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Nathan Knowlton Dickson 1823–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Mar 1823

Birth Location: Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 23 Aug 1900

Death Location: Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Thomas Dickson

Mother: Elizabeth Upham

Spouse(s): Mary Stiles

Children(s): Henry Dickson, Elizabeth Dickson, Thomas Dickson, Henry Dickson, Lt. M.D., Miner MD

Nathan Knowlton Dickson was born in 1823 in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Thomas Baird Dickson And Elizabeth Upham. In 1891, Nathan Knowlton Dickson resided in Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nathan Knowlton Dickson married Mary Elizabeth Stiles, and had children including Charles W Dickson, Elizabeth Bessie Millar Dickson, Henry F Dickson, Henry Havelock Dickson, Jerden Dickson, Lt Col Charles Harold Dickson M D, Miner Stiles Dickson Md, Sadie Dickson, Thomas Gordon Dickson. Nathan Knowlton Dickson passed away in 1900 in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Nathan Knowlton Dickson was born in 1823 in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Thomas Baird Dickson And Elizabeth Upham.
  • In 1891, Nathan Knowlton Dickson resided in Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Nathan Knowlton Dickson married Mary Elizabeth Stiles, and had children including Charles W Dickson, Elizabeth Bessie Millar Dickson, Henry F Dickson, Henry Havelock Dickson, Jerden Dickson, Lt Col Charles Harold Dickson M D, Miner Stiles Dickson Md, Sadie Dickson, Thomas Gordon Dickson.
  • Nathan Knowlton Dickson passed away in 1900 in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Nathan Dickson's Ancestors

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Nathan Dickson
1823–1900
Birth Place: Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Thomas Baird Dickson
1792–1872
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elizabeth Upham
1786–1862
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
John Dickson
1763–1855
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Mary Baird
1767–1803
Chiganois, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Eleanor Knowlton
1752–1847
Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Nathan Upham
1752–1818
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Great-Grandparents
John Dickson
1728–1801
Margaret Burn
1737–1822
Thomas Baird
1730–1809
Margaret Barnhill
1736–1818
Daniel Lt.
1726–1791
Zerviah Watkins
1728–1759
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Burn
1695–
Margaret Mason
1700–
Robert Barnhill
1703–1771
Sarah Barnhill
1707–1761
Robert Knowlton
1693–1774
Hannah Robinson
1696–1777

Nathan Dickson's Descendants

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Nathan (Knowlton) Dickson (23 Mar 1823–23 Aug 1900) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Stiles (9 Dec 1828–5 Dec 1880)
  1. 1. Henry (F) Dickson 1865–
  2. 2. Elizabeth ((Bessie) Millar) Dickson 1861–1945 m. George (Henry) Kent 1853–1927
    1. 1. Evarard Kent 1886–1961 m. Annie Kent 1876–
      1. 1. John Kent 1910–
    2. 2. Tillie Kent 1897–
    3. 3. Edgar (Hill) Kent 1897–1918
    4. 4. Dickson (Roach) KENT 1893–1972
    5. 5. Edgar (Henry) Kent 1898–
    6. 6. Henry (Dickson) Kent 1893–1976 m. Mary (Lavinia) Kent 1896–1984
      1. 1. Arthur (Dickson) Kent 1922–1993 m. Patricia (May) Carroll 1924–2000
        1. 1. James Kent 1951–1951
      2. 2. Eileen (Elizabeth) Kent 1923–2013
    7. 7. Charles (Knowlton) Kent 1894–1960 m. Kathleen (Ellis) Stevens 1890–1963
      1. 1. Kathleen Kent –1989
    8. 8. Mary (Josephine Schooley) Kent 1905–1984 m. Norman (B) Schuler 1880–
    9. 9. Stanley (Blackwood) Kent 1901–1970 m. Annie (Gibson) Kent 1907–1984
      1. 1. Elizabeth Kent –2014
    10. 10. William (George "Bill") Kent 1896–1969 m. Florence (Olive) Vause 1913–1974
  3. 3. Thomas (Gordon) Dickson 1857–1941
  4. 4. Henry (Havelock) Dickson 1864–1949
  5. 5. Lt. (Col. Charles Harold Dickson) M.D. 1876–1952
  6. 6. Miner (Stiles Dickson) MD 1867–1919

Nathan Dickson's Timeline

3 Records

1823
23 Mar 1823
Birth of Nathan Knowlton Dickson in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
1891
1891
Age 68
Nathan Knowlton Dickson resided here in Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
1900
23 Aug 1900
Age 77
Death of Nathan Knowlton Dickson in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1823
    Event Place: Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6319; Family No: 164

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Pictou Town Ward 1, Pictou, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6319; Family No: 164

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1900
    Event Place: Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

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