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Marriages - grooms
Albert Dawson & Mary McPHAIL
m. 9 July 1903 at St Michael's Church,
Christchurch.
ages: 28 / 23; occ: Malster.
born: Kaiapoi / Prebbleton.
parents: James & Susan Dawson nee MANGIN,
malster.
James & Annie McPhail, nee PHILLIPS,
gardener.
witness: James Dawson, Linwood, Annie
McW. Hay, Sydenham.
Alfred Dawson & Rebecca TREZISE
m. 2 December 1875 at res. of Rev. J.Berry, Ferry rd.
ages: both full;
witness: John Pearson Cooper, Durham st,
Christchurch; Thomas Palmer, South Belt,
Christchurch.
Andrew Dawson & Annie McNIE
m. 8 January 1882 at The Manse, Tuam st.
ages: 44 / 32, bachelor/spinster, occ:
teacher. born: Kincardine,Scotland / Monteith,
Scotland.
parents: George & Margaret Dawson, nee HENDERSON,
manufacturer.
Duncan Smith & Ann McNie, nee
FERGUSON,
witness: David Houston, Southbridge; Mary
Matilda Crawford, Christchurch.
Andrew Dawson & Mary Elizabeth
PREBBLE m. 19 July 1852 at Temporary
Church, Lyttelton.
ages: full / 19; occ;
farmer; res; Greensland, Head of the
Bay, Port Victoria, New Zealand;
witness: William Blatchford; Catherine Miln.
Arthur Oliver Dawson & Agnes Esther
O'DONNELL m. 22 February 1909 at R.C.Presbytery.
ages: 27 / 25; occ; salesman / clerk; born:
Melbourne, Australia / Kaiapoi.
parents: William & Margaret Dawson, nee CRIBBES,
stock dealer.
James
& Mary O'Donnell, nee
BEATTIE, sawyer.
witness: Edward Claud Thomas, clerk, Leviathan Hotel,
Manchester st, Chch.
Annie O'Donnell, Yaldhurst
Cecil Theodore Tenterden Dawson &
Phyllis Leila WOOTTON m. 24 January 1935 at
St Peters Church, Upper Riccarton.
ages: 35 / 19; occ; fruiterer; born; both
Christchurch;
parents: Thomas & Mary Ann Dawson, nee FRASER,
malster.
William George & Lucy Agnes,
nee ATKINS, labourer.
witness: John F.Berry, clerk, St
Albans; J.H.Wootton, Upper Riccarton,
labourer.
Charles Dawson & Jane BUCKETT
m. 24 November 1871 at The Manse.
ages; 23 / 20; occ; cab
proprietor;
witness: John Orme, Christchurch,
builder; Mary Rutherford spinster,
Montreal st.
Charles Henry Orme Dawson & Eleanor BOWES
m. 18 May 1911 at house of Mr Dawson, Hereford
st, Linwood.
ages: 38 / 56; bachelor / widow 18 September
1906. born: Christchurch / Yorkshire;
parents: Charles William & Jane
Dawson, nee BUCKETT, grocer.
George & Elizabeth Bowes, nee NEWTON,
farmer.
witness: Charley Dawson, clerk, Stanmore rd,
Linwood; Fanny Maud Taylor, Lyttelton;
Edward Alexander Dawson & Margaret TWEEDIE
m. 1 February 1886 at St Paul's Church.
ages: 24 / 23; occ; railway station
master; born: Scotland / Ireland.
parents: Thomas & Mary Frances Dawson, nee
HAY, engineer.
James & Sarah Tweedie, nee
MURDOCH, farmer.
witness: F.J.Summerfield, Stanmore rd,
painter; Wm Hobbs, Sydenham, hairdresser.
Ernest Dawson & Gertrude BORGFELDT
m. 6 May 1896 at Pres. Church, Papanui.
ages: 25 / 23; occ: farmer; born:
Swannanoa / Papanui.
parents: George & Sarah Elizabeth Dawson nee BAILEY,
farmer.
John & Gertrude
Borgfeldt, nee ESSELBOURNE, farmer.
witness: John Borgfeldt, farmer,
Papanui; Marie Griffiths, Amberley.
