Highlights
Twins
Alice and Annie Dawn (b Grimsby Jun 1900) appear to have been twins as were their siblings Edith Annie and John William Dawn (b. Grimsby Mar 1910) - just 4 of their mother Jane's 15 children!
Caroline and Nathan Dawn (b. Bingham, 1839) make it a hat trick.
Hannah and George Dawn (b. Aslcockton Sep 1855) appear to be twins - although I still need to prove that George belongs with this family.
Married her sister's widow?
Paul Dawn married Mary Ann Clay and then Hannah Clay in Jun 1860. There is a little conjecture in the conclusion that they were sisters. The GRO marriage index for his 2nd marriage only has two men and three women on page 491, however it looks as if Hannah was wrongly indexed, as she appears in isolation on page 497 of the Bingham volume 7b.
Cousin marriages
Alfred Dawn = Martha Dawn 1st cousins through William Dawn
David Dawn = Mary Dawn at least 2nd cousins but not established the link. David can be traced back four generations within Nottighamshire. Mary's grandfather originated in Wiltshire.
John Dawn = Eliza Dawn it is possible that John's father Edward was a brother of Eliza's father Richard, which would make them 1st cousins, but there's no record so far.
Peninsular War Veteran
James Dawn b. abt 1791 just scraped into the 1841 census (Surgeon, 2nd Dn Gds at Sheffield Barracks) shortly before his death in 1843. Linked him to his surviving family through the British Medical Journal Apr 24 1858 page 342 (marriages) which is searchable for free. See the marriage of Frances Elizabeth Christiana Dawn. It identifies her father as Surgeon H.M. 2nd Dragoon Guards.
There are biographical details for James in Hart’s Army List 1840, which is published as a Google Book
Charge of the Light Brigade Hero
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Wm. Fredk. Dawn b.1831 Croydon, Surrey was foreman at a soap works in West Ham by 1881, which belies his more glamorous past. The book by Roy Dutton is available from Amazon. He married later in the same year |