page 841  Occasional Copy: B

DAWSON, DORIS        LIGHTOWLER     
GRO Reference: 1921  J Quarter in HUNSLET  Volume 09B  Page 841  Occasional Copy: A

[nattal82]

This is great, thank you so much. So I was on the right track with the Dawson's it just confused me when it went onto Wakefield area and West ardlsey etc but it does all link together.

The pig farmers could be the female side. This was given to me by my grandma. I'm just going to ignore this now i know I have the right Dawson's.

Also you're right, it was Doris and Leonard not Leonard and Clara that were twins. I remember Doris as she died when I was around my teens. Clara I barely remember as I was young when she died.
Thanks for your help everyone. I appreciate it

[nattal82]

Hi sorry. Just wondered if you could help. I've looked into Fred Arthur and Willie dawson all who died in infancy but I cannot find them on ancestry. Or I can but no reference to their mother being Mary lightowler. Am I looking in the wrong place? Is there a specific place I need to look to find this? Thank you

[Neale1961]

Bbart in reply #4 above has given you all the birth registrations for the children with mother Lightowler.

You can find them in the GRO index https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

I’m not sure if  Arthur (1914 Sculcoates) is the same family.

[Neale1961]

Children of William Dawson and Elizabeth Crabtree
•   Mary Ann Dawson - born 1872
•   Abraham Sugden Dawson - born 1873
•   Anne Dawson - born 1875
•   John William Dawson - born 1879
•   Harry Dawson - born 1883
•   Teddy Dawson - born 1887
•   Herbert Dawson - born 1892

[Neale1961]

Children of John Dawson and Eliza Butterfield   (Births registered in Dewsbury, Wakefield & Hunslet)

•   Edward Dawson - born 1836
•   Henry Dawson - born 1838
•   Jane Owen Dawson - born 1840
•   William Dawson - born 1842
•   Anne Butterfield Dawson - born 1845
•   Elizabeth Dawson - born 1848 (Bolton)
•   John Owen Dawson - born 1851
•   Caroline Dawson - born 1853
•   Emily Dawson - born 1856

ADDED

John Dawson died 1884 (age 72)
Burial 16 Sept 1884 Beeston.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227341697/john-dawson
In the later census, John shows as working in a grocers shop.

Eliza Dawson died 1894 (age 78)
Burial 17 June 1894 Beeston
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227342464/eliza-dawson