Thursday 27 October 2011

On This Day ... 27 October

1861     Elizabeth Annie Dixon was born in Heaton, Cheshire, England. She was the daughter of William Dixon and Lucy Jane Banks.

1866     Charles Darby died of phthisis (tuberculosis) in Aston, Warwickshire, England. He was the 23 year old son of Henry Darby and Ellen Haywood.

1884     Edwin Walter Evans married Amelia Gerow at Claremont, Ontario, Canada.  Edwin was the son of James Evans and Sarah Pugh.

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  1. Hi i am looking for the heritage of Lucy J Banks married to William Dixon and the mother of Gertrude Alice Dixon Born !866 Do you know if the above is the same family

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  2. Hi Oz, it's the same family. I don't have much information on Lucy, but I have some background on William Dixon. I'm interested to know what happened to the family - they seem to disappear from England in the 1870s. Please contact me at rahudson [dot] sunderland [at] gmail.com

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