Charles Dixon
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Charles Dixon (abt. 1803 - abt. 1861)

Charles Dixon
Born about in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canadamap
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Husband of — married 30 Apr 1827 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 58 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canadamap
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Biography

Ship Builder. Built the largest ship ever in Sackville. The Sarah Dixon at 1465 tons. Unfortunately this coincided with a market downturn and he had to sell it at a loss leading him to bankruptcy. The Sarah Dixon became a transport ship carrying migrants to Australia.[1]

Biography

info from picture at Fort Beausejour N.B. See also:

Charles was born in 1803. He passed away in 1864. [2]


  • Fact: Burial Lower Sackville Methodist Cemetery , Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada

Sources

  1. https://tantramarheritage.ca/publications/books/sackville-built-australia-bound/
  2. Dixon, James D. History Of Charles Dixon : One Of the Early English Settlers Of Sackville, N.B. Rockford, IL: Forest City Publishing, 1891. Pages 169+. Free on Archive.org
  • Charles Dixon (1803-1864) on Find A Grave: Memorial #120126521 retrieved 04 September 2021
  • Note: a48y, shipwright (1851 Sack); Native, a58y, farmer (1861 Sack).

M/ ref: (JHH). Died 12 Mar 1864, a61y.





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