Jane (Prudhoe) Dixon (abt. 1841 - bef. 1901)

Born about Dec 1841 in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Dixon — married 16 Apr 1865 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Died before 1901 before about age 59 in Preston, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Birth

Jane Prudhoe was born in the December quarter of 1841. The birth was registered in the Tynemouth Union registration district in Northumberland, England^[1]. Her mother's maiden name is given as Farray (sic).

Family and Siblings

Ann Ferry (sic) married Robert Russell Prudhoe on 14 April 1839 in the Church of England parish church in Long Benton^[2], about 4 miles north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. Long Benton was Ann's place of birth. Shortly thereafter their first child, Alice, was born in the September quarter of that year^[3].

While she was pregnant with her second child Jane, Ann (stated age of 20 years), along with her husband Robert Prudhoe (aged 25 years), and first child Alice (aged 2 years) were enumerated in the Earsdon district in the 1841 Census^[4] while living on Wheatridge Row^[5], a row of workers' terrace houses in Seaton Delaval in Tynemouth registration district approximately 6 miles north-west of Tynemouth. Robert's occupation is not stated, but he was later a grocer (in 1851) and draper (in 1861), so it may be conjectured that he was in some sort of retail trade, perhaps associated with the Seaton Delaval Colliery which had recently opened in 1838, and which was on the Newcastle-Backworth-Morpeth line^[6]. The village railway station had opened in August 1841 around the time of Jane's birth^[7].

Jane was born in Seaton Delaval, along with her parents' third child, Robert, who was born in the Mar qtr, 1844^[8].

The Ordnance Survey map shows many austere rows of terrace houses in Seaton Delaval and surrounding villages, which presumably were built to house the burgeoning colliery workforce. The image attached to this profile shows Wheatridge Row as it was in 1910, more images of the colliery and village are shown in the Flickr image album Seaton Delaval, Seaton Sluice, New Hartley, Seghill, Holywell & surrounding area album^[9].

Jane's next three siblings, George, born Dec qtr. 1846^[10]; William, born Sep qtr. 1848^[11] and Alice, born Dec qtr. 1850^[12] were all born in Murton, Northumberland^[13], another colliery village about 3 miles south-east of Seaton Delaval. The family must have moved to Murton some time after 1844 when Robert had been born in Seaton Delaval.

The family were enumerated in the 1851 Census in Murton^[14]. The household included: Robert (aged 35 years), Ann (32 years), Robert (4 years), George (4 years), William (2 years), and Alice (6 months)^[15]. Jane is not enumerated in this household, so it is conjectured that she was either omitted from the schedule, or was located in another place on Census night. The first child born to her parents, Alice, was not enumerated and another Alice, born 1850 was included in the household. The first Alice, firstborn daughter of Ann and Robert died aged 3 years^[16].

Jane's youngest sibling, James was born June qtr. 1850^[17]. He was not enumerated in the 1851 Census, (when he would have been less than a year old), nor in the 1861 Census. It may be conjectured that he did not survive his infancy, or perhaps, less probable, was in the care of another person.

Jane and her family at the time of the 1861 Census were residing at the The Allotment, a cluster of presumably colliery related housing a mile west of Murton, and adjacent to the Shire Moor Colliery which existed as a coal pit since at least 1789^[18]. The Census return^[19] included: Robert R (aged 44 years, grocer), Ann (41 years), Jane (19 years), Robert (17 years), George (15 years) and William (13 years). The three sons were all described as coal miners.

By the time of the 1871 Census Jane and all her siblings are conjectured to have moved away from their parents' home. In the 1871 Census Robert and Ann Prudhoe were living at 26 Ayres Quay Road in Bishop Wearmouth Parish in Sunderland municipal borough^[20]. The household included Robert R Prudson (aged 53 years, green grocer), Ann (51 years) and Mary Snowdon (an aunt, aged 80 years).

Marriage and children

Jane married George Dixon on 16 April 1865 in the parish church of the Church of England in Tynemouth, Northumberland^[21]. George was stated to be aged 23 years, both were single.

Jane and George had six children whose births are recorded in the statutory registers:

1. John, born September Qtr 1865^[22].
2. Alice Ann, born March qtr 1867^[23], died in June qtr 1869, aged 2 years^[24].
3. Robert, born June Qtr 1869^[25].
4. Thomas, born December Qtr 1870^[26].
5. Ann Prudhoe, born March Qtr 1874^[27], died in March qtr 1874, shortly after her birth^[28].
6. Isabella, born June Qtr 1875^[29].