James Dawson & Susan MANGAN
m. 30 October 1864 at house of Rev. Fraser.
ages: 22 / 21; occ; malster / domestic
servant;
witness: Thomas Smith, carpenter, Eliza
Davies, spinster, Christchurch.
Phillip James Dawson & Edith Alice
CHAPMAN m. 10 October 1924 at St
Saviour's Church, Sydenham.
ages: 23 / 22; occ: labourer;
born. both Christchurch.
parents: Thomas & Mary Ann Dawson, nee FRASER,
malster.
Charles & Annie
Caroline Amelia Chapman, (Minnie) nee LIGHT,
foreman sugar boiler.
witness: C. Dawson, Alexander st, Richmond;
Lillian Winnifred Chapman, Fisher ave, Beckenham.
Robert Dawson & Edith May
ROSSITER m. 12 December 1912 at res. of John
Rossiter, Ashley.
ages: 25 / 19: occ: farm labourer:
born: Burnham / Oxford.
parents: Thomas & Margaret Dawson nee PRESTON,
ret. farmer.
John & Rachel Ann Rossiter, nee BOWMAN,
sawmiller.
witness: Alice Rossiter, Salvation Army
officer, Ashley: Arthur Rossiter,
labourer, Ashley:
Robert Dawson & Martha Sarah
TURNOR m.11 August 1875 at Trinity
Church, Christchurch.
ages: 31 / 24: occ: dealer.
witness: Alex Reece, carpenter: John Turnor,
accountant: Emily Turnor, Joseph Dawson.
Robert Ashley Dawson & Maria Sylvie May
WATSON m. 10 February 1945 at St Saviours,
Templeton.
occ: machine operator, born: Rangiora /
Templeton:
parents: Robert & Edith May Dawson, nee ROSSITER,
farmer.
James & Fiona Isabella
May Watson, nee BAILEY?)
witness: C.R.Dawson, Halswell,
moulder: P.A.R.Watson, Templeton, machinist.
Thomas Dawson & Ellen Lillian ELFORD
m. 23 July 1907 at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages: 27 /20: occ: farmer : born:
Southbridge / Heathcote:
parents: Thomas & Margaret Dawson, nee PRESTON,
farmer.
Robt John Beazley & Mary Ann
Elford, nee ASKEW, malster.
witness: R. Elford, malster,
Christchurch: Robert Dawson,
Springston;
Thomas Dawson & Mary Ann FRASER
m. 28 July 1898 at Wesleyan Methodist Church, Sydenham.
ages: 28 / 19; occ; Malster; both born
Christchurch.
parents: James & Jane Dawson, nee MANGIN,
malster.
Simon & Mary Tenterden Fraser, nee
STEVENS, sawyer.
witness: W.Dawson, Canterbury,
waiter; Simon Fraser, sawyer,
Christchurch;
Thomas Dawson & Harriett HOLMES
m. 12 May 1860 at St Peter's, Riccarton.
ages: both full: occ: labourer.
witness: George Holmes, labourer, Riccarton;
Sarah Ann Walker; Emma Burber;
Thomas George Dawson & Alice CHAPMAN
m. 1 June 1898 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: 33 / 21; occ; farmer;
born; both Christchurch
parents: Thomas & Harriett Dawson, nee HOLMES,
farmer.
Samuel & Elizabeth
Chapman, nee MEALING, carpenter.
witness: Nellie Palmer, Christchurch;
W.H.Dawson, Hornby.
Warwick John Dawson & Annie
Maria MAZEY m. 4 May 1898
at Holy Trinity, Avonside.
ages: 23 / 23: occ: dentist: born:
Gisborne / Christchurch:
parents: Frank & Sarah Dawson, nee
------ watchmaker.
James & Annie Mazey, nee PIKE,
painter.
witness: Albert William Newton, grocer: James
Mazey, painter, Linwood.
William Dawson & Elizabeth COOK
m. 2 August 1911 at St John's, Christchurch.
ages: 25 / 30; occ;
farmer; born .Springston /
Springburn. usual address: Highbank.
parents: Thomas & Margaret Dawson, nee PRESTON,
farmer;
William &
Margaret Cook, nee WINCHESTER, farmer;
witness: Robert Dawson, labourer,
Ashley; Ada M. Cook, dressmaker, Springburn.
