John William Edington Dickens (1869 - 1947)

Born 15 Jan 1869 in Pill, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Maggs) Dickens — married 21 Dec 1892 in Easton In Gordano, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 9 May 1947 at age 78 in Paignton, Devon, England

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Biography

John was born on 15 January 1869 in Pill, Easton In Gordano, Somerset.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

John was baptised on 14 March 1869 in Bristol, St Augustine the Less, Gloucestershire, England.^[11][12][13]

In the 1871 census John (age 2) was living in St George, Somerset, England. Relation to Head of House: Son.^[14]

In the 1881 census John (age 12) was living in Easton in Gordano, Somerset, England. Relationship to Head: Son.^[9]

In the 1891 census John (age 22) was living in Easton in Gordano, Somerset, England. Relation to Head of House: Son.^[15]

When John was 23 he married Rebecca Maggs on 21 December 1892 in Easton In Gordano, Somerset, England. The couple had 2 children: Harold Edington Dickens and Grace Rebecca Dickens.^[16][17][18]

Legal proceedings: 1896 at an unknown location.^[19]

In 1899 John (age about 29) was employed in New York, New York. Captain of the steam ship Mohican. This year JWE and his wife and son went on a 5 month voyage on Mohican from New York to South America.

In 1901 John (age about 31) was employed at an unknown location. Captain of the British steamship Mineola.

Legal Proceedings: 4 February 1908 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.

In the 1911 census John (age 42) was living in Easton in Gordano, Somerset, England. Marital Status: Married. Relation to Head of House: Head Address: Caspian Villa, Pill near Bristol.^[20]

John served in the military in 1919 at an unknown location.^[21]

John departed Sydney, Australia in 1927 and arrived in London, England on 20 March 1927.^[22]

In the 1939 register John (age 70) was living in Paignton, Devon, England. at "Mineola".^[10]

John died at the age of 78 on 9 May 1947 in Paignton, Devon, England. At "Mineola", 10 Clennon Gardens, Paignton.^[23][24]

Sources

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See also:

