Edward DIXON 1828-1900

Edward Dixon, my great, great grandfather moved from Leeds to York, taking with him his wife and 3 children, Eliza Ann, born 1828, George Edward, born 1850 & Louisa, born 1852. He goes to live at 12, Lawrence Street, just outside the city wall on the road to Hull. Other children soon follow, Mary Ann in 1854, Eugenia Alberta in 1856, Harry in 1858, Charles in 1860, and soon Edward is going to need a bigger house. Mind you the one he has already is pretty big-when he sells it there is a description of it.

March 31 1866 Yorkshire Gazette

To Be Sold or Let, a House, in St. Nicholas Place, Lawrence Street, in the occupation of Mr. DIXON, containing Drawing Room, Dining Room, Breakfast Room, and two good kitchens on the Ground Floor, Five good Bedrooms, Water Closet, Dressing Room, and a Bath Room, fitted with Hot and Cold water, and a large garden behind. Apply upon the Premises, Edward DIXON

The baptism records of his children all say that during this time Edward’s occupation is contractor. Certainly not long after his arrival in York, Britain starts fighting the Crimean War in Turkey, which lasts through to 1856.

Yorkshire Gazette January 17, 1857

Edward applied to run the new cattle market in York in January 1857 for one year from 6^th February.

The New Cattle Market: The Committee reported that in accordance with the directions of the Council, they had advertised the tolls, rents, and stallages of the cattle market to be let, for the term of one year from the 6^th inst., and the offer of £715 made by Mr. Edward Dixon of Lawrence-street, being in the opinion of the committee, the most advantageous, was accepted, and the usual lease had been signed by him and his sureties.

Basically Edward had to pay the Council £715 over 12 months, to run the market. His job was to advertise and collect the tolls, set the rents and then pay the Council in 4 instalments over the year. In 2014, £715 doesn’t sound a lot, but it’s equivalent can be calculated apparently.

 See this website: http://safalra.com/other/historical-uk-inflation-price-conversion/

So £715 in 1857 is equivalent to £65,000 in 2013, so Edward Dixon had to make sure that the cattle market under his direction made much more than £65,000 for the council so he could make a profit for himself.

In the 1861 census Edward & his family are living in Lawrence Street, St. Nicholas, just outside the city wall, on the main road from York towards Hull. They can afford 2 servants to care for the large brood of young children and a big household as well. From the census it’s possible to work out that the house wasn’t far from Bull Lane, Edward’s occupation is that of an army contractor.

Ten years later, on census night 1871, the family have moved to St Martin House, (see above) in the Parish of St Martin, cum Gregory, Micklegate, York. Edward, now 42, still a contractor and his wife Eliza Ann have 12 children, George Edward, 21, working as an apprentice ironmonger, not a hay dealer or army contractor as the other Dixon sons are., Eliza Ann, 23, Louisa, 19, Mary Ann, 16, Eugenia Alberta, 14, Harry 13, Charles 11, Kate 8, Albert 6, Ada 4, William 2 and Vernon 6 months. 

Here is the Census page for that day 2 April 1871

In those ten years, Edward & family have moved from Lawrence Street in 1866 to Grimston, a hamlet just outside York. My only evidence for that lies in another newspaper announcement, a death advertisement.

The York Herald (York, England), Saturday, May 04, 1867; pg. 5; Issue 4916. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

DEATHS: DIXON-On Sunday last, aged 2 years, William, youngest son of Mr. Edward DIXON, of Grimston, near York.

Then in 1869, the family are back in York, in Micklegate in the address above. Apart from the Census, there are other clues to this move back to the city.

1. On January 27 1869, William Long Dixon is baptised in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York-the baptism record reads:- 27 Jan. 1869 William Long Dixon, son of Edward & Eliza Jane Dixon, of Micklegate, Contractor.

2. YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY .

The York Herald (York, England), Saturday, June 05, 1869; pg. 9; Issue 5034. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II

On Tuesday last the monthly meeting of this society was held at the Museum in this city. Mr. T. Allis, Esq., of Osbaldwick, presided. The following new members were elected:-Mr. W. T. Gowland, of Lendal; Mr. Geo. Balmford, of Coney-street; Miss Collinson, of Portland-street; and Edward Dixon, Esq., of Micklegate.

Baptism of Vernon Dixon at Holy Trinity, Micklegate:- 12 Sep. 1870 Vernon Dixon, son of Edward & Eliza Jane Dixon, of Micklegate, Contractor

3. The York Herald (York, England), Saturday, January 14, 1871; pg. [1]; Issue 5118. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

Edward Dixon is one of many giving 5 shillings to the poor in the parish of St Martin-cum Gregory. (His home was in this parish)

4. The York Herald (York, England), Saturday, July 08, 1871; pg. 9; Issue 5144. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

Yorkshire Agricultural Society: The following gentlemen were elected members of the society-as members by payment of an annual subscription: Edward DIXON, of Micklegate, York.