William DAWSON
&
Ada Hodgson
m.
2 September 1902 at res. of Mr Anthony Hodgson,
Papanui, Christchurch
ages: both full, occ: Wesleyan Methodist Minister /
State school teacher. b. Scotland
Gate, Northumberland / Prebbleton,
parents: Philip George & Dorothy Dawson nee CHARLTON miner
Anthony & Barbara Hodgson nee LENNOX farmer
witness: William Hodgson farmer, Cheviot,
Thos. Wilson, farmer, Marshland.
William Dawson & Martha Margaret
KOLKMAN m. 28 September 1899 at Wesleyan
Church, St Albans.
ages: 35 / 20; occ: farmer,
born: Ashley / Papanui.
parents: George & Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, nee BAILEY,
farmer.
Frederick & Katherine
Kolkman, nee MYER, farmer.
witness: Frederick Kolkman, farmer,
Papanui: Llewellyn. B. Evans,
farmer, Kaiapoi.
William Dawson & Margaret MATTHEWS
m. 12 April 1899 at The Manse, Leeston.
ages: 30 / 23: occ: farmer,
born: both Ireland,
parents: William & Ann Dawson, nee EWART,
farmer:
John & Matilda
Matthews, nee KINEAR, farmer.
witness: A. J. McPherson, Lakeside,
farmer: M.J.Cleland,
Leeston, domestic.
Marriages - brides
Thomas William FELTON
& Alice Gertrude FRASER m. 27 June
1907 at St Luke's
ages: 23 / 28; bachelor / widow, 16? April
1905; occ: electrical engineer /
dressmaker: born: Dunedin / Riverton:
parents: Thomas Wm & Maud Eliza Felton, nee MABERLEY,
mechanical engineer.
George & Mary Ann Dawson, nee POOLE,
commission agent.
witness: J.A.Veitch, engineer:
Amos Donaldson, commission agent:
Edgar Francis DIXON & Maude Ellen
Dawson m. 11 July 1899 at Weslyan
Church, Papanui.
ages: 28 / 22: occ: labourer:
born: Gloucestershire / Ohoka.
parents: Thomas & Ellen Dixon, nee PRITCHARD,
farmer.
George & Sarah
Elizabeth Dawson, nee BAILEY, farmer.
witness: William Dawson, farmer,
Papanui: William Pritchard Spencer,
Styx.
John HUNT & Rachel Elizabeth Dawson
m. 9 August 1882 at St Saviour's, Templeton.
ages: 22 / 20: occ: farmer, born:
Papanui / Riccarton, present address:
Ashburton;
parents: Joseph & Matilda Hunt, nee BARTLETT,
farmer;
Thomas & Harriett Dawson, nee
HOLMES, farmer;
witness: Thomas Dawson, Templeton,
farmer: Hannah Amelia Dawson, Templeton.
Herbert Robinson PEERS & Rona Louisa Dawson
m. 8 June 1933 at St Silas, Mission Room, Styx.
ages: 24 / 27; occ;
clerk; b. Boothstown, England / Christchurch;
parents: Herbert Robinson & Ellen Peers,
nee BOND,
Warwick John & Annie Marie
Dawson, nee MAZEY, dentist.
witness: W.T.Mayne, Styx,
salesman; D.R.Peers, domestic
duties, Christchurch.
Alfred William COOK & Rose Margaret Dawson
m. 24 August 1912 at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages: 31 / 25; occ; coach builder; born:
Sydenham / Rose Bank, Southland;
parents: Alfred Thomas & Helen Cook,
nee COLLARD, machinist.
George & Mary Anne
Eliza Dawson, nee POOLE, advertising agent.
witness: Thomas P. Lard, (Lord)
fruiterer. Myrtle C. Felton, cadet,
telephone exchange.
