Charles Dixon
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Charles Dixon (1819 - 1876)

Charles Dixon
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Husband of — married 18 Feb 1838 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 57 in Masterton, Wellington, New Zealandmap
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Biography

1819 - Mar 12, Charles Dixon was born at Worksop, Nottingham England to parents George Dixon and Mary (Briggs) Dixon.

1819 - Apr 12, baptism of Charles Dixon at Worksop, Nottingham, England, parents named as George and Mary Dixon.

1838 - Feb 18, Charles Dixon married Mary (Miriam) Kirton at Worksop, Nottingham.

1841 - England Census for Beck Row, Spittal Hill, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, has Charles Dixon with wife Mary and children Sarah and David. Next door on census is his wife Mary's family, the Kirtons. [1]

1842 The Dixons arrived in New Zealand May 1st 1842 on the ship

Sailing ship "London"
"London", after a four-month voyage from Gravesend, London, and Charles started out as a dairy farmer at Karori in the North Island.

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WarEarl-t1-body-d10-d5.html

Charles's brother Joseph Dixon and his family were also on same voyage. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FYWT

1855 The Dixon family moved to Masterton, with 13yr old son David being sent ahead to drive the cattleover the Rimutaka hills. The family arrived shortly after the cattle drive which David had accomplished in 2 weeks. On arrival in Masterton they were faced with starvation, but some friendly Maori provided their needs. Charles Dixon set to work and erected a slab whare on their remote property which they named Worksop Farm. [2]

Later c1850's the farmhouse was built

Charles Dixon Image 4

1876 - May 21, Death of Charles Dixon at Masterton New Zealand. Charles is buried at Masterton Cemetery, NZ. His find a grave profile [3].

Article from Masterton Public Library. HESSEY STREET KIRTON STREET HERBERT STREET Charles Dixon died in 1876, and his widow Mary died in 1878. Their children split up the Worksop Farm during the 1880s, naming the streets in the area. Hessey Street was named after relatives, Mary Dixon’s sister having married into the Hessey family, and Charles and Mary’s son David (a member of that first party) marrying one of his cousins, Fanny Hessey. Another of their Hessey cousins, John, was a successful farmer and politician in Masterton.

Kirton Street commemorated Mary Dixon’s maiden name. Charles Dixon, son of Charles, married Alice Herbert, whose name is remembered in Herbert Street, constructed on part of Charles junior’s farm. The Dixon family was to exert political and street-naming influence on the town for some time. Charles and Mary’s daughter Elizabeth married Masterton’s first mayor, R.G. Williams. Their granddaughter Fanny Perry married another Mayor, Phillip Hollings, and another grand­daughter Mary Harrison married mayor Orlando Pragnell.



Christening

Christening
Type: DIXON, Charles
Date: 12 APR 1819
Place: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents: George Dixon & Mary Briggs

Marriage

Husband: Charles Dixon
Wife: Mary Kirton
Marriage:
Type: DIXON, Charles & KIRTON, Mary
Date: 16 FEB 1838
Place: Nottinghamshore, England[4][5]

Death

Death:
Type: DIXON, Charles
Date: 1876
Place: New Zealand
Age: 57[6]

Sources

  1. Census doc uploaded to images.
  2. "Hesseys from Nottinghamshire" by F Stewart.
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116323429/charles-dixon
  4. FreeBMD website: http://www.freebmd.org.uk
  5. Page: GRO Vol 15, Page 758, Mar 1838, Worksop
  6. Page: RGO 1876/1818




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