5. The York Herald (York, England), Saturday, August 05, 1871; pg. 4; Issue 5148.

The Yorkshire Agricultural Society, York Meeting:-

The Yorkshire Show at York was held close to the Helmsley High road close to where the York to Scarboro railway line crosses that road. Edward Dixon of Micklegate   a 3rd prize worth £2, for a pony in the Roadsters, Hackneys & Ponies class:

6. The York Herald (York, England), Saturday, February 03, 1872; pg. [1]; Issue 5172. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

Mr. Walker is favoured with instructions from Mr. Edward DIXON, to sell by Auction, the 14th February, 1872, on the Premises, Murton, the whole of the very excellent Farming Stock-several horses, cattle, pigs, carts, implements, & 56 acres of grassland.: Mr Dixon is selling a farm and its livestock & machinery. Does not mention any other details about identity of Edward DIXON. However Murton is the next door village to Grimston.

However, Edward Dixon did retire from his work as a contractor and moved to Scarborough sometime between August 5 1871 & 1873.

Evidence for this move

1. This wedding announcement:

The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), ; pg. 3; Issue 5348 on Tuesday, July 08, 1873

BROWN-DIXON: July 1 at the Parish Church of St Mary, Scarborough, John Vernon Brown, only son of Mr. John Brown, of Dorking, to Eliza Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Dixon, of West Park House, Scarborough.

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2. THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT AT YORK .

The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Thursday, June 4, 1885; Issue 14713.

Edward DIXON, South Cliff, Scarborough said he had no occupation. He was formerly an army contractor. He ceased to act as army contractor in 1869. He held the forage contract for the barracks at York during 1868 and 1869. Since that date he had often sent in tenders to the Secretary of State for War for York. He tendered twice a year, as a rule, until the last year or two. The last tender he sent in would be in October, 1884.

In this trial a Mr. Silversides and others were being tried for a fraud that they as army contractors failed to supply the contracted quantity & quality of feed & straw to the barracks, but still received the proper payment as if they had of done. Edward Dixon, a former army contractor was merely a witness called to give evidence of practice at the barracks. During the trial Edward had spoken about a practice that often occurred when tendering for the army contract.

The following question & answer session in the court occurred between prosecuting counsel Mr. C. M. ATKINSON & Edward DIXON which reveals when Edward left York and the army contracting business.

MR. C. M. ATKINSON (to witness)-When did you receive money? Dixon “It is over two years ago. Either in April or May, 1883”. Atkinson “From whom did you receive the money?” Dixon” From Mr Silversides.” Atkinson “What was the amount that you received then?” Dixon “It was either £50 or £60. I forget the amount just now.” Atkinson “What did Silversides tell you he gave you that £50 or £60 for?” Dixon “He did not tell me anything. It was a business arrangement between ourselves that I should not oppose him in the contract. Mr. Silversides would say perhaps, to me, “What are you going to do Mr. Dixon?” and I would say “What are you going to do and we argued the thing out, and would say “I’ll give or take so much not to oppose each other.” There is nothing but that was strictly honourable” Atkinson ”Then you thought it would pay you as well to take £50 or £60?” Dixon “You see I had no plant then, no horses, and no waggons, and I should have had them all to buy” Atkinson “Did it ever come about that paid Mr. Silversides to take the contract?” Dixon “I don’t think I did. If I agreed to his accept his offer, Mr. Silversides would say “You tender above such a price” Atkinson “Then did Mr. Silversides know what you were going to tender for? Dixon “I never told him my price” Atkinson “Can you give me any idea how many times you received these sums?” Dixon “I can’t”.  Atkinson “Can you give it roughly? Dixon “I have left York fourteen years. It is turned two years since I had any transactions with Mr. Silversides. There have been times when Mr. Silversides had no contract. “Perhaps ten or twelve times since 1869” Atkinson “Can you tell what was the amount you received generally on each occasion?” Dixon “From £50-£60”

By Mr. E.T. Atkinson (for Silversides) “I have had no plant for fourteen years. When I left York I sold it all off. It would have cost £200 or £300 for plant”

So at the time of that fraud trial, Edward was living at South Cliff, Scarborough.

 In July 1873 he is at “West Park House”, Scarborough, not sure where that is exactly, but there is a West Park Avenue, & a West Park Terrace, Falsgrave Road.

However on 6^th November 1875, his daughter & my great great grandmother Louisa Dixon, was married to Thomas Martindale.

