Charles E. Dennison (1877 - 1906)

Born 17 Aug 1877 in Washington, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Nov 1906 at age 29 in Puget Sound, King, Washington, United States

Biography

In the 1880 census Charles (age 3) was the son of Denite Dennison in Island, Washington Territory, United States.^[1]

In the 1900 census Charles (age 23) was the single son of Anne A Dennison in San Juan, Washington, United States.^[2]

Charles was buried in 1906 in Coupeville, Island, Washington.

Research Notes

Notes from original gedcom

Note: Age given as 8 years in 1889 Census.

1892 Island Co Census 18 June Coupeville

Dennison, Charles 11 male white single b. Wash with siblings & mother.

Drowned 18 Nov 1906. Buried Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville, WA Sect 1-45[^[3]

"On Sunday evening, November 18 [1906] she [the steamer "Dix"] left Seattle at 7:24 p.m. with 77 passengers aboard..... As the boat swung away from the dock Mate Charles Dennison relieved Captain Percy Lermond at the wheel... As the "Dix" made her turn off Alki Point light the mate, in the darkened pilot house, saw the lights of a big steamer off to starboard. There was plenty of room and he wasn't worried until suddenly the misty, night fashioned illusion of safety came into focus and was shattered by the hoarse close bellow of the big ship's ["Jeanie"] siren.... 45 people including the mate were missing when it was all over. Most of their bodies still lie in the dark cabins of the "Dix" a hundred fathoms deep off Alki Point." [Newell, Gordon R. "Ships of the Inland Sea", Binford's & Mort, Publishers, Portland, OR, 1960 pp 142-144]

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MXT6-GLH (accessed 1 March 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBC-R1G Image number 00413
   Charles Dennison (3), single son, in household of Denite Dennison (45) in Island, Washington Territory, United States. Born in Washington, United States.
2. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 51; FHL microfilm: 1241749; Record number: 18358;
   FamilySearch Record: MMP5-QK2 (accessed 1 March 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6X3Q-XRF Image number 00393
   Charles E Dennison (23), single son, in household of Anne A Dennison (60) in San Juan, Washington, United States. Born in Washington.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com/memorial/11548335/charles-e-dennison: accessed 01 March 2023), memorial page for Charles E. Dennison (17 Aug 1877–18 Nov 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #11548335, citing Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville, Island County, Washington, USA; Maintained by countedx58 (contributor 46619236).

• Joseph W Pehousek, Punta Gorda, Fl. Descendants of Jones Dyer, Senior. October 1999, and Feb.2006. Entry for Charles Dennison

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.