Ruth Dawson
- Born: 6 Oct 1833, Renhold, Bedfordshire England 515
- Marriage (1): Charles Roan on 22 Mar 1851 in Lyndhurst, Armidale, NSW Australia
- Died: 15 Jan 1896, NSW Australia at age 62
Noted events in her life were:
• Baptism, 16 Oct 1833, Renhold, Bedfordshire England.
• source. & John Gardner who writes that she was convicted of larceny in Sussex aged 19. Sentence commuted from hanging transportation to "Rosevale" farm in Australia
He adds:
Three generations of Dawsons came to Australia on the Equestrian in 1848. A newspaper account of the ship's arrival is interesting. The Equestrian was well off shore near Sydney when a 3 day storm blew up. The captain took all the sails down and the Equestrian was blown north to Port Stephens before the storm ended and the ship could return under sail to Sydney. Another ship trying to enter the Heads during the same storm ran aground and people died.
The Dawsons came from Renhold in Bedfordshire. It is about 70 miles north of London. You can find it on Google Maps. It's a one horse town. The men were agricultural labourers and Ruth was a straw plaiter.
I've read that in, I think, 1841, plague arrived in Renhold. By 1848, the agricultural reforms were in full swing and people like our ancestors would have found it very hard to make a living. It's little wonder that the Dawsons quit Renhold and came to Australia.
When they arrived in Australia, they did very well. Ellis seems to have owned land in Saumarez Ponds (west of Armidale). I found a newspaper article in which he had posted a reward for the return of 2 missing horses. He died in Armidale hospital on 1 October, 1888. Apparently, he was flung off a horse and sustained head injuries. He was 66 years old. The death certificate gives his occupation as farmer. Even though I loved riding when I was a student at UNE, I've always known that, no matter how well you can ride, it's not the safest activity.
Ellis' children were: Dinah, David, Ralph, Thomas Richardson Dawson, John Swan Dawson. There were 3 other children, 1 boy and 2 girls, who were dead at the time of Ellis' death.
• connection. John Gardner John Gardner connection to ME is as follows:
John Gardner . . .
His grandfather was Joshua Saunders (1873)
His father was James Aaron Saunders who married Annie McCarthy
His father was James Aaron Saunders who married Charlotte Swan who also married Ellis Dawson (1822)
They had John Dawson (1865) who married Mary Roan (1866)
Her father was Charles Roan (c1830) who married Ruth Dawson (1836)
Her father was Thomas Dawson (1801) & he also had Rachel Dawson (1835) who married James Bell (1824)
They had Robin Bell (who died in 1919)
He had Myra Bell (1892) who married Andrew Menzies (1892)
Her father was Daniel Menzies (1865) who married Lavinia Gower (1869)
Her father was Charles Gower (1829) who married Lavinia Pearson (1838)
Her father was Robert Pearson (c1795) & he also had William Pearson (1830) who married Susannah Adelaide Dawes (1841)
Her father was Edward Bannister Dawes (1813) & he also had James Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me '96 Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
Ruth married Charles Roan on 22 Mar 1851 in Lyndhurst, Armidale, NSW Australia. (Charles Roan was born about 1830 in Bedford, Bedfordshire England.)
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