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James Dixon

James Dixon

Born
1744-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Stayed in Ireland

James and Jane Dixon had a son Benjamin Dixon (born 1799 Wicklow Ireland) married to Maria Lovdy/Lovedia Manifold born 1808/1809 in Wicklow Ireland, daughter of Joseph and Jane Manifold . (Jane Manifold’s burial at the Parish of St Paul, City of Dublin 14 June 1843) The families were Wesleyan Methodists. There is also no record of Benjamin and Maria/Lovdy's marriage on  December 1828. We know they got married in Wicklow/Dublin. Benjamin and Maria emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, and my great grandfather Richard Neptune was born at sea on 1 March 1840. We're (desperately) trying to find which ship they sailed on to find some legitimate documention re. Richard Neptune He had 4 brothers and sisters born in Wicklow County before they boarded the ship around December 1939. The brothers and sisters were Jane Dixon (  born circa 1930 Ireland),   Rebecca (born circa 1833 Ireland),  Ben [born circa 1836 County Dublin Ireland]  and James [ born circa 1838 Ireland] and my great grandfather Richard Neptune [born circa 1840 at sea] 

If anybody has any extra information on any of these people to enable us to place another piece of this puzzle, it would be deeply appreciated. anniehunter1211@gmail.com 

 Their one son Benjamin Dixon (emigrated to Cape Town with his wife Maria Lovdy/Lovedia Manifold and children. They must have had other children, though, who remained in the Dublin/Wiklow/Arklow area?

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1910s

    Easter Rising Compensation Claims

    <p>The Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916 (PLIC) was established in June 1916 to assess claims for damages to buildings and property as a result of the destruction caused by the 1916 Rising. </p>

    1916-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1800s

    Wilson's Dublin Directory

    <p><strong>IrishAncestors.ie offers a free database indexing names appearing in<em> </em>Wilson’s <em>DUBLIN DIRECTORY 1803 (one of </em>three separate directories of <em>The Treble Almanac).</em></strong></p>

    1803-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1860s

    'New' Catholic Church Donnybrook

    <p>A new Catholic Church opened in Donnybrook. Co. Dublin, "Church of the Sacred Heart" completed and consecrated in 1866</p> <p>The previous Church had been in Donnybrook village, adjacent to the current Garda Station.</p>

    1866-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Tallaght DUBLIN in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

James Dixon