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DAWSON, Charles
1827 - 1863 (36 years) Has 4 ancestors and 35 descendants in this family tree.
1803 - 1862 (59 years)-
Name DAWSON, Charles Birth 16 Apr 1827 Althorpe, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 22 Sep 1863 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Person ID I350 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father DAWSON, Adam, b. 1802, Leicester St. Margarets, Leicestershire d. 23 Jun 1877, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (Age 75 years) Mother ROBINSON, Margaret, b. 27 Feb 1803, Darlington, County Durham, England d. 29 Sep 1862, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (Age 59 years) Marriage 1826 Caistor, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F238 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PLATER, Alice, b. 1827, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1883, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 56 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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Death - 22 Sep 1863 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
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CHARLES DAWSON 1827-1863
Charles Dawson was born on 16 April 1827.
(Source: note on funeral card sent by Sue Coe via Ancestry)
He was baptised at Althorpe, Lincolnshire, on 22 April 1827.
He married Alice PLATER from Wisbech in about 1848.
(source: sue_coe@btopenworld.com).
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)
Charles DAWSON of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, died on 22 September 1863 at the age of 36. There is a pencilled note on the card that he was born on 16 April (1827).
(Source: funeral card)
(GRO September Q 1863 Bury St. E 4a 341)
Charles Dawson of East Field was buried at Wisbech St. Peter on 28 September 1863 aged 36. There is a note in the register that he "died suddenly at Bury St. Edmunds where he was staying a few days".
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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 25.09.2012)