Richard Dawson

[kiterunner]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as Richard Dawson
Date and place of birth About 1785, don't know where. On the 1841 census he is born out of county but on the 1851 he is born Allonby, Cumberland.
Names of parents Don't know
Date and place of baptism - if applicable Not found
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any 26 May 1816 Aspatria, Cumberland, to Mary Coulson
Occupation(s) - if any Ag Lab then Gardener
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1816 to 1854 - Allonby, Cumberland
Date, place and cause of death 1854 Allonby, Cumberland, not got cause.
Date and place of burial. 3rd Feb 1854 Allonby, age 67.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable None found
Memorial inscription - if any Not found

[kiterunner]

There is a Richard Dawson baptism 25 Sep 1785 at Embleton, Cumberland, on FamilySearch with no parents' names given. There are some other Dawsons around then with father William, and a marriage between William Dawson and Mary Morrison 4 Jul 1776 at Aspatria, bride's father Richard Morrison. My Richard named his second son William with the first son being named John; Richard's wife's father's name was John. So it looks promising but I need some proof!

[kiterunner]

Update - someone on Ancestry has uploaded a photo of the baptism entry from the microfilm at Carlisle Archives, and it says Richard son of William Dawson of Sheaton (presumably Shatton). Not very close to Allonby but the birthplace on the 1851 census is bracketed together with the rest of the family, so could easily be wrong.

But there is also a Richard, son of William, baptised 29 May 1787 at Ulverston, Lancashire, which would account for the not born in county on the 1841 census.