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DENMAN, Joseph
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Name DENMAN, Joseph Birth Aug 1894 Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I6957 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father DENMAN, Joseph Doral, b. 6 Jul 1866, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
d. 4 Jun 1964, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
(Age 97 years) Mother LONGSTAFF, Emily, b. Oct 1870, Shildon, County Durham, England
d. USA
Marriage 1890 Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire
Family ID F1992 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
JOSEPH DENMAN 1894-
Joseph DENMAN was apparently born Joseph DOWSE. He appears thus as an 11 month old infant in the ship's manifest of the Teutonic on 31 July 1895, i.e. born in August 1894, but by the time of the US Federal census taken on 7 April 1900 he is called Joseph DENMAN and his date of birth is said to be August 1893. The second son listed, Cecil DENMAN, was said, correctly, to have been born in December 1894, a difference in their ages of 16 months. Such a difference in age would not have necessitated the deception outlined by Douglas WHITLOCK following the adoption, unofficial or otherwise, of Joseph DOWSE by the DENMAN family (see Notes under Joseph Doral DENMAN) and is clearly a mistake.
The ship Teutonic arrived at New York from Liverpool on 31 July 1895. The manifest shows the following family from Grangetown, Yorkshire, who travelled steerage class and whose destination was Racine, Wisconsin:
Joseph DENMAN, aged 29, boot salesman
Emily DENMAN, wife, aged 24 years 11 months
Ethel DENMAN, daughter, a child aged 3 years 11 months
Cecil DENMAN, son, an infant aged 7 months
Joseph DOWSE, an infant aged 11 months
(revised 30.09.2012)

