Mary Dawson

Mary Jane Dawson 

Born: 1849, Spalding 

Baptised: 28 December 1849, Spalding 

Mother: Maria Dawson (b. 1823)

Father: Thomas Dawson (b. 1824)

Sisters: Ann Dawson (b. 1847), Martha Dawson (b. 1855), Maria Dawson (b. 1860), Emily Dawson (b. 1866)

Brothers: Edward Dawson (b. 1846), William Dawson (b. 1852), Charles Dawson (b. 1863)

Marriage:        1879, Rochdale 

Husband:         John Hannam 

                        b. 1851 

                        Schoolmaster

Issue: 

#1 Ethel Mary Hannam (b. 1880)

#2 Herbert Charles Hannam (b. 1883)

#3 William Edward Hannam (b. 1885)

#4 Frances John Hannam (b. 1888) (d. 1915 – on Plymouth War Memorial)

In 1851 – 

She is at London Road Spalding. Her father is listed as ‘Painter’. Her mother is unlisted. Edward, Ann and Mary Jane are unlisted. Her grandmother, Sarah Tasker (b. 1789), is unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Double Street, Spalding, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Painter & Gilder’. Her mother is unlisted. She is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Painter’. Her sister, Martha, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Mary Jane and her siblings, Maria, Charles and Emily are unlisted.  

In 1881 – 

She is at Edenfield Road, Martins Terrace, Spotland, Rochdale. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. She is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Ethel Mary, is unlisted. Her sister, Maria (b. 1860), is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’.

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Minverfield Rowe, Avenbury, Bromyard. She is listed as ‘Widow’ and ‘Elementary School Mistress’. Her sons, (Herbert, William and Frances) are unlisted. 

In 04/97 – 

Address is Avonbury Board School, Bromyard. 

In 1901 – 

She is at School House, Minverfield Rowe, Avenbury, Bromyard. She is listed as ‘Widow’ and ‘School Mistress’. Her daughter, Ethel, is listed as ‘Assistant School Mistress’. Her son, Herbert, is listed as ‘Draper’s Assistant’ Her son, William, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her son, Frances, is unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Avenbury Bromyard, Avenbury. She is listed as ‘widow’ and ‘Elementary School Mistress’. Her daughter, Ethel, is now married and now ‘Ethel Davies’, she is unlisted. Her niece, Kathleen Isabel Circutt (b. 1898), is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Victoria Avenue, Bromyard. She is listed as widow and ‘Retired School Mistress’. 

Nothing more definitive found.