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Dickson Thistle Jr

Dickson Thistle Jr

Born
1 Jan 1858
Died
11 Dec 1915
Gender
Male

Dickson Thistle Jr (1858 - ) of Belfast Co Down was an Army Infantry Pensioner in 1911 when he appears on census records with his cousins, the Watsons, who resided on the Madrid Road, Belfast. The Watsons were the children of William Watson (carpenter) & Ada McLeod who married in Belfast in 1867, presumably maternal cousins of Dickson Thistle. 

Dickson's religion was recorded as Episcopalian. He does not appear in the 1901 census as he was in South Africa (Boer War). 

He is likely the son of Dickson Thistle Sr (1794-1864) who died in Belfast, age 70, in 1864. 

In 1858, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Thistle was recorded at 📌 Ballymacarrett, Knockbreda, BELFAST, Co Down

On 10 JUL 1866 Dickson Thistle (blacksmith) son of Dickson Thistle (labourer) married Hannah Kane at Ballymena, Co Antrim. This couple had a son George Thistle. 

On 26 APR 1869 Maxwell Thistle (smith) son of Robert Thistle (coachmaker) married Susanna Conolly at St Anne's Belfast, Co. Down.

If you are related to any of these Thistle families in any way, and could help build out the family tree, please share in the comments. 

Interred at Dundonald Cemetery

Associated communities

Down

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Buildings in this community

  • Newtownards Primary School

    Location: Down

    Newtownards, County Down

  • Rose Cottage

    Location: Down

    4 loughries road, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland

  • Olivet Home, Ballygowan, County Down

    Location: Down

    Comber Rd, Ballygowan, County Down

  • St. Colman's Catholic Church & Parochial House

    Location: Down

    Shinn Rd, Newry BT34 1NR, United Kingdom

Timeline events in this community

  • 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

  • 1960s

    1960 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1960-09-25 12:00:00

  • 1960s

    1961 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1961-09-24 12:00:00