John Dodds (1790 - 1874)

Born 24 Jun 1790 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Strother) Dodds — married 7 Jan 1813 in Alnwick England

Husband of Mary Frances (Hindmarsh) Dodds — married 5 May 1825 in Alnwick England

Husband of Mary (Hughes) Dodds — married 4 Apr 1850 in St Clements on the Strand London England

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1874 at age 84 in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John was born in 1790 in Alnwick Northumberland England the son of William Dodds and Ann Darling. John Dodds passed away in 1874 in Balmain, Sydney aged84 years. He was buried at the old Randwick cemetery 21/08/1874. Married to three English women Elizabeth Strother; Mary Frances Hindmarsh; Mary Hughes and one French Senegalese Sophie Feuilletaine.

[1] 1813 Elizabeth STROTHER;

[2] Mary Elizabeth HINDMARSH;

[3] Mary HUGHES with whom he immigrated to Sydney, Australia.

He may have been married Sophie FEUILLETAINE in St Louis Senegal West Africa. John was in the British Navy and was an Aide-de-camp to the last English Governor of the colony.

He had three children in Senegal. [Taken from the following website in 2009] http://www.hindmarsh007.freeserve.co.uk

John Dodds was a "Draper of Alnwick:. After the death of his second wife, Mary Frances Hindmarsh, when their youngest child also Mary Frances, was still less than a year old, John Dodds placed his family in he care of his sister, Ann, the wife of Thomas Skelly of "Freelands" Alnwick, who were childless. Dodds then went to the French colony of Senegal in W Africa. There he later married a French lady and they had a son. This third wife also died when a child was quite young and he was brought up by his mother's family as Frenchman. This son was educated at a Military Academy of St Cyr. He served as a Lieutenant in the Franco-Prussian War and was once captured but escaped. His whole life was spent in the French Army, a great deal of it in the tropical colonies of the world. He became General De Brigade in 1892. General de division in 1899. He was place on the Reserve in 1907 and died in Paris in 1922.

Sources

*https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search

1. DODDS JOHN 2176/1874 WILLIAM ANNE BALMAIN

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWVH-19X

1. Name: John Dodds

• Gender: Male
• Christening Date: 19 Sep 1790
• Christening Date (Original): 19 SEP 1790
• Christening Place: ALNWICK,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND
• Father's Name: William Dodds
• Mother's Name: Ann

• ANCESTRAL FILE:

1. John DODDS

• Sex Male
• Birth about 1790 Of, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
• Death 1874, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• MARRIAGES (4)

1. Spouse: Elizabeth STROTHER Marriage 7 January 1813, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
2. Spouse: Mary Frances HINDMARSH Marriage 5 May 1825, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
3. Spouse: Mrs-John DODDS Marriage about 1840 Of Senegal, West Africa
4. Spouse: Mary HUGHES Marriage 1850, London, Middlesex, England

• CITING THIS RECORD: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MC1R-6G5 : accessed 7 February 2020), entry for John DODDS (1599-CZF); record merged from multiple submissions. SUBMITTED BY (2) 20/01/2011 dfwhsurname2413225 20/01/2011 fdwhite2225348 ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Number 1599-CZF

family history known by descendants We know he came to Australia with his wife Mary Hughes in c1850, also on board were Mary's mother and two sisters. John and Mary's first child was born in Sydney 1853, and son Sydney in Geelong VIC in 1855, then child 11 to 15 were born in Sydney.