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DICKENSON, John
1805 - 1894 (89 years) Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1775 - Yes, date unknown (~ 60 years)-
Name DICKENSON, John Birth 1805 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 
Gender Male Death 23 Aug 1894 Cypress Grove, South Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia Person ID I5025 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father DICKENSON, Henry, b. Abt 1752 d. 7 Sep 1837, Walsall, Staffordshire (Age 85 years) Mother NEAL, Rosabella, b. Abt 1775 d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 60 years) Marriage 13 Aug 1799 Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire Family ID F1114 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 ROWLEY, Charlotte, b. 12 Apr 1813, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England d. 1880, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia (Age 66 years) Marriage 1841 Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire Children 1. DICKENSON, Marianne Emily, b. 7 Nov 1844, Walsall, Staffordshire d. 1849, Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire (Age 4 years)2. DICKENSON, John Henry, b. 1848, Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire d. Aft 1928, Tasmania, Australia (Age > 81 years)3. DICKENSON, Frank, b. 1851, Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire, England d. Aft 1928 (Age > 78 years)4. DICKENSON, Alfred Rowley, b. 30 Jul 1854, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia d. 26 May 1938, Tasmania, Australia (Age 83 years)Family ID F1535 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 BERESFORD, Susan, b. Abt 1829 d. Tasmania, Australia Marriage 21 Apr 1883 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Family ID F2091 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
JOHN DICKENSON 1805-1894
John, son of Henry and Rosabella DICKENSON, was baptised at St. Martin, Birmingham, on 4 October 1805.
(FamilySearch)
From the 1841 census of Birm[ingha]m Street, Walsall Foreign, Staffordshire:
Henry DICKENSON, aged 30, merchant, NOT born in Staffordshire;
*John DICKENSON, aged 25, merchant, NOT born in Staffordshire;
Rosabella DICKENSON, aged 25, Ind., NOT born in Staffordshire;
Elizabeth DICKENSON, aged 50, Ind., NOT born in Stafforshire;
Jane WILKINS, aged 45, F.S., NOT born in Staffordshire.
(HO107/983/11/24/40)
The marriages of Charlotte ROWLEY to John DICKENSON and Mary Ann Caroline ROWLEY to Henry DICKENSON were registered in 1841.
(GRO September Q 1841 Walsall 17 220)
An Index to the Will of Thomas ROWLEY (circa 1770-1845), gentleman, made on 4 April 1843. Probate was granted at London on 9 July 1845.
01*Thomas ROWLEY, the Testator
Beneficiaries:
02 Patience Sarah DUNNING, daughter of the Testator
03 Mary Ann Caroline DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of Henry DICKENSON.
04 Henry DICKENSON, joint executor
05 Charlotte DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of John DICKENSON.
06*John DICKENSON, joint executor
07 Eliza EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator, wife of the Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE
08 Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE, joint executor
09 William ROWLEY, son of the Testator
10 Thomas ROWLEY, son of the Testator
11 George ROWLEY, son of the Testator
Others:
12 William TOTTY, tenant
13 LEADBEATER, tenant
14 COX, tenant
15 OSBOURN, tenant
16 WEBSTER, tenant
17 BLACKAMORE, tenant
18 HOROBRIDGE, tenant
19 ALLEN, tenant
20 HUNNE, tenant
21 WILKINSON, tenant
22 George GALLOWAY, joint executor, gentleman, of Edmonton, London.
23 Saml. WILKINSON, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
24 Thomas MARLOW, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
25 Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall.
(Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/2021/0783)
The 1851 census of Belle Vue, Walsall, Staffordshire:
*John DICKENSON (sic), head, aged 44, merchant ironmomgery & saddlery, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire;
Charlotte DICKENSON, wife, aged 37, born at Walsall, Staffordshire;
John H. DICKENSON, son, aged 2, born at Walsall;
Frank DICKINSON (sic), aged 1 month, born at Walsall;
Jane MOSELEY, servant, aged 24, born at Walsall;
Selina WHOELEY, servant, aged 31, born at Walsall.
(HO107/2023/59/47)
Charlotte and John DICKENSON arrived in Tasmania at some time between the date of the 1851 census of England & Wales and the birth of their son Alfred Rowley DICKENSON at Hobart in 1854.
John DICKENSON died at Cypress Grove, South Bridgewater, Tasmania, on 23 August 1894.
His three sons were executors of his will: John Henry DICKENSON, Frank DICKENSON, and Arthur Rowley DICKENSON. He refers to his (second) wife Susan.
(Tasmanian Archives)
(revised 11.11.2019)