I is for Isaac
2025 A to Z challenge
Isaac Dawson (1830-1872), great great grandfather of my husband Greg, was born about 1830 in Corby, Lincolnshire. His parents were Thomas Dawson and Ann Dawson née Gibbons.
The 1841 census lists him as the ten year old son of Thomas, an agricultural labourer. Isaac was the second oldest child of Thomas’s four children.
On 6 May 1855 Isaac Dawson, son of Thomas Dawson, married Eliza Skerritt, daughter of Robert Skerritt, in St Wulfram’s church, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Isaac, Thomas, and Robert were recorded as labourers. Isaac signed his name; Eliza made her mark. The witnesses were Samuel Brown and Ann Skeritt.
Their marriage was announced in the Grantham Journal.
Isaac and Eliza had nine children:
John Thomas (1858–1931)
William (1859–1943)
George (1862–1863)
Henry (1864–1929)
Charles (1864–1928)
Elizabeth Anne (1867–1882)
Mary Eliza (~1869–1950)
George Robert (1870–1924)
Albert Edward (1872–1947)
On the 1861 census Isaac, age 30, was recorded as a railway labourer, living at 6 Sandalls Row, Corby. His wife Eliza and two children lived in this household.
In the 1871 census Isaac Dawson (age 40), licensed hawker, was the head of household at 106 High Street, Corby. His wife and seven children lived in the same household.
Isaac Dawson died on 17 March 1872 aged 42 years of phthisis (tuberculosis). He had been a licensed hawker. His death was announced in the Grantham Journal: Dawson.—At Corby, the 17th inst., Isaac Dawson carrier, aged 42 years.
He was buried at St John the Evangelist’s Church, Corby, on 19 March.
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Wikitree: Isaac Dawson (1830-1872)
That's a great photo Anne, but they do look older than you'd expect. But it's not impossible as it often was a case that our ancestors looked quite old, even at a young age.