The York Herald (York, England), Monday, November 08, 1875; pg. 4; Issue 5850. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

MARTINDALE & DIXON: Marriage: On November 6th, at the Primitive Methodist Jubilee Chapel, Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough, by the Rev. John Stephenson, the Rev. T. Martindale, Primitive Methodist minister, Scotter, Lincolnshire, to Louisa, second daughter of Edward DIXON, Esq., Clifton Villa, Scarborough, and formerly of Micklegate, York. No cards.

The previous owner of Clifton Villa was a Thomas Mennell who died on 14 March, 1874:-

The York Herald (York, England), Wednesday, March 18, 1874; pg. 4; Issue 5338. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

 MENNELL-On the 14th inst., aged 73 years, Thomas Mennell, of Clifton Villa, Scarborough.

The Mennell family affairs were sorted out by July 1874, so more than likely, Edward purchased and moved into “Clifton Villa” soon after that. Bearing in mind, that by 1874, Edward & Eliza’s family stretched to 12 children, and with Edward’s income from his army contract days being quite considerable he could well afford to buy a good sized property with modern facilities. Indeed Clifton Villa well suited the family’s purposes-there was a description of the house when it was sold to a previous owner in 1871.

                Important Sale of Valuable Freehold Property, South Cliff, Scarborough.

Mr. E. Starkey will offer for sale by Auction, at the Cambridge Hotel in Scarbro’ aforesaid, on Friday the twenty first day of July, 1871, at two for three o’ clock in the afternoon (subject to conditions of sale to be then and there produced) The following valuable FREEHOLD property consisting of

Lot 1: All those two Semi-detached VILLA RESIDENCES, situate in the Ramshill Road, Scarbro’ aforesaid, respectively called “Valley Bridge House” late the residence of Dr. Jackson, with the coach-house and stable thereto adjoining; and “Clifton Villa” in the occupancy of Mrs. Maynard.

Valley Bridge House contains a dining and drawing rooms, 21ft. by 15ft., study, breakfast room, house-keeper’s room, seven lofty bedrooms, bath room with hot water apparatus for heating the house throughout and bath purposes, also kitchens, wine cellar etc. Clifton Villa contains nearly the same accommodation. The premises are elevated above the Ramshill-road, commanding the most comprehensive and picturesque view of Ramshill Valley, Londesborough Lodge and Grounds, the Crescent and Valley Bridge.

A modern photograph of the houses illustrate their height and size. 

"Clifton Villa"

 "Valley Bridge House"

In those ten years, between 1871 & 1881, Edward moves from York to Scarborough, first to West Park House, and later to Valley Bridge House, retires from being an army contractor, but continues to work, but more in the advisory capacity, financing the business interests of his family. He certainly supports his eldest son George Edward Dixon who emigrates to the United States of America, and pays for several weddings of his daughters.

1881 Census for Edward DIXON: Yorkshire, Scarborough, District 14:
Entry 148: Valley Bridge House: 1
Edward DIXON, Head, Married, 52, Retired Contractor, Born Leeds, Yorks.
Eliza A. DIXON, Wife, Married, 50, Wife, Born Leeds, Yorks.
Kate DIXON, Daughter, Unmarried, 19, Daughter, Born York, Yorks.
Albert DIXON, Son, 18, No Occupation, Born, York, Yorks.
Ada DIXON, Daughter, Unmarried, 14, Scholar, born York, Yorks
William DIXON, Son, Unmarried, 12, Scholar, born York, Yorks.,
Vernon DIXON, son, Unmarried, 10, Scholar, born York, Yorks.

The first daughter to marry was his eldest, Eliza Ann DIXON, to John Vernon BROWN. This was the marriage that was announced in the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent Tuesday, July 08, 1873:

BROWN-DIXON: July 1 at the Parish Church of St Mary, Scarborough, John Vernon Brown, only son of Mr. John Brown, of Dorking, to Eliza Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Dixon, of West Park House, Scarborough.

I don't know why they used this newspaper as opposed to either the Leeds & York or even London newspapers given that the bride & groom were from those areas as was Edward Dixon himself, but that's the only newspaper I can find with the announcement in. 

Eliza's sister Mary Ann, born 1854, also married around the same date in the same church, so possibly it was a double marriage celebration, but for some reason, that marriage was not announced in the Sheffield newspaper making me think that it was John Vernon-Brown's father or John himself who announced the marriage.

 Mary Ann married a Thomas Giblin, a record states that the marriage took place on the 2 July 1873 at St Mary's Parish Church, Scarborough. I found this record at East Yorkshire Archives Beverley, Yorkshire on page 193 of Scarborough St Mary's Marriages, Fiche Record PE/165/28 Fiche number 7.

