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Helen Dawson 1811–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1811

Birth Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 Mar 1881

Death Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Father: James Dawson

Mother: Isabel Carnegie

Spouse(s): Alexander Dorward

Children(s): Isabella Dorward, George Dorward, Mary (Roberts), John Dorward, "Jessie" (Durward), Charles Dorward, Ellen Dorward, James (Durward), David Dorward, William (Durward)

Helen Dawson was born in 1811 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Dawson And Isabel Carnegie. In 1841, Helen Dawson resided in Edzell, Angus, Scotland. In 1851, Helen Dawson resided in Edzell, Angus, Scotland. Helen Dawson married Alexander Dorward, and had children including Charles Dorward, David Dorward, Ellen Dorward, George Dawson Dorward, Isabella Dorward, James Dorward Durward, Jessie Janet Ann Dorward Durward, John Alexander Dorward, Mary Dorward Roberts, William Dorward Durward. Helen Dawson passed away in 1881 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Helen Dawson was born in 1811 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Dawson And Isabel Carnegie.
  • In 1841, Helen Dawson resided in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.
  • In 1851, Helen Dawson resided in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.
  • Helen Dawson married Alexander Dorward, and had children including Charles Dorward, David Dorward, Ellen Dorward, George Dawson Dorward, Isabella Dorward, James Dorward Durward, Jessie Janet Ann Dorward Durward, John Alexander Dorward, Mary Dorward Roberts, William Dorward Durward.
  • Helen Dawson passed away in 1881 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Dawson
1762–1827
Birth Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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Isabel Carnegie
1780–
Birth Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Alexander Dorward
1806–1885
Birth Location: Fearn, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Isabella Dorward
1835–1877
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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George Dorward
1842–1923
Birth Location: Edzel, Angus, Scotland
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Mary (Roberts)
1831–1905
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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John Dorward
1852–1910
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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"Jessie" (Durward)
1829–1909
Birth Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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Charles Dorward
1836–1916
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, , Scotland
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Ellen Dorward
1849–1882
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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James (Durward)
1847–1895
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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David Dorward
1845–1898
Birth Location: Edzell, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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William (Durward)
1839–1863
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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Helen Dawson's Ancestors

Self
Helen Dawson
1811–1881
Birth Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Dawson
1762–1827
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Isabel Carnegie
1780–
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Grandparents
George Carnegie
1745–
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Ann Smart
1753–1826
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Helen Dawson's Descendants