Robert BOYD & Sarah Dawson
m. 19 December 1907 at St Paul's Christchurch.
ages : 62 / 40; widower, 16 August 1891
/ spinster. occ:
farmer; b. Ireland / West Eyreton;
parents: Robert & Esther Boyd, nee SMITH,
farmer;
Richard & Mary Dawson, nee
------ farmer;
witness: Edith M.Dawson, Domestic duties, West
Eyreton; Margaret Dawson, nurse,
Christchurch;
John Graham CLARK & Sarah Ann Dawson
m. 9 November 1886 at Weslyan Church, Ohoka.
ages: 28 / 23: occ: farmer: born:
Wellington / Ashley. North Canterbury.
parents: James & Elizabeth Clark, nee GRAHAM,
farmer;
George & Sarah Elizabeth Dawson,
nee BAILEY, farmer;
witness: William Dawson, farmer, Ohoka; Alfred
Ben. Catchpole, gardener, Kaiapoi:
Catherine Dawson, spinster, Ohoka.
Reginald Leonard STOKES & Thelma
Victoria Dawson m. 11 June 1935 at New
Brighton.
occ; baker and pastry cook; b. Auckland /
Christchurch;
parents: James Thomas & Marian Stokes, nee
McCARTHY, baker and pastry cook
James McClatchie & Catherine
Dawson, nee MARSH.
witness: Nancy M.Ironside, Linwood;
Dudley J.Waters, Temuka.
Births -
Albert - b. 30 August 1874 to James &
Susan, Kaiapoi.
Albert Stanley - 12 January 1894 to Frederick
Charles & Annie, Linwood, occ; cabinet
maker.
Alfred - b. 22 October 1857 to Andrew &
Mary Elizabeth, Prebbleton.
Andrew - b. 13 July 1861 to Andrew & Mary
Elizabeth (nee Prebble) farmer, Prebbleton.
Ann Maria - b. 10 June 1853 to Andrew
& Mary, Port Albert, farmer.
Annie Jane - b. 1 June 1880 to Charles &
Jane, Sydenham, occ: general dealer.
Arthur John - b. 7 October 1871 to Thomas
& Harriet, Riccarton, farmer.
Arthur Warwick - b. 6 June 1903 to
Warwick John & Annie Maria, Linwood,
dentist.
Catherine - b. 28 January 1866 to George & Sarah
Elizabeth, Kaiapoi, labourer.
Charles Henry Orme - b. 26 October 1872 to Charles
& Jane, nee Buckett. storeman.
Charles Thomas - b. 21 February 1903 to Frank &
Mary Jane Dawson, Ellesmere.
Charley - b. 29 September 1888 to Charles
William & Jane, Templeton,
Innkeeper.
Clara Mary - b. 25 April 1879 to James &
Susan, Middle Heathcote, malster.
Cuthbert Stanley - b. 13 July 1909 to Warwick
John & Annie Maria, dentists assistant.
David Albert - 29 July
1913 ----------------------------------------------------------
Dorothy - b. 26 May 1894 to
Charles William & Jane, Templeton, Hotel
keeper.
Dudley Algernon - b. 28 June 1909 to H.C.
& J. Tokomara Bay.
Eleanor Sarah Bruce - b. 27 June 1863 to Robert &
Maria, occ; linen draper, Christchurch.
Eliza Jane - b. 10 September 1890 to Thomas &
Margaret, Burnham, labourer.
Eliza Jane - b. 10 September 1879 to Thomas &
Fanny, Christchurch.
Elizabeth - b. 23 October 1867 to George & Sarah
Elizabeth, Kaiapoi. farmer.
Ellen Elizabeth - b. 9 July 1858 to Henry Joseph &
Elizabeth, Avonside, cabinet maker.
Ernest - b. 20 April 1872 to George & Sarah
Elizabeth, Mandeville Plains.
Ernest Alfred - b. 20 September 1922 to Alfred &
Lucy, Mackworth st.
Ethel Dorothy - b. 22 April 1898 to Frederick
Charles & Annie, Linwood, cabinet maker.
Fannie Maude - b. 4 September 1886 to Charles William
Howard & Jane, Halswell, hotel keeper.
Frank Cole - b. 13 February 1875 to James &
Ellen, Professor of dancing.
Frederick Joseph - b. 8 September 1865 to James &
Susan, Malster, Worcester st.
Frederick Arthur George - b. 4 February 1924 to Victor John &
Emily Elizabeth, Lyttelton, seaman.
Fyvie Caroline Tannock - b. 5 September 1904 to Hugh
Tannock & Rozina, Cust. stationmaster NZ Railways.
