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DAWSON, William Adam
1849 - 1908 (59 years) Has 6 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1827 - 1883 (56 years)-
Name DAWSON, William Adam Birth 1849 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Male Death 1908 Coventry Registration District, Warwickshire Person ID I2845 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father DAWSON, Charles, b. 16 Apr 1827, Althorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 22 Sep 1863, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (Age 36 years) Mother PLATER, Alice, b. 1827, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1883, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 56 years) Marriage 1848 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family KINGERLEY, Emma Jane, b. Between 1855 and 1856, Eye, Northamptonshire, England d. 8 Jun 1935, Coventry Registration District, Warwickshire (Age 80 years) Marriage 1877 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. DAWSON, Ethel Alice, b. 1878, Walsoken, Norfolk d. 1935, Pancras Registration District, London (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. DAWSON, Bertha May, b. 1881, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. Aft 1911 (Age > 31 years)Family ID F1439 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM ADAM DAWSON 1849-1908
The birth of William Adam DAWSON was registered in 1849.
(GRO December 1849 Wisbeach 14 172)
The 1861 census of 8 Market Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
Charles DAWSON, head, aged 33, earthenware dealer, born at Althorpe, Lincolnshire;
Alice DAWSON, wife, aged 33, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*William Adam DAWSON, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Margaret DAWSON, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbech.
(RG9/1048/76/33)
The 1871 census of 36 Bedford Street, Wisbech:
Adam DAWSON, head, aged 68, widower, retired glass dealer and landowner, born at Leicester;
Alice DAWSON, daughter-in-law, aged 43, widow, born at Wisbech;
*William A. DAWSON, grandson, aged 21, unmarried, coalmerchant's clerk, born at Wisbech;
Margaret DAWSON, granddaughter, aged 19, unmarried, draper's assistant, born at Wisbech;
Frank P. DAWSON, grandson, aged 8, scholar, born at Wisbech.
(RG10/1616/106/29)
The marriage between William Adam DAWSON and Emma Jane KINGERLEY was registered in 1877.
(GRO December 1877 Wisbech 3b 1341).
The 1881 census of 14 Queen Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
*William A. DAWSON, head, aged 31, newspaper correspondent & acct, born at Wisbech;
Emma J. DAWSON, wife, aged 25, born at Eye, Northamptonshire;
Ethel A. DAWSON, daughter, aged 2, born at Walsoken.
(RG11/1696/100/30)
The 1891 census of 13 Odom Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
*William A. DAWSON, head, aged 41, registration agent, born at Wisbech;
Emma J. DAWSON, wife, aged 35, born at Eye, Northamptonshire;
Ethel A. DAWSON, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Bertha M. DAWSON, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbeck.
(RG12/1305/73/30)
The 1901 census of 1 Radford Street, Coventry, Warwickshire:
*William A. DAWSON, head, aged 51, Conservative registration agent, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Emma J. DAWSON, wife, aged 45, born at Eye, Northamptonshire;
Ethel A. KINGERLEY, daughter, aged 22, married, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Bertha M. DAWSON, daughter, aged 19, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG13/2910/38/22)
The death of William Adam DAWSON aged 58 was registered in 1908.
(GRO September Q 1908 Coventry 6d 284)
(revised 07.12.2010)