1873 Marriage Solemnized at St Mary's Church, Scarborough, Yorkshire

385:July 2nd 1873, Thomas GIBLIN, 26 years, of Scarborough, Bachelor, Draper, son of Thomas GIBLIN, farmer, Deceased & Mary Ann DIXON, 19 years, Spinster, of Scarborough, daughter of Edward DIXON, Gentleman were married by Banns by Edmund Tate, Curate, witnessed by Edward & Eliza DIXON

This marriage ended in divorce

  On 6 July 1899, Mary Ann Giblin sued her husband Thomas GIBLIN for divorce on the grounds of cruelty & adultery. She was successful, a decree nisi awarded to her on 19 January 1900, and decree absolute on 30 July 1900. According to the National Archives which keeps records of these divorces, obtaining  a divorce in 1900 was very expensive, and it seems unlikely that Mary Ann would have money of her own to pay for a divorce, so maybe her father, Edward paid for it. 

Previous to this the 1891 census shows that Thomas & Mary Ann were living in Sloane Street, London, with him being an India Rubber Manufacturer-their son Thomas Edward GIBLIN born 16 October 1878 in Burnley, in 1911 was a Mackintosh Dealer married to Isabel Huxley at All Saints, Fulham witnessed by his brother-in-law William Cadman Haring. The marriage record shows that by the time of the wedding, Thomas Giblin was dead.

 After their marriage in 1873, Thomas & Mary Ann moved to Burnley, where both their children were born, Marion Louise on May 18, 1875 & Thomas Edward on 25 September 1878. They lived at both 28 & 30 Manchester Road, Burnley. The baptism record for Marion Louise http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Burnley/Habergham-and-Habergham-Eaves/holytrinity/index.html, on 18 May 1875, shows the family living on Manchester Road, Burnley with Thomas's occupation as a draper.According to the baptism record of Thomas Edward GIBLIN, he was baptised at Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves, Burnley on 25 April 1878, his abode as given 28 & 30 Manchester Road, Burnley. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Burnley/Habergham-and-Habergham-Eaves/holytrinity/index.html

It was a bit of a puzzle to find Thomas, his wife Mary Ann and just two children apparently living in 2 houses, but an advertisement in the Burnley Express dated 5 April 1879, shows that Thomas had a draper's shop and silk mercers at number 28 and he lived next door in a three storied house complete with cellars.

However, when Thomas & Mary Ann went to Burnley after their marriage, Thomas went into partnership with a Thomas HERBERT, but in 1876, this partnership was dissolved as this article in the London Gazette shows.

The London Gazette November 3, 1876.

Notice is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned Thomas GIBLIN and Thomas HERBERT, as drapers in Manchester-road, in the Borough of Burnley, in the County Palatine of Lancaster under the style or firm of GIBLIN & HERBERT has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. And that all debts owing to or by the aid partnership will be received and paid by the said Thomas GIBLIN, who will henceforth carry on the business on his own account. As witness our hands this 31^st day of October, 1876, Thomas GIBLIN, Thomas HERBERT.

This is that advertisement:

Burnley Express - Saturday 05 April 1879

VALUABLE FREEHOLD HOUSES AND SHOPS IN BURNLEY

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION by Mr. John RAWCLIFFE, at the Bull Hotel, in Burnley, on Friday 25^th day of April, 1879 at Four O’ clock in the afternoon, in one or more lots as may be determined on at the time of sale, all those two well and substantially stone built SHOPS AND DWELLING HOUSES, numbered respectively 28 and 30 (formerly 26 and 28), in Manchester Road in the Borough of BURNLEY, and now in the occupation Mr. Thomas GIBLIN, draper and silk mercer. The property is three storeys high and cellared throughout, and each house has a good yard and conveniences.

The premises numbered 28 contain five bedrooms, sitting-room, kitchen, outhouse, cellar-kitchen and cellar.

The premises numbered 30 contain four bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen, cellar-kitchen and coal cellar. The property is freehold of inheritance and is situate in the best part of town, and offers the opportunity of a first class investment, and is being sold in consequence of the owner leaving the town.

For further particulars apply to the Auctioneer at his offices, Nicholas Street, Burnley; or to Messrs Creeke and Sandy, solicitors, Burnley, 4^th April 1879.

So the Giblin family moved to Southport, but things go too well their either.

The London Gazette, October 24, 1879.

The Bankruptcy Act 1869

In the County Court of Lancashire, holden at Liverpool. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with creditors instituted by Thomas GIBLIN, of 79, Lord St, 41, London-street, and 9A, London Street, all in Southport, in the County of Lancashire, Milliner, Draper, Auctioneer and Coal Merchant.