Norman Leslie b. 5 September 1930 to Alfred &
Lucy, Linwood.
Olive - b. 21 June 1875 to William & Harriett,
Colombo st.
Patricia - b. 18 August 1927 to Mary helen
Alexandra, St Saviour's Orphange
Philip - b. 8 April 1881 to James &
Susan, malster, Colombo rd.
Rachel Elizabeth - b. 13 January 1862 to Thomas
& Harriett (Holmes)
Robert James - b. 24 February ---- to Thomas &
Margaret, Burnham.
Robert Kyle - b. 4 November 1925 to Kyle & Alma Iris
Dawson, Killinchy.
Ronald George - b. 4 June 1925 to Alfred &
Lucy,
Rose - b. 6 April 1891 to Charles William
& Jane, Templeton. Inn keeper.
Sarah Ann - b. 20 March 1863 to George & Sarah
Elizabeth, Ashley.
Sarah Jane - b. 8 June 1866 to Richard & Mary,
River Eyre, farmer.
Sarah Oranda Annie - b. 2 March 1903 to William
& Margaret, Brookside. farmer.
Thomas - b. 21 June 1875 to William * Harriett,
Colombo st.
Thomas Edward Kyle - b. 21 July 1896 to
William & Margaret, nee Matthews, Stony Gully.
Thomas George - b. 23 June 1863 to Thomas
& Harriet nee Holmes, Riccarton.
Victor - b. 20 November 1892 to Charles William
& Jane, Templeton, Inn keeper.
Violet Ellen - b. 28 June 1882 to Charles
& jane, Sydenham, general dealer.
Violet May - b. 30 August 1883 to Charles William
Howard & Jane, Halswell, Hotel keeper.
William - b. 15 November 1885 to Thomas &
Margaret, Burnham,
William Heney - b. 17 September 1865 to Thomas &
Harriett nee Holmes, Riccarton, farmer.
Burials
Albert - bur. 21 April 1943, occ:
brewer, age 70, 266 Kilmore st.
Ann - died 25 August 1865 wife of A. Dawson.
Racecourse Hill.
Ann - bur. 30 April 1915, age 80 Linwood
Cemetery.
Anna Maria Jane Letitia - bur. 31 January 1867
NOK Sarah Burnett, Lyttelton, age 22mths.
Arthur Benjamin John - died 10 September 1874.
age 8yrs,
Arthur John - bur. 18 February 1926 hus. of Lily
Gertrude, Little River. age 54.
David -
Edith Eleanor - bur. 17 May 1907 at Sydenham, age
26 Chester st East.
Edward - bur. 5 June 1948, age 46, res.
Sunnyside. Bromley Cemetery.
Elizabeth - bur. 13 November 1861 dau. of Andrew
& Mary Elizabeth, age 6, Prebbleton.
Elizabeth - bur. 19 January 1910 at Linwood,
age 50.
Elizabeth - bur. 31 May 1949, age 78, Jubilee
Home, cremation.
Fanny - bur. 20 September 1880, age 7 years.
Frances Alice Mabel - bur. 5 November 1878, dau. of
Charles & Jane, age 1 yr 10mths. general dealer.
Sydenham.
George - bur. 14 July 1905, age 69, Sydenham.
Richard - bur. 17 June 1902 at West Eyreton,
age 75.
Robert - bur. 26 August 1897 age
59,
Sarah Elizabeth - bur. 29 June 1909, age 72,
Sydenham.
Thomas - bur. 9 March 1907 at Sydenham
age19 died in consumptive camp, New
Brighton.
Thomas - bur. 26 August 1875 son of William &
Harriet, age 2mths.
Thomas - bur. 24 October 1920 age 70,
Spreydon.
Thomas - bur. 19 August 1924, age 91,
farmer, Hornby.
Violet Ellen - b. 28 June 1882 age 4mths, dau. of
Charles & Jane, Sydenham, general dealer.
Walter - bur. 1 February 1877 age 8mths.
Addington Cemetery
William - bur. 8 May 1864, Ashley Downs, son
of John & Sarah.
William - bur. 14 March 1933, res. Sydenham,
Bromley Cemetery.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
25 August 2012
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