Walter Dixey (1838 - 1892)

Born 1838 in Witham, Essex, England

Husband of Mary Ann Elliott (Flinders) Dixey — married 15 Oct 1867 in Essex, England, United Kingdom

Died 1892 at about age 54 in West Ham, Essex, England

Biography

1841 census

In Witham, Essex.^[1]

William Dixey: male age 28; occupation: Publican; born in Essex.

Elinor Dixey: female age 30; born in Essex.

Walter Dixey: male age 3; born in Essex.

George Dixey: male age 2; born in Essex.

Mary Dixey: female age 1; born in Essex.

1851 census

In the village of Bradwell near the Sea.^[2][3]

Eleanor Dixey: Head; married; female age 35; occupation: Victualler; born in Essex Braintree.

Walter Dixey: Son; male age 13; occupation: Scholar; born in Essex Witham.

George W. Dixey: Son; male age 11; occupation: Scholar; born in Essex Witham.

Mary A. Dixey: Daur; female age 9; occupation: Scholar; born in Essex Witham.

William A. Dixey: Son; male age 8; occupation: Scholar; born in Essex Bradwell.

Charles M. Dixey: Son; male age 5; occupation: Scholar; born in Essex Bradwell.

Ellen M. Dixey: Daur; female age 2; born in Essex Bradwell.

Henry Spurgin: Servant; male age 35; occupation: Butcher; born in Essex Maldon.

Eliza Withams: Servant; female age 19; occupation: House Servant; born in Essex Stanford-le-Hope.

Thomas Jordans: Lodger; male age 35; occupation: Ag. Lab.; born in Essex Woodham Mortimer.

Charles Withams: Lodger; male age 25; occupation: Ag. Lab.; born in Essex Stanford-le-Hope.

John Tidman: Lodger; married; male age 41; occupation: Ag. Lab.; born in Middlesex London.

Jane Tidman: Lodger; married; female age 36; occupation: Ag. Lab’s Wife; born in Essex Bradwell.

Mary A. Tidman: Lodger; female age 10; occupation: Scholar; born in Essex Bradwell.

James Wallis: Lodger; widower; male age 40 N. K.; occupation: Ag. Lab.; born in Essex Heybridge.

William Coleby: Lodger; unmarried; male age 45; occupation: Blacksmith; born in Essex Purleigh.

Marriage and Pub (1867)

"DIXEY—FLINDERS.--Oct. 15Th, at the Independent Chapel, Writtle, by the Rev. J. B. Law, Mr. Walter Dixey, eldest son of Mr. William Dixey, of Southminster, to Mary Ann Elliott, only daughter of Mr. John Flinders, Chelmsford."^[4]

The licence of the Spotted Dog pub in Chelmsford was transferred to Walter Dixey on 2 Nov 1867.^[5]

1871 census

At the Spotted Dog pub in Chelmsford, Essex.^[6]

Walter Dixey: Head; Male; 33; Essex

Mary A G Dixey: Wife; Female; 21; Kent

Walter Dixey: Son; Male; 0; Essex

Harriet L Dixey: Cousin; Female; 17; Essex

Emily Booty: Servant; Female; 20; Essex

William Johnson: Servant; Male; 27; Essex

George C Langridge: Lodger; Male; 27; Middlesex

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 census of England, Essex, parish of Witham, folio 18, page 7, household of William Dixey; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 May 2018); citing PRO HO 107/343/16.
2. ↑ 1851 census of England, Essex, parish of Bradwell near the Sea, village of Bradwell, folio 228, page 5, household of Eleanor Dixey; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 May 2018); citing PRO HO 107/1778.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (10 November 2017), Walter Dixey in household of Eleanor Dixey, Bradwell Near The Sea, Essex, England; citing Bradwell Near The Sea, Essex, England, p. 5, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "Marriages," Essex Standard, 18 Oct 1867, p. 3, col. 6; digital images, British Newspaper Archive (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk : accessed 17 May 2018), Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
5. ↑ “Chelmsford Petty Session.--Nov. 2,” Essex Standard, 8 Nov 1867, p. 2, col. 3; digital images, British Newspaper Archives (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ : accessed 7 Aug 2019), Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFP-9TL : 26 April 2019), Walter Dixey, 1871.