Meeting of creditors to take place at 12, London-street, Southport at 3 0’ clock at the office of Mr. Henry Threlfall, solicitor for Thomas GIBLIN.

So not content just running a drapers business, Thomas is an auctioneer, coal merchant & milliner.

At the time of the 1881 Census, Thomas & Mary Ann  were living at 5 Sussex Road, North Meols, Southport, where Thomas has remained an auctioneer with his wife,  Mary Ann supplementing the family income as a  dancing teacher, with their two young children. Eugenie DIXON, Mary Ann's younger sister was staying with them on Census day. In 1884, the family move to London, the proof for this is contained in this newspaper article in the Burnley Express concerning the divorce in 1900.

Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 19 January 1900

A MANUFACTURER DIVORCED

In the Divorce Division today, before the President Sir Francis JEANE, and a common jury the case of GIBLIN versus GIBLIN was heard. This suit of Mrs. Mary Ann GIBLIN, formerly of Burnley, for a divorce by reason of cruelty and adultery on the part of her husband, Mr. Thomas GIBLIN, a waterproof manufacturer, of Sloane-street, London. The defence was withdrawn. Evidence was given to the effect that the parties were married at Scarborough in 1873. Afterwards they lived at Burnley, and in 1884 went to London. Petitioner alleged that the husband had been guilty of several acts of violence, and evidence was given as to the respondent having been seen in the company of a woman he met at the Empire Theatre, and went home with her. A decree nisi was granted.

In the 1891 census, Thomas & Mary Ann & family live at 167 & 168 Sloane-street, London, where Thomas is recorded as being a rubber manufacturer (the word India has been added I think). 

Mary Ann has altered her name to Marion, and they have a house servant too. 

The divorce then comes in 1899 to 1900, and after then, finding what happened to Mary Ann Giblin is difficult. However, Thomas GIBLIN married again to Kate Jane Erskine at a register office in the Chelsea district in 1904. He died at 13, Clonmel Road, Fulham on 24 April 1906 leaving near £5,000 to his new wife Katie Jane GIBLIN, who was his excecutrix of his will along with his son Thomas Edward GIBLIN,his executor described as a motor clothier.Thomas's business must have been a good one, but it's difficult to find out much about it online.

The next daughter to marry was Louisa Dixon, aged 23, on 6 November 1875 at Primitive Methodist Church, Aberdeen Street, Scarborough, where her husband, Thomas Martindale was the minister of the church, newly qualified, having passed his probation in Doncaster, and now established in Scarborough. Records to prove this are a newspaper announcement of the marriage:

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries .

The York Herald (York, England), Monday, November 08, 1875; 

 Category: Birth, death, marriage notices

MARTINDALE-DIXON:- On November 6^th, at the Prmitive Methodist Jubilee Methodist Chapel, Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough, by the Rev. John STEPHENSON, the Rev. T. MARTINDALE, Primitive Methodist minister, Scotter, Lincolnshire, to Louisa, second daughter of Edward DIXON, Esq., Clifton Villa, Scarborough, and formerly of Micklegate, York.-No Cards.

John Stephenson was appointed Primitive Methodist Minister at the Jubilee Chapel in Scarborough at the same time as Thomas MARTINDALE, who at the time of his marriage was minister at Scotter, near Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. Louisa DIXON was married from her home at Clifton Villa, and then must have travelled back with her husband Thomas to the the manse in Scotter. They weren't there long, because on 29 January 1876, Thomas made a will in Bournemouth, and died there on 22 January 1877 leaving a young son and grieving widow.

More information about Thomas & Louisa here: http://whereareweallnow.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/thomas-martindale-primitive-methodist.html

After the tragic death of her husband Thomas, Louisa travelled back to Scarborough to be with her family. I am quite sure that Edward, Louisa's father helped her out with the funeral arrangements. he was named along with his daughter as an executor of his son-in-law's will as living at Clifton Villa, Scarborough. She married again on 3 July 1879 in Beverley, Yorkshire to a John "Harry" DOUGHTY, a builder of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Proof of this marriage lies with a copy of the marriage record which I obtained in April 2002.

1879: Marriage at the Independent Chapel, Beverley, in County of York

Third July 1879: John Henry DOUGHTY, 21 years, Bachelor, Bricklayer, of Great Grimsby, son of William Doughty, Milk Dealer & Louisa MARTINDALE, 27 years, widow, of Lairgate, Beverley, daughter of Edward Dixon, Late Corn Merchant were married in the Independent Chapel according to the Rites & Ceremonies of the Primitive Methodists by Benjamin Fern, Minister in presence of F. Moss & N. E. Doughty. Jas. Wm. Pomfret, Registrar.

