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PLATER, Alice
1827 - 1883 (56 years) Has no ancestors but 35 descendants in this family tree.
1827 - 1863 (36 years)-
Name PLATER, Alice Birth 1827 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death 1883 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I1264 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Family DAWSON, Charles, b. 16 Apr 1827, Althorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 22 Sep 1863, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (Age 36 years) Marriage 1848 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. DAWSON, William Adam, b. 1849, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1908, Coventry Registration District, Warwickshire (Age 59 years)2. DAWSON, Margaret, b. 27 May 1851, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, England d. 2 Aug 1929, Walsoken, Norfolk (Age 78 years)3. DAWSON, Frank Plater, b. 1862, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1946, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 84 years)Family ID F237 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - DAWSON, Alice formerly PLATER (1827-1883)
She was baptised at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, in 1827, daughter of William and Ann PLATER of Timber Market, Wisbech.
Alice PLATER's marriage was registered in 1848.
(GRO December Q 1848 Wisbech 14 333).
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 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 death of an Alice DAWSON aged 55 was registered in 1883.
(GRO March Q 1883 Wisbech 3b 410)
(revised 09.02.2026)
- DAWSON, Alice formerly PLATER (1827-1883)