1.
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Helen Dawson (1811–23 Mar 1881) m. Alexander Dorward (01 Sep 1806–08 Sep 1885)
  1. 1. Isabella Dorward 1835–1877 m. William Fraser 1831–1897
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Fraser 1857–1922 m. David (Fawns) Sr. 1856–1937
      1. 1. Grace (Isabella ( Belle)) Fawns 1882–1965 m. Alexander (Kurtin) Cormack 1876–1948
        1. 1. Ellen (Jane ( Nel)) Cormack 1907–1993 m. Robert (Lorne) McNeill 1903–1964 m. Norman (Butler) Merritt 1908–1991 m. Robert (Roy) Reid 1895–1973
        2. 2. Bessie (Margaret) Cormack 1912–1994 m. Karl Kroll 1900–1984
        3. 3. George (Cormack) Sr. 1914–2001 m. Kathleen Burton 1916–2004
        4. 4. Grace (Fawns) Cormack 1909–1954 m. Ted Rourke 1906–1963
        5. 5. Mary (Fraser) Cormack 1905–1995 m. Lyle (William) Huntley 1900–1971
        6. 6. Alma (Myra) Cormack 1920–1961 m. John Salay 1904–1958
        7. 7. James Cormack 1917–1917
        8. 8. Alexander (David Cormack) (Si) 1903–2000 m. Mildred (E.) Hawkins 1919–2012
        9. 9. William (Frank) Cormack 1910–1985 m. Margaret ((Peggy)) Chambers 1908–1997
        10. 10. Alfred (G) Cormack 1911–1989 m. Jessie Cormack 1915–
        11. 11. Norman Billett 1895–
        12. 12. Alistair Cormack 1921–1941
      2. 2. David Fawns 1884–1938 m. Margaret (Lillian) Andrew 1896–1980
        1. 1. Margaret (Evelyn) Fawns 1925–1925
      3. 3. Lizzie (Fraser) Fawns 1887–1952 m. Walter (Allison) Robertson 1882–1975
        1. 1. John Robertson 1908–1996 m. Georgina (Elizabeth) Anderson 1911–1997
        2. 2. Annie Robertson 1910–1969 m. Weston Bolton 1909–1977
        3. 3. Elizabeth Robertson 1912–1998 m. Donald (James) Frith 1907–1952 m. Lloyd (Ruthven) Cannard 1926–2015
      4. 4. Mary (Jaffray) Fawns 1892–1986 m. Thomas (Rafe) Hartley 1883–1956
        1. 1. Bessie (Jean) Hartley 1911–1977 m. Henry (Archie) Lynds 1908–1977
        2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Hartley 1914–1926
        3. 3. George (William) Hartley 1915–1997 m. Viola (Margaret) Noble 1921–2007
        4. 4. Thomas (Rafe) Hartley 1917–1992 m. Margaret (Audrey) Dyer 1913–1996
        5. 5. Matilda (Elizabeth) Hartley 1922–2003 m. Robert (John) Peddie 1921–2003
        6. 6. Norman (Alexander) Hartley 1929–1985 m. Isobel (Madge) Jaques 1933–2016
      5. 5. George (Frazer) Fawns 1895–1966 m. Sarah (Florence Jane) Valentine 1904–2000
      6. 6. Bessie (Mitchell) Fawns 1898–1967 m. Joseph (Philip) Cook 1891–1972
        1. 1. Norman (George) Cook 1924–
      7. 7. William Fawns 1880–1900
      8. 8. Helen ((Nell) Jane) Fawns 1889–1954 m. Byron Farnsworth 1895–1947 m. Thomas (Francis) Dickie 1887–1920
        1. 1. Evaline (Mae) Farnsworth 1927–2018 m. Ross (Henry) Bell 1924–
        2. 2. Dale (Byron) Farnsworth 1929–2017 m. Lavina Schmiess 1934–2007
        3. 3. Ross (Stanely) Dickie 1917–2008
        4. 4. Francis (Harvey) Dickie 1908–1956 m. Edna (Maude) Pengelly 1907–2000
        5. 5. Helen (Francis) Dickie 1912–1978 m. Percy Spiker 1901–1988
        6. 6. Edward (Dunbar) Dickie 1909–1999 m. Velma ("Laverne") Phillip 1916–1997
        7. 7. Joseph (Fraser) Dickie 1911–2010 m. Viola (Margery) Selnes 1919–2016
        8. 8. David (Fawns) Dickie 1914–2011 m. Beulah Buness 1917–2018
        9. 9. John (Charles) Dickie 1916–2013 m. Clara (Signe) Sondrol 1924–2017
        10. 10. Elizabeth (Ann Rebecca) Dickie 1919–2009 m. Melvin (Leonard) Johnson 1918–2011
        11. 11. Earl Dickie 1923–1996
    2. 2. William (Fraser) (Jnr) 1861–1906 m. Alice (Wetherall) Myers 1864–1943
      1. 1. Keith (Hopetoune) Fraser 1892–1975 m. Alison (Dalgleish) Fraser 1895–1974
        1. 1. Albert (Keith) Fraser 1917–1994 m. Alice (Loueraine) Farrelly 1919–2007 m. Joyce (May) McDonald 1925–1981
      2. 2. Robert (William) Fraser 1893–1915
      3. 3. Clarice (Muriel Wetherall) Fraser 1895–1975
      4. 4. Peggy (Grace) Fraser 1899–1974
      5. 5. "Bulla" (Lancelot Kitchener) Fraser 1899–1988
    3. 3. George Fraser 1872–1941 m. Jane (Margaret (Jeanie)) Telfer 1882–1946
      1. 1. Linda (Judith) Fraser 1923–2005
    4. 4. Isabella Fraser 1863–1893 m. James Christie 1861–
      1. 1. Agnes (Thomson) Christie 1891–
      2. 2. James Christie 1886–
      3. 3. Isabella Christie 1889–
    5. 5. Greacie Fraser 1877–1959 m. Alexander (James) Balfour 1878–1942
      1. 1. John (Fraser) Balfour 1912–1952
    6. 6. James Fraser 1869–1925 m. Melanie Schmidt 1867–1941
      1. 1. Mary (R) Fraser 1892– m. John (E) Geib 1888–
        1. 1. James (G) Geib 1913–
        2. 2. George (L) Geib 1915–
      2. 2. Ellen (R) Fraser 1898– m. Alfred Vieux 1896–
