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Ireland / Re: Joseph Dexter died 1893-1911, but where?
« on: Monday 09 April 18 06:44 BST (UK) »
Hello, I think there was some confusion in the last couple of postings. I am from the same family. Gerald Wiliam Edgeworth Dexter was born to William Dexter on 29 May 1903, not to Joseph Dexter who was William's father. William did re-marry.
Further, from the family notes, on Joseph Dexter (notes courtesy of Frank Dexter):
"There is no record of the death of Joseph Dexter. Family legend has it that Joseph drank away the family fortune and emigrated to Australia. It is known that on 7th March 1896 a person named John Dexter from Tipperary died in Melbourne Hospital, he had arrived ... on the ship Ormuz, his Australian occupation was listed as "shepherd" and he was described as "single'. Was this Joseph Dexter having deserted his wife and family?"
Further, from the family notes, on Joseph Dexter (notes courtesy of Frank Dexter):
"There is no record of the death of Joseph Dexter. Family legend has it that Joseph drank away the family fortune and emigrated to Australia. It is known that on 7th March 1896 a person named John Dexter from Tipperary died in Melbourne Hospital, he had arrived ... on the ship Ormuz, his Australian occupation was listed as "shepherd" and he was described as "single'. Was this Joseph Dexter having deserted his wife and family?"