• Newspapers.com Publication: The World from New York Note:Nineteen Wrecked Sailormen Rescued by a Plucky British Skipper. 19 November 1893 Note: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/3345758/ Nineteen Wrecked Sailormen Rescued by a Plucky British Skipper. THEY HAD ABANDONED HOPE AND WERE AWAITING DEATH. A STORY OF OU> OCEAN'S FUKt. The British steamship Mohican came Into port early ycslclilay morning, three days overdue, bringing nineteen shipwrecked sailors and a rare, her.iic tain of the -tonuy sea. The Norwegian l.urk l,ndy l.l'-'vuird, ImtUug from Kniidcl'Kird.but Milling between Krederlckstndt, London and Ijuebec, left (Juchec on .Nov. .'( with a cargo of lumber for London. Her hold wus full anil gi-eal Uvimis were piled high ui"»i herded;.-. Sa.- luul nineteen iiu-n all (old, In i-lndlni: rapt. II. .I. oliif, with his bugc. bushy reil licurd; First Mate Lars Hunscn, Second Mate Hans Nlcolalscn, Nils Jonsen, Ihc carpenter, anil fifteen pallors, most of them having families at 1'rcdcrlckslndt. The Luily Ll'gunl hud fair weather down the St. Lawrence past St. Paul's Island. There a fog came up nml a sliireast-nor'cast brcc/e Hint freshened steadily nnd dashed down u heavy rain. Nov. n. In latitude 'I5 degrees'Jl> seconds and longitude •"> degrees ."> scconils, lownrds evening. Ihc wind freshened into the gale the gloss hud foretold. The pumi»s were tested and the hold was free of water. All that night the wind Increased, until It was blowing a hurricane Unit whirled the help, less ship about like a chip. dipt, ulaf hail her hove lo, and tv;sho wii^livklng iiv smile, water he ordered all hands lo man ihe pumps. Itnoon l*camc clear that the ship hud sprung a big leuk nml (hut there \as little use hi keeping lit the piling. lu- hard work they manured to keepth' v water aNintat u stand during the night, nml looked forward (o mornlni; In the ho|n- that the Icrrlllc gule would abate. Hut the wind kept rising anil Increased in fury during the morning rind nfternoon of the 10th. The fhlp wus perfectly helpless anil Ihn great xvnvcs were crushing against her sides and washing over her decks. The men at the pumps had all they could do lo keep Uiemselve) from being whirled overboard. They were tfr,!d, wet lu (he shin ami without food, except u little hard tack. on Ihn afternoon of Nov. IO 111? crew left the pumps and told the captain that they would pump no longer. Thevc were fifteen feel of water In til:- hold and, as the ship was o[»cn U) Ihi' wash which was sweeping the decks with each de-cent of the ship Into the depths between the waves, pumping wus simply a wasle of enemy that would le sorely net (led. "'1 he men say ll:c rigging must be cut. ciiplaln," n:iid Nicohil-.en. "It's no use lo try to save the ship." The caplaln saw lhat Ids struggle was useless. The ship was lis'tim: to sturbounl heavily, and each time a great wave thundered against the port side anil whirled tons of w'Ulcr over the f-hlp Mie tnrentened to turn over, for sink she toulil not, with thut cargo of lumber. Ho all haniIs went at the musts. AI M. IM) o'clock th« mainmast fell, bringing with it the nilz/.en lopmasl. This mass falling upon Ihe deck smashed the pumps, broke awuy the bulwarks anil curried everything on deck wllh it us It disappeared lu the, iibyns. The I.mly Lisgurd wus now a mere bull, shorn of bulwarks und f kyllghts nnd masts, except part of the inl/zcll- • ma.si. The nineteen human beings threw thorn- fclvcs Into the forecastle head and waited for dcnth. Some hished themselves, others clung with arms nnd legs wrnp]>cd uiouud ropes made fast to the ship's timbers. The hurricane wan Increasing lu wrath ciich moment, ami they began to fear that the ship would go lo pieces. So wild was the wind that It shrieked over the ship like (he sereumliiL'of n mighty steam whlslle, und (he waves ivcre (hundcr- liigaml roaring. And the nineteen )iicn,staring Into the very fuce of deuth, .soaked, hulf- drowncd. freezing, cold und hungry, shouted words of courage one to another and walled with that lust h(>!H> which not even such terrible dcspcrution und torture us this could drive out. This wus their situnUon all of Saturday, Nov. 11. nil Saturday night and mull duyhrcilk Sunday morning. At dnwn Sunday morning the sky lo Ihc eastward brightened ullltlcanil the wind lifted anil Iho rain abated. One ot the men, looking Into this hopeful daybreak, Hiw soiiielldn.-- like smoke. • It wus not until hu luul looked ui;aln und again that he shouted: " A steiimcr! A blcnmer!" The ship was tin- Mohlcnn, bniind for New York from l.iverpo,)!. she hud been tolling 111 lholeul|K'st for several days. Her cargo was light, anil she wus losscd about like a bladder blown out with air. Her Cuptuln, Henry Cook, made out the burk, now high on the peal; of a inounlaliious wave, now whirled deep down and fur over Into Ihe depths. He. al once resolved lo save the men who hail set the signals. He slopix-d the propellers and let Ihe steamer come down to within nlxint a mile. Then be put heraltout as much as ho dared ami so waited for Ihc tempest to abate. Towards D o'clock tlio wind .11.1 lessen, and, although the sea was still perilous beyond the courage of any but thu most during, Cnpl. Cook culled for volunteers, six men ut once cume forward. They were K. Dickens, the first officer; William Jeffries, (lie boatswain; Henry Carney, C. Kcnnanl, Kihyard Woods in I Juhics White, suiloriilcn. 