William Thomas Dickenson c1769-1828

[Red_Fred]

The baptism of William Thomas Dickenson is a gap in my research.

I know he was a Dyer (Silk) operating from Canal Street and Rutland Street - he appears in several directories after 1810.

He married Mary Whyley on 19 March 1823 at St. Nicholas, Nottingham.

They had already had a son (also William Thomas) who was baptised (as a bastard) in February 1819 - Mary's address was Rutland Street, like WTD, so she may have been his servant.  Old WT Dickenson was about 50 when the lad (my g.g. granddad) was born and Mary was about 25.

Old William died at Newton nr Shelford (Mary's home village) on 21 June 1828. He has a fine slate headstone in Shelford church yard, which declares he was "of Nottingham, aged 59 years".

I had a thrash around the IGI but couldn't find a baptism that seemed to fit.

Can anyone trace a baptism for Old WTD or perhaps an earlier marriage ?

Thanks in anticipation

Malc

[willow154]

Hi Malc,
I've looked for a baptism for him in Notts but couldn't find anything around that date. Tried Dickinson + William Thomas without a surname
Looked for a non-conformist one, too on BMDregisters also - no luck there, either
Sorry - would have loved to have helped I have one like that, too!
Paulene

[willow154]

Hi again,
Just been doing a bit of lateral thinking, and thought I'd look for his name in the Nottingham Burgess Roll - to see if he did his apprenticeship in the town.
Nothing for his name
Also, looked at Dyers - nothing with a name anything like his.

So, it leads me to think he must have served his apprenticeship elsewhere - maybe in the county, or somewhere not in Notts.
Try Notts Archives - they have indexes for apprenticeships in Notts:
email: archivesatnottscc.gov.uk
* replace at with @
If his name doesn't appear in Notts then there is the index on the SOG site, which can be viewed on the British Origins site - there is a fee payable, but there are different subscriptions. (OR maybe someone on rootschat has one who might help - worth asking, maybe!)
www.origins.net
Hope this helps + sorry if his name doesn't appear, and you get the subscription!
Paulene

[Red_Fred]

Hi-ya Paulene

I'll have a look at the websites you referred to.

Had a look at some of my early notes on William Thomas Dickenson.

As I guess you know, the NFHS published a whole series of booklets on Notts Records. In Vol XXX Part 2 there is a list of Rate Payers.  Amongst the list is Thomas Dickenson of Academy Court (1785) and Robert Dickenson of Bull Dyke (1784) - thought one of them might be WTD's dad - search so far is fruitless.

My other thought was that the name may have been spelt with an "i" - the normal spelling (indeed WTD himself is described as "Mr. Dickinson, Dyer, of Rutland Street, 48 years" in the Watching and Warding list of 1816-17).

If we look for Dickinson in the NFHS source quoted above we find James Dickinson, Backside (1789), George Dickinson, Parliament Street (1784), Mrs Dickinson, Toller's Hill (1784) and William Dickinson, Rudkin's Yard (1784).

Can you pick anything up from the above reference points ?

Many thanks for your help thus far

Malc

[willow154]

Hi Malc,
Have you seen this:
www.rootschat.com/links/05nd/
Just having a think - back soon, Malc.
Paulene

[willow154]

This might come in useful later, Malc:
www.rootschat.com/links/05ne/

[willow154]

Hi Malc,
I reckon Bull Dyke must be Butt Dyke:
www.rootschat.com/links/05nf/
Paulene
Still to work out where it is!

[willow154]

Well, it looks as if Toller's Hill is the lower end of the present-day Derby Road. (which makes sense, Malc).
Butt Dyke is the present day Park Row.

[willow154]

George Dickinson - needlemaker  B.B  1793/4

George Dickisson - stocking needlemaker  1770/1