Now how Louisa met "Harry" Doughty and married him is a bit of a mystery. I did discover that Louisa's first husband Thomas Martindale had been appointed to Grimsby as a Methodist Minister in 1873 when he married his first wife a Jane Palliser. But Harry Doughty was then only 14 years old. Maybe after her husband died, Louisa also travelled to Grimsby to see where Thomas had lived taking with her her son Thomas Justin Martindale. "Harry" we know was a bricklayer/builder, maybe he travelled to Beverley to do some work there and met Louisa there. Anyway I think the mystery will have to remain unsolved-all we know is that at the time of her marriage to "Harry" Doughty she was living in Lairgate, Beverley, and named her father's occupation as a former corn merchant.

The witnesses in this copy certificate are interesting-one is Fred Moss and the other is an N. E. Doughty, but I think that this is a mis-copy, I think that this was Annie Elizabeth DOUGHTY, "Harry"'s sister who a year later married Fred Moss. A visit to the records at Beverley will confirm this or not.  I did go to the Archives at Beverley on 17 June, 2015, and found the marriages of Eliza Ann Dixon & Mary Ann Dixon above, but not the marriage of Louisa & Henry DOUGHTY-the archives don't have copies of Non-conformist marriages after 1837.

Anyway after their marriage, Louisa, with her young son Thomas Justyn and husband "Harry" travelled back to Grimsby, where they set up home in Willingham Street,at number 74. On 12 September, 1880, their first & only child was born and named William Hermon Stanley DOUGHTY.

That name, William, well most likely after his grandfather William DOUGHTY, a milk dealer also living in Willingham Street. Hermon Stanley, well that is a mystery. In the 1881 Census, the entry states:
Henry DOUGHTY, 23 yrs, head of family, married, Builder, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Louisa DOUGHTY, 29, yrs., wife of head of family, married, born Leeds, Yorkshire
Thomas E. J. MARTINDALE, 4 yrs.,  step-son to head of family, born Bournemouth, Hampshire.
W.H.S. DOUGHTY, 6 months, son to head of family, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire
They also had a servant called Ellen Cade, aged 14, born in Caistor, Lincolnshire.

So quite a difference in age between Henry & Louisa. I do have a photograph of Henry DOUGHTY.

So John Henry DOUGHTY is now calling himself just Henry. Thomas E. J. MARTINDALE was christened Thomas Edwin Justyn MARTINDALE, son of Thomas MARTINDALE & Louisa MARTINDALE nee DIXON.

So everything was going well, Louisa, who had married her Thomas MARTINDALE, had her first son Thomas Edwyn Justyn, but then suffered the loss of her husband through ill health. She's then managed to marry again to a builder & good Methodist like herself, and have another son called William Hermon Stanley DOUGHTY. But it wasn't too last-Louisa died on 14 June 1883 and was buried 4 days later in Grimsby old cemetery. The tombstone read:  In loving memory of Louisa wife of Henry Doughty who was taken home to Jesus 14th June 1883 age 31yrs."I am thine Jesus, and she fell asleep".

Her death was announced in The York Herald (York, England), Monday, June 18, 1883; pg. 4; Issue 10012

DEATHS: On the 14th inst., at Grimsby, Louisa, wife of Mr. Henry DOUGHTY and second daughter of Mr. Edward DIXON, Esq., of Ablemarle Crescent, Scarborough.

In the Grimsby News was this article: "on the 14^th inst, at 11 Maude Street, Louisa Doughty aged 31 years". On the burial register the cause of death was phthisis, which means tuberculosis.

So by June 1883, Edward has moved from Valley Bridge House/Clifton Villa to Ablemarle Crescent.

Then tragedy struck Edward himself for his wife died while visiting their son in London in November 1883. This newspaper announcement drew my attention to this fact as I searched the York Herald looking for newspaper entries for Edward DIXON.

The York Herald (York, England), Tuesday, November 20, 1883; pg. 4; Issue 10135. 

DEATHS:

DIXON:- On the 16^th inst., at Peckham, at the residence of her son, very suddenly, Eliza Jane, the dearly beloved wife of Edward Dixon, Esq., of Scarborough, and only surviving daughter of the late George Dufton Esq of Leeds. 

According to the death certificate,

 Eliza Jane died of heart disease at "Paris House", High St., Peckham, the home of Henry DIXON also known as Harry who was present at her death which must have been quite sad & unpleasant. The certificate states that she was 52 years, but on 27 November 1883, by statutory declaration by Edward & Albert DIXON, this was changed to 53 years. Edward arranged for the body of his wife to be brought back to Scarborough most likely by train and she was buried in a grave in Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough.One day whilst on holiday in Scarborough we went to Manor Road Cemetery to find the grave of Edward DIXON who I then knew had died in 1900. I was greatly surprised not only to find that the stone mentioned his death & burial but also the death & burial of his wife Eliza Jane, and their children Harry & Charles DIXON and also Louisa DOUGHTY nee DIXON whom I knew was buried in Grimsby, but commemorated on this gravestone.

