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william Dixon 1757 – 1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1757

Birth Location: in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland

Death Date: 17 May 1847

Death Location: Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England

Father: James Dickson

Mother: Margaret Nicholson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth LITTLE

Children(s): William Dixon, Peggy DIXON, James DIXON, Martha Dixon, Joseph Dixon

In 1757, william Dixon entered the world in in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland, born to James Dickson and Margaret Nicholson. Years later, william Dixon married Elizabeth LITTLE, and the couple became parents to William Dixon, Peggy Or Margaret DIXON, James DIXON, Martha Dixon and Joseph Dixon. william Dixon died in 1847 in Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England.

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Parents

James Dickson
1727 –
Birth Location: Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , ScotlandEskdalemuir, Dumfries, Scotland
JD
Margaret Nicholson
1731 –
Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, ScotlandMouswald, Scottland
MN

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth LITTLE
1761 – 1827
Birth Location: Holme, Cumberland, , England
EL

Children(s)

William Dixon
1786 – 1847
Birth Location: Edderside, Cumberland, England
WD
Peggy DIXON
1787 – 1812
Birth Location: Bromfield, Cumberland, England
PD
James DIXON
1790 – 1856
Birth Location: Bromfield, Cumberland, England
JD
Martha Dixon
1802 –
Birth Location: Salta, Allonby, Cumberland, England
MD
Joseph Dixon
1805 – 1868
Birth Location: Holme Cultram, Cumberland, England
JD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1 Aug 1757
    Event Place: in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 164; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Bowness; County: Cumberland; Enumeration District: 27; Folio: 5; Page: 11; Line: 8; GSU roll: 241280

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 1 Aug 1757
    Event Place: Mouswald, Dmfrs, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 29 Apr 1759
    Event Place: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 570

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1841
    Event Place: Bowness, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 164; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Bowness; County: Cumberland; Enumeration District: 27; Folio: 5; Page: 11; Line: 8; GSU roll: 241280

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 May 1847
    Event Place: Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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