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Well, I looked again at the Find A Grave website at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60729494 which is the gravesite of Isaac's son, Benjamin, and Benjamin's family in New Bedford, Massachusetts. I note that they put the year of birth and year of death of Isaac on the stone along with all the other family members. Do you think that he could actually be buried there? I suppose Isaac could have come to live out the last of his years with his son Ben. Ben was in Massachusetts by 1868 so he was definitely there when his father was alive. We know his dad was in England in 1881 for the census but we don't know where he went from there. I guess I could check ships' manifests to find out if Isaac went to the USA. I had seen this site before and knew that had info about Isaac on the site, but I didn't realize his name is actually on the stone too. I suppose it could be just for informational purposes. What do you think? I know they put year of birth as 1814 and I have Isaac being baptized in 1811, but Isaac could have very well told Ben that 1814 was when he was born.

rosie99, I have not yet researched the where and when of the death of Isaac's second wife, Martha (Dutton) Dawson. She was born in Huddersfield, though.

Learning all these name of places in England and finding them on Google Earth and reading a bit of history on them makes me want to visit England. I likely have lots of relatives there that I know nothing about. Plus, when my mother visited Scotland and told a woman my father's father was a Dawson who came from England, the woman replied, "Well, if he was a Dawson, his family came from Scotland originally!"

Maybe the Isaac Dawson who died in June 1899 is my gr gr gr grandfather, but I don't have any document yet showing that. Thanks, all.

I am looking to find the year of death and possible burial place of my great great great grandfather, Isaac Dawson. He was baptized  in West Yorkshire on Dec 16, 1813 at Emley Church. His parents were John and Hannah and they lived in  Skelmanthorpe. He married Hannah Chappel in 1833. She died in 1853 and then he married Martha Dutton in 1859. I find him in the census reports up to the 1881 one, but nothing after that.

I found some information on a website that said an Isaac Dawson was buried in 1886 in the Tongue cemetery in Bolton. But I would have to pay to get more info. I already pay for ancestry.com and would prefer not to do that. I also found a list of names of people buried there which also says the list is not complete and it does not list Isaac Dawson. Do any of you know of any website which may show the year of birth of this Isaac Dawson who may be buried there? On the census reports, he gives ages that could make his year of birth as 1815, 1816 and 1817. But he was baptized in 1813, so I think he was quite “flexible” with his age!

Free BMD also shows an Isaac Dawson who died in June 1899 at age 88 which would mean he was born in 1811, though baptized in 1813. They show the district was Skirlaugh,

Isaac spent his life in Droylsden working as a baker and near the end of his life, he may have been a grocer.

I feel like I gathered quite a lot of info on this Isaac, including his children’s names, etc., but I would kind of like to wrap things up on him. Someone wrote on his son’s Benjamin’s Find A Grave that Isaac was born in 1814 and died in 1893, but they got that info from a book which I think was incorrect. There was an Isaac Dawson whose father was Robert who was born in 1814. I don’t know where they came up with the year 1893 for the death.

On Cheshire BMD it shows George Dawson being born in 1861 and his mother’s maiden name being Dawson. It says the Subdistrict is Audenshaw and that she Registers him at Tameside. George says he was born in Droylsden on census reports and ships’ manifests. Can you explain the relationship between Droylsden, Audenshaw, Tameside, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire to me? I think England has at least one additional geographic division than I am used to.  In Maine where I live we are first divided by counties and then towns. I think England has, districts, subdistricts , counties, and towns, but I get confused. So was George born in the town of Droylsden, in the subdistrict of Audenshaw, in the county of Lancashire? Where does Tameside and Ashton Under Lyne come in? I think I have seen things about George and Ashton Under Lyne as well.  Thank you.