The names on the gravestone are thus: 1. Eliza Jane DIXON: In Loving Memory of ELIZA JANE, The Beloved wife of Edward DIXON, who died NOV 16th, 1883, Aged 53 years> 2. Also of the Above EDWARD DIXON, WHO DIED AUG 26th, 1900 AGED 72 YEARS. 3. ALSO of LOUISA, Daughter of the above who died at GRIMSBY, JUNE 14th,1883, AGED 31 YEARS. 4. ALSO of CHARLES DIXON, SON of the Above who died at PORTLAND, OREGON U.S.A., OCT 2 1889, AGED 40 Years. 5. Also of HARRY, proud son of the above who died at Putney, October 8th, 1902, aged 49 years.

Details for Eliza Jane DIXON

In Loving Memory of Eliza Jane DIXON, the beloved wife of Edward DIXON who died November 16th 1883 aged 53 years.

Eugenie Alberta DIXON born in 1856 in York was the next daughter to be married. The York Herald reported her marriage to a George James LOVETT: 

The Yorkshire Herald, and The York Herald (York, England), Tuesday, April 21, 1891

LOVETT-DIXON, on Wednesday the 7th inst., at Westborough chapel, by the Rev. H. E. Gregg, George Lovett, FS Sc., eldest son of the Rev. W. Lovett, to Eugenia Alberta, daughter of Edward Dixon, esq., Valley Bridge House, Scarborough.

So Eugenie Alberta DIXON married George James Lovett at Westborough Chapel on 7 April, 1891.

Early life of George James Hall Lovett:

George James Hall Lovett was born on 13 May, 1861 in Camus, Tyrone, Ireland, the eldest of three brothers, all children of William Lovett & Jane Hall. His brothers were William Henry Lyons Lovett, a surgeon & Samuel Henry Wesley Lovett, a clergyman who worked for HM forces.

William Lovett, his father was a Primitive Methodist Minister, and records at Methodist Historical Society of Ireland Library and Archives at

http://www.edgehillcollege.org/about-edgehill/methodist-historical-society-in-ireland/

Show that the Lovett family moved around Ireland as the Methodist Conference moved ministers from place to place. Records from the above society show that between his birth in Camus, Tyrone in 1861, George & family were in the following places at the following times.

1861       Cavan 2 years, 1863 Ballyshannon 2years, 1865   Tullamore 3 years, 1868  Lisburn Mission               3 years, 1871, Tandragee & Portadown              1year, 1872 Downpatrick 3 years

1875       Cootehill (Cavan St) Home Mission Station , 4years;

By this time George James Hall Lovett was studying at Trinity College Dublin where he obtained a BA, and in 1881, he was in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England as a teacher & undergraduate according to the census entry.

Eventually his father William, was able to leave Ireland, settle in England, where he & his wife finally died in Buxton, Derbyshire, her in 1914 and him in 1917.

The same records above give a short history of George’s life.

George James, born, Camus, Co. Tyrone, 13 May 1861, BA, FSSc, was principal of a private school Belgrave School, Scarboro’ which he and his wife founded. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Arts (London) [CA.86.152]. He married 8 April 1886 at Westborough Chapel, Scarborough, Eugenie Alberta Dixon (born York, 1858). He and his wife gave up the school in 1901 as he became a member of the clergy. He was ordained 25 Dec 1894 at St George’s Hulme, Manchester and posted to the vicarage of St Werburg, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 7 Dec 1898. He died 22 April 1931.

Children: 1. Lois Eugenie Norah, b. Scarborough about 1888, married Arthur Walton Facer; 2. George Cecil, born Scarborough about 1889; Kathleen Marion born about1899.

From around 1875 there are articles in the local newspapers for Scarborough about a Clifton House School, however they don’t mention the location of the school. They are mainly concern cricket matches played between them and other local schools. Then 7 May, 1884, the York Herald reported the death of a Joseph Walker of Clifton House School, Scarborough, aged 51, who died, on Monday 7 May, 1884 and was buried in Scarborough Cemetery.  Looking at the 1881 Census for Scarborough, taken on 3 April, 1881, for a Joseph Walker born 1833, I found that he was head master of the same school at which George James Lovett was an assistant teacher, an undergraduate of Dublin College. The school had 26 boy pupils aged between 10 & 16 years with 2 tutors. Joseph Walker was married to Elizabeth with 7 children. So Clifton House School was situated at 9, Castle Road, Scarborough, and after the death of James Walker, his assistant, George Lovett took over as headmaster. This article in the Leeds Mercury 29 August, 1885 confirms this

CLIFTON HOUSE SCHOOL, Scarborough, Head Master George LOVETT, TCD, M O P

Duties will resume 22^nd September, A Vacancy (at reduced terms) for a pupil to complete a class preparing for the 1^st Class Coll Prac. Exam. Terms on Application.

