Searching for ancestors and current relations of Samuel Dixon of Kilmore, County Mayo
Samuel Dixon, b. 1784 in Kilmore and was a weaver prior to voluntary enlistment with the British army for "general service".
On November 29, 1813, he eventually joined the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot in the 2nd and eventually the 1st Battalion.
He served as a Private in England, France (Bayonne), India and Burma (Republic of Myanmar) and was accompanied by wife, Sarah (nee Wallace), in India.
She gave birth to 8 children prior to his discharge on August 5, 1830 at Portsmouth, England with a gratuity of 18.5 pounds for his 17 years service.
James was born in Dublin, Ireland circa 1810, William in Chelmsford , Essex in 1815 , 2 sons (Samuel and Henry and 3 daughters (Jane, Susannah, and Sarah Charlotte)all of whom were born in India and my GG grandfather, John, was born aboard the HEIC ship "Maitland" enroute back to England.
Four children died in India.
Samuel, his wife Sarah and the 4 surviving children met up with Samuel's younger brother, Henry Dixon, before migrating to Canada.
Brother Henry was born circa 1789 in Castleconor, Sligo and was enlisted with the 49th Regiment of Foot - more info available on the Sligo message board
They arrived in Quebec City, Lower Canada (now known as the province of Quebec) and then departed on June 8, 1831 for Montreal via steamship.
They eventually settled in Bathurst |Township, Lanark County, Upper Canada (now known as the province of Ontario).
Both brothers were Church of England and took up farming.
Shortly after arrival, Samuel and Sarah had another daughter, Mary Ann in June 1832.
Samuel died sometime after the 1851 Canadian census. His wife lived until 1883.

