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DAWSON, Adam
1802 - 1877 (75 years) Has 2 ancestors and 36 descendants in this family tree.
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Name DAWSON, Adam Birth 1802 Leicester St. Margarets, Leicestershire 
Gender Male Death 23 Jun 1877 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Person ID I3737 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Father DAWSON, Adam d. Yes, date unknown Mother .........., Mabel d. Yes, date unknown Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F1744 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROBINSON, Margaret, b. 27 Feb 1803, Darlington, County Durham, England d. 29 Sep 1862, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (Age 59 years) Marriage 1826 Caistor, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. DAWSON, Charles, b. 16 Apr 1827, Althorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 22 Sep 1863, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (Age 36 years)Family ID F238 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Death - 23 Jun 1877 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
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Notes - DAWSON, Adam (1802-1877)
Adam DAWSON was baptised at Leicester St. Margarets, Leicestershire, on 17 June 1802.
(source: sue_coe@btopenworld.com)
He married a Margaret ROBINSON at Caistor, Lincolnshire, on 19 June 1826.
(IGI)
Their son Charles was born in Althorpe, Lincolnshire, on 22 April 1827.
(source: sue_coe@btopenworld.com)
From the 1851 census of the Market Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
*Adam DAWSON, head, aged 48, glass and china dealer, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Margaret DAWSON, wife, aged 47, born in Darlington, County Durham;
Eliza BALDING, servant, aged 30, house servant, born at Marham, Norfolk.
(HO107/1766/335/46)
From the 1861 census of 37 Bedford Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
*Adam DAWSON, head, aged 58, landed proprietor, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Margaret DAWSON, wife, aged 57, born at Darlington, County Durham.
(RG9/1049/96/20)
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 death of an Adam DAWSON aged 75 was registered in 1877.
(GRO June Q 1877 Wisbech 3b 400)
He died at 36a Bedford Street, Wisbech, on 23 June 1877.
(source: sue_coe@btopenworld.com)
11 July 1877. The Will of Adam DAWSON late of Wisbech St. Peter in the County of Cambridge Gentleman who died 23 June 1877 at Wisbech St. Peter was proved at Peterborough by Henry DAWBARN of Wisbech St. Peter Grocer and James Francis GREEN of Horncastle in the County of Lincoln Innkeeper the Executors.
Effects under £ 1000. Resworn November 1880 under £ 2000.
(National Probate Calendar 1877)
NOTES & QUERIES:
A couple of years ago I was contacted by a lady who turned out to be a distant cousin. We are related through the Green family. (You may remember that my Great great Grandmother, Mary Ann Buxton, married James Francis Green and that Mary Ann's mother was Mary Ann Dawson, daughter of Adam Dawson and Mabel). Surprisingly my newly found cousin had a funeral card for Charles Dawson. It reads "In affectionate remembrance of Charles Dawson (of Wisbech) who departed this life September 22nd 1863 aged 36 years "Let me go home" and someone has then written on the side of it in pen "born Ap 16".
(Source: Sue Coe)
(revised 09.02.2026)
- DAWSON, Adam (1802-1877)