Then  by March 1886 he had been awarded a FS Sc, (Fellow of the Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts, of London, and he opened a new school called Belgrave School, on Thursday, 29 April, 1886 which we know was at 20, Ramshill Road, Scarborough, South Cliff, which is currently a dental practice and just along the road from Valley Bridge House where his wife used to live.

In the census of 1891, taken on 5 April, the school had only 9 pupils, one of which was Thomas Edwyn Justin Martindale, aged 15, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire,  Eugenie Lovett's nephew-the son of her deceased sister Louisa & Thomas Martindale. The school had 2 other teachers, one teaching languages & the other English & Mathematics.George, headmaster, kept a dog, but without a licence, he was prosecuted for such on 1 April 1891 & fined 10 shillings at the local magistrates court.

The Times Newspaper reported a couple of items that confirms that George & family gave up Belgrave School well before 1901. He was ordained 25 Dec 1894 at St George’s Hulme, Manchester and posted to the vicarage of St Werburg, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 7 Dec 1898.

1908 Crockford's Clerical Directory Entry for George Lovett:

LOVETT, George James, 30 Ellesmere-road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Trinity College Dublin, 1878, R.U.I. B.A. 1886, deacon 1894, priest 1895 Manchester, Rector of St. Werburgh, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Diocese, Manchester, 1898. Crown and Bishop of Manchester, alt; Net Income £250), F Curate of St George Hulme, 1894-98

George & Eugenie remained in Chorton-cum- Hardy all their lives dying within a few days of each other in 1931. George had just finished the burial service for his wife when he too died and was buried in the same grave a few days later in Southern Cemetery, Manchester. Details may be searched here : http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk/

Hartlepool Mail Thursday 23 April 1931

VICAR DIES AFTER WIFE’S FUNERAL, COLLAPSES ON RETURNING FROM THE CEMETERY

Less than two hours after seeing his wife buried at Manchester yesterday the Rev. George James Lovett, vicar of St Werburgh’s, Chorlton–cum-Hardy Manchester collapsed and died almost immediately. The funeral party had returned from the cemetery and were almost to sit down to lunch when the minister hurriedly left the room.

A few moments later he was found outside in a collapsed condition.

The Rev. G. J. Lovett was 70 and his appointment to St Werburgh’s in 1896 is said to have been the last approved by Queen Victoria.

George & Eugenie had 3 children-Lois Eugenie born 1887, George Cecil born 1898 & Kathleen Marion born 1899. 

Also on the gravestone above in Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough I found this inscription.

Also of Charles Dixon, son of the above who died Portland, Oregon, USA, October 29th, 1899, aged 40 years.

About a year later, Edward Dixon was drafting his will and included in it was this instruction:-And with regard to the share of my deceased son Charles DIXON late of Lewiston United States of America I will and direct that the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds already advanced by me to him shall be deducted from the share which his wife and children shall be entitled to in the same manner as if he was living at my deceased and such share shall be paid to his wife or children in such manner and in such sum or sum or invested for their joint and several benefits as such my trustees shall think fit

So it seems that when Edward was drafting his will in September 1900, he already knew that Charles had formerly lived in Lewiston, and seeing as his children and wife Anna were from Idaho, this must refer to Lewiston in Idaho as opposed to any other state. Charles was born in 1859 in York, in Lawrence Street. Charles survived childhood, and moved with the family to St Martin's House in Micklegate, where he is recorded in the 1871 Census, aged 12. 10 years later he is living in Christchurch, Hampshire, working as an ironmonger's assistant at Tetley House, Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. His elder brother George Edward and his wife & 3 children have just emigrated to Cincinatti, USA, I can't find anything further about Charles until he marries an Anna Hansen in Idaho, USA. in 1895. Together they have 3 children, Margaret Louise (maybe Louise Margaret) in 1898, Charles A. in 1899 & Albert Donald in 1900, all in Idaho. So presumably the children are born in Lewiston, Idaho, though so far I can't find any records. 

Albert Donald died 19 February 1952, in Portland Oregon, buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland. His name does not appear with the rest of the family in the 1900 Census for Portland, but it does appear on the 1910 Census.