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John Dadswell

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Goudhurst, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 14, 1922 (64)
South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Dadswell and Sara Ann Dadswell
Husband of Emma Jane Dadswell, PROG
Father of John William Hemsley Dadswell; Emma Esther Peebles; Ettie Dadswell; Miriam Lily Dadswell (twin); Grace Violet Dadswell (twin) and 2 others
Brother of Sarah Ann 'Annie' Dadswell; Mary Ann Dadswell; Elizabeth Dadswell and Thomas Dadswell

Occupation: Fruiterer; Dry Salter - apparently this described some form of grocer cum delicatessen owner
Managed by: Sharon Doubell
Last Updated:

About John Dadswell

Sarah Ann Hemsley x 10 Jul. 1853 (cert) at Tooting Gravney, Michael Dadswell: (Born 20 Jan. 1826; bap. Goudhurst, Kent 19 Mar. 1826)(Par. Regs.)

1861 census, Horden, Goudhurst,

Michael, occ. Brick Burner, living with Sarah Ann, b.abt. 1827
Fletching, Sx. [need to check this against the Hawkhurst we have for her]

and children all born Goudhurst. :

  • Sarah Ann 6,
  • Mary Ann 4,
  • John 2

John Dadswell in 1861 England & Wales Census

Birth: Circa 1859 Goudhurst, Sussex

Residence: 1861 Horden, Goudhurst, Kent, England

Age: 2

  • Father: Michael Dadswell
  • Mother: Sarah A Dadswell
  • Siblings: Sarah A Dadswell, Mary A Dadswell

Census

Parish: Goudhurst Series: RG09 Folio: 62
Registration district: Hawkhurst Piece: 508 Family: 49
County: Kent Registrar's district: Cranbrook Line: 16
Country: England Enumerated by: Edward Austin Image: 12
Date: 1861 Enum. District: 5
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Household

  • Head Michael Dadswell 35
  • Wife Sarah A Dadswell 34
  • Daughter Sarah A Dadswell 6
  • Daughter Mary A Dadswell 4
  • Son John Dadswell 2

1871 census Cranbrook, Kent,

Sarah Ann a widow, living Freight’s Cott.

children:

  • John 12,
  • Elizabeth 9
  • Thomas 7.

1881 same place as 1871

with youngest son, Thomas 17, b. Staplehurst, Kent.

1891

census of Highgate, Hawkhurst with son Thomas, a baker.



An interesting story about daughter, Sarah Ann. In a Hawkhurst history. She was known as Annie and became a recluse. She would collect her provisions late at night from the shopkeepers who would leave them on their back doorsteps. [Information from Dadswell Researcher Barbara Nethercott, by email Nov 2013]

Sarah & Michael's Marriage date from original marriage certificate in my possession [Sharon 2013]

From a letter on 22 Feb 1989 between his two granddaughters - Jill Kennedy to my Granny Thelma, he was living in 'Oat Rise, Walthamstow' when his son, George (Jill's father) was born. Apparently their street was later demolished in an air raid so Jill couldn't photograph it. They moved to Hawkhurst, Kent where John ran what Jill calls a 'high class grocer" - she refers to the birth certificate [of George, I think] giving John's status as a Dry Salter - which, she says, was "today's equivalent of a delicatessen combined with Thrupps, on a small scale." George apparently referred to his Greenside house in South Africa as "Hawkhurst." [Sharon 2013]

The My Heritage link by John Ewan Henderson - describes George's place of birth as Oatlands Rise, Walthamstow, Essex - so I have ammended it to that. [Sharon 2013]

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John Dadswell's Timeline

1858
July 4, 1858
Goudhurst, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
1861
1861
Age 2
Goudhurst, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
1883
1883
1892
January 1, 1892
Walthamstow, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1893
May 5, 1893
May 5, 1893
1893
1894
February 18, 1894
Oatland Rise, Walthamstow, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
1922
December 14, 1922
Age 64
South Africa