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DAWSON, Frank Plater
1862 - 1946 (84 years) Has 6 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
1827 - 1883 (56 years)-
Name DAWSON, Frank Plater Birth 1862 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Male Death 1946 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I3739 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, Eliza, b. 1865, Eye, Northamptonshire, England d. 1920, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 55 years) Marriage 1885 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. DAWSON, Mildred Francis K., b. 1887, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1946, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 59 years)2. DAWSON, Harold Francis, b. 1888, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1891, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 3 years)3. DAWSON, Lancelot Alfred, b. 1893, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1912, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 19 years)4. DAWSON, Gilbert Francis, b. 1895, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 3 May 1915, Active Service In World War 1 (Age 20 years)Family ID F1745 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1862 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
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FRANK PLATER DAWSON 1862-1946
The birth of a Frank Plater DAWSON was registered in 1862.
(GRO September Q 1862 Wisbech 3b 567)
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 1881 census of 36A Bedford Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
Alice DAWSON, head, aged 53, widow, income derived from houses, born at Wisbech;
Frank P. DAWSON, son, aged 18, printer compositor, born at Wisbech.
(RG11/1696/92/14)
The marriage of Frank Plater DAWSON to Eliza KINGERLEY was registered in 1885 (GRO June 1885 Wisbech 3b 1029).
The 1891 census of 14 Odom Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
*Frank P. DAWSON, head, aged 28, printer compositor, born at Wisbech;
Eliza DAWSON, wife, aged 28, born at Eye, Northamptonshire;
Mildred F. K. DAWSON, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Harold F. DAWSON, son, aged 3, born at Wisbech.
(RG12/1305/73/30)
The 1901 census of 20 South End, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire;
*Frank P. Dawson, head, aged 38, printer compositor, born at Wisbech Cambridgeshire;
Eliza DAWSON, wife, aged 35, born at Eye, Northamptonshire;
Mildred DAWSON, daughter, aged 14, school girl, born at Wisbech;
Lancelot DAWSON, son, aged 7, school boy, born at Wisbech;
Gilbert DAWSON, son, aged 6, schoolboy, born at Wisbech.
(RG13/1555/118/30)
The death of a Frank P. DAWSON was aged 83 was registered in 1946.
(GRO March Q 1946 Wisbech 3b 779)
(revised 08.12.2010)