        1. 1. Robert Vieux 1923–
      3. 3. Nellie Fraser 1898–1968 m. Alfred (A) Vieux 1895–1968
        1. 1. Donald (James) Vieux 1934–2005
        2. 2. Helen (Mae) Vieux 1928–1993 m. John (A.) Parry 1920–2011
        3. 3. Robert (Alfred) Vieux 1922–2009
    7. 7. Alexander (McLean) Fraser 1859–1936 m. Augusta (Pearl) Penter 1873–1964
      1. 1. Delmar (Howard) Fraser 1915–1998 m. Frances (Kathryn) Lambrix 1916–2003
      2. 2. Lexie (P) Fraser 1908–1997 m. Earl (L) Griswold 1910–1978
      3. 3. Guy (Clifton) Fraser 1905–1976 m. Mary (Serafina) Nelson 1909–1989
      4. 4. James (William) Fraser 1903–1916
      5. 5. William (Alger) Fraser 1901–1926 m. Nora (V) Fraser 1908–
      6. 6. Thomas (Gerald) Fraser 1899–1901
    8. 8. Elizabeth (("Lizzie")) Fraser 1867–1921 m. William Lindsay 1871–1943
      1. 1. William Lindsay 1908–1986
    9. 9. (Nellie) (Helen) Fraser 1875–1931 m. David (Robertson) Dow 1875–1943
    10. 10. Ann Fraser 1856–1857
  2. 2. George (Dawson) Dorward 1842–1923
  3. 3. Mary (Dorward) (Roberts) 1831–1905
  4. 4. John (Alexander) Dorward 1852–1910
  5. 5. "Jessie" (Janet Ann Dorward) (Durward) 1829–1909 m. James (Alexander) Paterson 1830–1894 m. Alex Dorward 1826–
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Craigie) Paterson 1855–1946
      1. 1. Gertrude (M) Butler 1877–1974
      2. 2. Rosa (May) Butler 1881–1973 m. Wilfred (Henshaw Chamberlin) Eaton 1877–1938 m. Wilfried Henshawe 1877–
        1. 1. John (Henshaw Chamberlin) Eaton 1906–1977
      3. 3. Arthur (Ernest) Butler 1884–1974 m. Eliza (Britton) Jones 1881–1957
        1. 1. Harold Butler 1909–
        2. 2. Ernest (Arthur) Butler 1911–1984
      4. 4. Reuben (J) Butler 1885–1946
      5. 5. Harold (F) Butler 1892–
    2. 2. Amelia (Jane) Paterson 1857–1928 m. Mungo Penman 1860–1917
      1. 1. Ida (Kathleen) Searles 1897–1983
      2. 2. Eric (Laurie) Penman 1884–1953
      3. 3. Wilfred (Charles) Penman 1893–1957
    3. 3. John (Southey) Paterson 1859–1945
    4. 4. James (Alexander) Paterson 1869–1944
    5. 5. Alfred (John) Paterson 1863–1936 m. Mary (Neill) Adamson 1866–1902
      1. 1. Laurel (Jane) Paterson 1895–1974
      2. 2. Archibald Paterson 1884–1943
      3. 3. Amy Paterson 1891–1971
      4. 4. Isabella Paterson 1887–1948
    6. 6. William (Dorward) Paterson 1862–1916
  6. 6. Charles Dorward 1836–1916
  7. 7. Ellen Dorward 1849–1882
  8. 8. James (Dorward\) (Durward) 1847–1895
  9. 9. David Dorward 1845–1898 m. Catherine (Cunningham) Dalgleish 1849–1914
    1. 1. David Dorward 1878–1947
    2. 2. George (Atkins) Dorward 1890–1972
    3. 3. Helen (Nellie) Dorward 1869–1919
    4. 4. Catherine Dorward 1874–1966
    5. 5. Alexander Dorward 1876–1939
    6. 6. Minnie (Margaret) Dorward 1881–1944
    7. 7. William ("Bill" Allan) Dorward 1883–1955
    8. 8. John Dorward 1885–1955
    9. 9. Janet (Leslie) Dorward 1887–1961
    10. 10. Elizabeth (Agnes (Totti)) Dorward 1890–1966
    11. 11. Charles (William Septimus) Dorward 1868–1950
    12. 12. Isabella Dorward 1871–1959
  10. 10. William (Dorward) (Durward) 1839–1863

Helen Dawson's Timeline

5 Records

1811
1811
Birth of Helen Dawson in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
1841
1841
Age 30
Helen Dawson resided here in Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 40
Helen Dawson resided here in Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 60
Helen Dawson resided here in Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
1881
23 Mar 1881
Age 70
Death of Helen Dawson in Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1811
    Event Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Edzell; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 420; Year: 1841
    [2] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Edzell; ED: 2; Page: 10; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1851_64; Year: 1851
    [3] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Edzell; ED: 2; Page: 12; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1871_55

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Edzell; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 420; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Edzell; ED: 2; Page: 10; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1851_64; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Edzell; ED: 2; Page: 12; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1871_55

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1881
    Event Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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