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John Dawson

Born
25 Jun 1834
Died
14 Jul 1916
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

Dawson and McCarry families from Belfast/Antrim

John Dawson

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/57077590/person/30019820817/facts

Great biography: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DX-R48H?view=fullText&keywords=JOHN%20DAWSON%2CJohn%20Dawson%2CRose%2CCalifornia%20California%2CCalifornia%2CVallejo&lang=en&groupId=

Parents potential names John Dawson and Sarah Hotchkiss

Arrived in US around 1850-1853, to NY then to CA

Were Catholic

Wife: Rose McCarry/MacCreary/McCarey/McCrory

b 1831 Antrim

d 30 Sep 1896 Vallejo, CA

Children:

Infant died in infancy

Charlotte Catherine Dawson (b 1858 CA d 1940 CA)+ Joseph Ward Barker (b 1855 NY, d 1909 CA) (My Ancestors)

I'd love to find out where within Belfast (church parish?/other location details)/Antrim there were from. I'm taking a trip to Ireland in April 2026. Thanks!

Associated communities

Antrim

County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.  It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway.  Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015

    Location: Antrim

    36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN

  • 11 Crocus St

    Location: Antrim

    11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland

  • Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

    Location: Antrim

    Co. Antrim

  • Armoy

    Location: Antrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    George McFall

    <p>Occupation</p>

    1857-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

    1840-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

    <p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>

    1825-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

John Dawson