Jane and her young family were living in The Allotments in Preston township in the Municipal Borough of Tynemouth, at the time of the 1871 Census^[30]. The household included: George (aged 29 years, coal miner), Jane (aged 29, wife), John (aged 5), Robert P (aged 1), Thomas (aged 6 months), and George Prudhoe (aged 24, unmarried, coal miner, brother to Jane). They appear to be enumerated in the same home in the subsequent 1881 and 1891 Censuses. It is conjectured that The Allotments were located between Preston and Chirton, they are not identified on the Ordnance Survey map of 1894-5^[31].

Jane, her husband George and their children were enumerated in the 1881 Census in The Allotments in Preston^[32]. The household included George (aged 39 years, coal miner), Jane (aged 39), John (aged 15, coal screener), Robert P. (aged 11), Thomas (aged 10), Isabella (aged 5). Jane's daughters Alice Ann and Ann were not enumerated in the family household. Their whereabouts on the Census night has not be ascertained.

By the time of the 1901 Census Jane seems to have died, because George her husband is recorded in the Census return as "widower". He was living at the same address in The Allotment with his brother-in-law, George Prudhoe, similarly widowed^[33]. George (aged 59 years, coal miner stonemason), shared the house with George Prudhoe (aged 55 years, coal lamp minder), and Mary Cowan (aged 35 years, spinster, domestic servant, born in Backworth, Northumberland).

Death and burial

The date of Jane's death cannot be definitively ascertained. In the period 1892-1901 there were two females named Jane Dixon born in 1841 (±1 year) whose deaths are registered in the Tynemouth registration district. See Research note below.

Research Notes

Jane's parents were enumerated in the 1861 Census in their household at 26 Ayres Quay Road, Sunderland. This was on the west side of Gill's Cemetery about ½ mile west of the city centre^[34].

The following two death registration in the Tynemouth registration district may relate to Jane (Prudhoe) Dixon born 1841 in Seaton Delaval:

Jane Dixon, March qtr 1894^[35].

Jane Dixon, March qtr 1897^[36].

No record of the burial for Jane Dixon in either 1894 or 1897 can be found in many parish records in Tynemouth Parish. No grave memorial has be located for Jane Dixon who died or was buried in 1894-97 in Tynemouth. No will for Jane Dixon (died 1894 or 1897) has been found in Find a Will https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#calendar

Acknowledgement This profile has been improved by a member of the England Project's Orphan Trail

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, Jane (Mother's maiden surname: Farrey), GRO Reference: 1841 D Quarter in Tynemouth Union, Volume 25 Page 402
2. ↑ "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
   FamilySearch (accessed 10 January 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00155 Robert Russell Prudhoe marriage to Ann Ferry on 14 Apr 1839 in Long Benton, Northumberland, England
3. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, Alice (Mother's maiden surname: Farrey), GRO Reference: 1839 S Quarter in TYNEMOUTH UNION Volume 25 Page 365
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841"
   Citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
   FamilySearch (accessed 13 January 2022)
   FindMyPast Image
   Robt Prudhoe (25) at Whitridge Row in Tynemouth registration district. Born in Northumberland.
5. ↑ England and Wales Ordnance Survey. Six inch to mile [map series] Northumberland LXXXI, SW map sheet, rev 1896, published 1897
   georeferenced image accessed 12 Jan 2022
6. ↑ Durham Mining Museum, Seaton Delaval Colliery summary with further information accessed 11 Jan 2022
7. ↑ Disused Stations website rev. 2017, Seaton Delavel Station accessed 12 Jan 2022
   
8. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe,
   Robert (Mother's maiden surname: Farrey), GRO Reference: 1844 M Quarter in TYNEMOUTH UNION Volume 25 Page 410
9. ↑ Flickr website Seaton Delval etc album accessed 11 Jan 2022
10. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, George (Mother's maiden surname: Farry), GRO Reference: 1846 D Quarter in TYNEMOUTH UNION Volume 25 Page 415
11. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, William (Mother's maiden surname: Farray), GRO Reference: 1848 S Quarter in TYNEMOUTH UNION Volume 25 Page 475
12. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, Alice (Mother's maiden surname: Ferry), GRO Reference: 1850 D Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 25 Page 464
13. ↑ Durham Mining Museum, Murton Colliery [NBL] Colliery summary with further information accessed 11 Jan 2022
14. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851"
    Citing , Northumberland, England, p. 4; citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
    FamilySearch (accessed 13 January 2022)
    FindMyPast Image
    Robert Prudhoe (35), married head of household in Tynemouth Union registration district. Born in Biddick, Durham.
15. ↑ "1851 England Census"
    Class: HO107; Piece: 2409; Folio: 586; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87087
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 8860 #14886561 (accessed 13 January 2022)
    Robert Prutthse (35) head of household in Tynemouth registration district, Murton Parish.
    
16. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, Alice (aged 3 years), GRO Reference: 1842 S Quarter in TYNEMOUTH UNION Volume 25 Page 250
17. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 Jan 2022), database entry for Prudhoe, James (Mother's maiden surname: Farrey), GRO Reference: 1853 J Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 97
18. ↑ Durham Mining Museum, Shire Moor Colliery summary with further information accessed 11 Jan 2022
19. ↑ "1861 England Census"
    Class: RG 9; Piece: 3839; Folio: 97; Page: 33; GSU roll: 543193
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 8767 #12911833 (accessed 10 January 2022)
    Robert R Pruddah (44) head of household in Allotment in Preston, Tynemouth registration district.
20. ↑ "1871 England Census"
    The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 4997; Folio: 54; Page: 48; GSU roll: 847377
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 7619 #17181625 (accessed 10 January 2022)
    Robert R Prudson (53) head of household in Sunderland registration district. Born in Lambston, Durham, England.
21. ↑ "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
    FamilySearch (accessed 10 January 2022)
    FamilySearch Image Image number 00028
    Jane Prudhoe (23 years) marriage to George Dixon on 16 Apr 1865 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom.
22. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Dixon, John (Mother's maiden surname: Prudhoe), GRO Reference: 1865 S Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 161
23. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Dixon, Alice Ann (Mother's maiden surname: Prudhoe), GRO Reference: 1867 M Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 154
24. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 17 Jan 2022),
    database entry for Dixon, Alice Ann (aged 2 years), GRO Reference: 1869 J Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 102
25. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Dixon, Robert (Mother's maiden surname: Prudhoe), GRO Reference: 1869 J Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 155
26. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Dixon, Thomas (Mother's maiden surname: Prudhoe), GRO Reference: 1870 D Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 148
27. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Dixon, Ann Prudhoe (Mother's maiden surname: Prudhoe), GRO Reference: 1874 M Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 158
28. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 17 Jan 2022),
    database entry for Dixon, Ann Prudhoe (aged 0 years), GRO Reference: 1874 M Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 121
29. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for Dixon, Isabella (Mother's maiden surname: Prudhoe), GRO Reference: 1875 J Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 172
30. ↑ "1871 England Census"
    The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 5114; Folio: 92; Page: 1; GSU roll: 847394
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 7619 #10834937 (accessed 16 January 2022)
    George Dixon (29) head of household in Tynemouth registration district. Born in North Chirton.
31. ↑ England and Wales Ordnance Survey. Six inch to mile [map series] Northumberland LXXXIX. SE, Revised: 1894 to 1895, Published: 1899 -
    georeferenced image accessed 16 Jan 2022
32. ↑ "1881 England Census"
    Class: RG11; Piece: 5077; Folio: 111; Page: 26; GSU roll: 1342226
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 7572 #17192970 (accessed 16 January 2022)
    George Dixon (39), married, Coal Miner, head of household at Allotment in Tynemouth registration district.
33. ↑ "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 4801; Folio: 31; Page: 9
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 7814 #30759553 (accessed 16 January 2022)
    George Dixon (59) head of household in Tynemouth registration district. Born in Chirton, Northumberland, England.
34. ↑ England and Wales Ordnance Survey. 25 inch to mile [map series] Durham VIII.14, map sheet Revised: 1895, Published: 1897
    georeferenced image accessed 16 Jan 2022
35. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for DIXON, JANE, aged 52
    GRO Reference: 1894 M Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 121
36. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 16 Jan 2022), database entry for DIXON, JANE, aged 56
    GRO Reference: 1897 M Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 184