Hello all,
I'm looking for some help in regards to my 2x great grandmother Mary Jane Dixon.
I initially believed that she was born to John and Eleanor Dixon nee Thwaites 22nd September 1860 in Ambleside. A friend of mine who has been doing family trees for years did the initial leg work and now I have been re-examining all of his research and looking at other trees on ancestry.
However after re-examining some documents and census records I'm now not so sure.
She married Thomas Maclagan 28 May 1882 St John The Evangelist in London - her husband was a house painter and decorator. The marriage certificate states her father was John Dixon a Farmer. I purchased the birth certificate for the Mary Jane Dixon in Ambleside and her father was a Chaise Driver.
Census records after her marriage state she was born in "Cumberland How Mill, Carlisle - 1921 census), "Cumberland, Hayton, - 1911 census), "Holme Hill - 1901 census".
I know How Mill is a small hamlet near Brampton in Cumbria.
So now I'm thinking a whole branch of my family tree may be incorrect