1'he.y loosened a llfi-bout from lu fastenings to luinich It, but before It got to the level of the mil It was slove hi by tho wider nnd (be lurching of Ihe ship combined. An hour was spent lu repairs. Then oil was llirowu upon the water lu livvgo qimiilltlcs tn that the liout was just able lo be launched. Four of the six men went in this llrsl trip. When tlm lifeboat got beyond the oil, ('apt. Cook regretted that ho had let thn men go. None ou the steamer over expected lo hoist them aboard iigaln, nnd tho nlnelecn |>oor wrelchcs in tlie foreeusllc bend, who hud raised a feeble cheer when Iho bout wax launched, felt that four more lives beside tholrowtl would be clullned by the temjicsl. As for the men In thn Ixml they could not turnback, so they roweil on, cxiieetlngdeath at the end of each slroke. The little lifeboat, like a wisp of straw In a cyclone, rose and plunged into the depths, but got in toward the hull of tho Lady Lisgiird. Tho nearer they got the less chance they could see of rescuing anybody. But ut last they were within hailing distance, nnd then passed close under the stern of thu Norwegian and MI clung to her starboard fide. "JumpI" shouted tho men in tho boat. The IJitly Llngnrd was high above them. With tho settling wave she was descending. 1 lie men in the boiit could sco live men, separated from their fellows and ready to Jump one ut a time. One man crawled out to the edge nf tho bark, mid when bark und Unit were nearly level leaped lur out. The rising Ixmt cuught him und ho full exhausted In the midst of Ihe rescuing party. Hu falnlcd from the, sudden and happy ending of the strain. Tho boat nnd the bnrk continued to rise and fall, one now towering high above tho other and now looking up at It from the depths. And ono by one the live men lumped, each landing in safety. When the flflh man hud Jumped Capt. Conk blew the steamer's whistle. U was the signal to return. The hurricane wus rising again, and each moment's delay meant a lessoning of the already blender chance of getting back to tlio htoamer. tja the thirteen were left,and the lifeboat bore uwa/ with the six. H was a repetition of the outward venture. When tho Ujat pot alongside the steamer It seemed impossible to bring about thu transfer. Ono by ono tho six seized ihu ladder and, clutching it in spite of tho furious fen sucking at them, reached tlie steamer's dock. Tho sea mado ono more terrlfle effort, nnd Jljtlng up tho boat In which the rescuers still were, hurled it against the iron side of tlio steamer and stove It in pieces. A rope wius thrown und tho four men were just dragged Into safety, The wrecked bark vanished in the tempostanil the lowering mist with thirteen Dion still aboard. WJion mornlwf broke, tv morning of scream, Ing tempest and sea more frenzied than on tho flay.before, the thirteen won looked In vain Jor thjiMpniciui. The tempest; had driven her But Cupt, Cook hud kept ~ o{ the wreck and came •• .and sighted, her again !fe»,tMeQ(j|ipj-owu- t the sea on the starboard side of the Mohican. and a Hfutiout, with the three men in it, was got awuy. l-'liially, after much peril, the thirteen men on the wreck were got aboard. They have Ix-cn at the Hciindlnavhin SallorV Home In llrooklyn, and will leave for Norway in a duy or two
• Treasury Decisions under the Customs, Internal Revenue United States Dept of Treasury Publication: Google Books Note:T.D. 28854 Coal Slack United States v. Dickens February 4, 1908 Note: https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ06AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA11-PA31&lpg=RA11-PA31&dq=J.W.E.+Dickens&source=bl&ots=ONamIp-toV&sig=dYJ-m-HnY40-rqxRJhzO1jeRwkk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif8uDkpsPKAhVJ8GMKHXdmDcoQ6AEIITAC#v=onepage&q=J.W.E.%20Dickens&f=false T.D. 28854 Coal Slack United States v. Dickens U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Texas. February 4, 1908. N. 2018 (suit 1715). The decision in this case follows that of the United States v. Bond (T. D. 28853) On application for review of a decision by the Board of United States General Appraisers. [Decision adverse to the Government.] The decision below, which is reported as Abstract 4457 (t. D. 25991), sustained the protest of J. W. E. Dickens, master of the steamship Mineola, against the assessment of duty by the collector of customs of the port of Galvestonn. The opinion of the Board is in practically the same terms as that filed in Abstract 4457 (T. D. 25991), which is set forth in full in United States v. Bond (T. D. 28853); and the question involved herein is identical in principle with the Bond case Note T. D. 26022 directing the application for review. Lock. McDaniel, United States Attorney, for the United States Harris & Harris (Edward F Harris, of counsel), for the importer. BURNS, District Judge: Decision affirmed
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