What's New in the O'Doherty and Dyson Family History

February 19, 2014 , uploaded the latest revisions to the Dyson - O'Doherty family tree.

June 5, 2013, With the kind assistance of the Rector of the Vale Parochial Church in Guernsey, U.K., we now have determined that Charles Gerald Hope Dyson and his wife Edith Kelly did not have any children which ended this limb of the Dyson tree. However, we were able to fill in some of the details of the ancestry and family of Edith (Kelly) Dyson. (Edith died 31 July, 2010 ,age 86 in Guernsey and is buried in the Castel Cemetery along with Charles G H Dyson)

April 11, 2013, added more details of the Dyson families of England, especially some valuable probate records from the U.K. National Probate Calendar.

Sept 11, 2012, added more details (especially of their travel records) of some of the Borradaile family members.

June 13, 2012, added more details of the family of John and Eliza Mitchell, (census records 1871-1891) in light of the affirmation that the husband of Ada Mary Dyson was one and the same person as Joseph Mitchell of Merriott, Somersetshire, born April 14, 1876 and went to Cambridge University as Joseph Derek Leslie. The question remains : How did the son of an agricultural labour find the finances to attend and graduate from Cambridge.. Perhaps a well deserved scholarship ?

May 28, 2012, added many more details of the life and times of Joseph Derek Leslie (1876-1942) and his two wives (Ada Mary Dyson and Minnie Louise Kannreuther)

April 13, 2012, removed birth dates from some of the fiiles.

Feb , 2012, Updated files for Nina Dyson (1874 -?) , adding marriages to Hugh Leigh Norris (1) and in 1917 to Harry William Taylor(2)

Sept, 2011, Updated files for Charles Gerald Hope Dyson (1920- 1999), died Island of Guernsey,

Sept, 2011, Updated files for Ella Dyson (1866- 1892), who died in the wreck of the "SS Roumania) ( d of Thomas Dyson)

May 24, 2011, Added the 1920 birth registration and the 1947 marriage registration details for Charles Gerald Hope Dyson (and wife Edith Kelly)

May 8, 2011, Added addition information regarding the "Mutiny on the Bounty" and the family of Fletcher Christian.

May 7, 2011, We have now learned a great deal about the life of Charles G H Dyson, born 1920 and married 1947 in England, including tracing his ancestry back to a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, the famed leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty , who lived for some years on Pitcairn Island after 1790. More to come.....

May 3, 2011, After much research by Maureen Lussier, Florence Hutchison and Alan Hughes, it has been concluded that the mysterious Rebecca Gregory Dyson (1814 -1865) was the daughter of William Gregory (1784- 1832) and Winnifred Dennis.

April 21, 2011, uploaded loaded latest revisions, including a great deal of further research by Maureen Lussier re the Fullerton - Shaw - Vernon families of London.

April 12, 2011, uploaded latest revisions incl. marking the passing of Peter Spencer Dampier Dyson.

Sept 30, 2010, Uploaded latest revisions to this family history.

August 22, 2010: After some considerable effort, cousin Maureen located our missing Fritz Morad on the 1911 census at the same address as he gave at the 1912 marriage to Alice Allsop. (195 St. George Street, St George in the East, London. He showed as "Fred Morrad", single male, age 36, occupation Baker and born in Germany living as a boarder with another family.

August, 2010, adding many of the available will index records from "England and Wales, National Probate Calendar" (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941"
added significant detail of the relationship between Alice Morad (nee Allsop) and the family of Howard Angus Kennedy of London England and Ottawa Canada)

July 10, 2010, added additional source material gleaned from the Families in British India Society databases :(affects some mid-1800's Dyson and Henty families)

May 3, 2010, added some new Dyson & Henty data newly released by LDS re births-deaths of India..

April 23, 2010, Added further details to the site regarding Gertrude Bessie Hudson and her two husbands. (Patterson and Gun-Browne)

February 10, 2010, Added the 20 June, 1835 (age 62 years) burial record of Bathsheba Dyson of Peckham, London. Added the 1846 burial of Letitia Sarah Dyson

January 31, 2010, Received and transcribed the 1857 marriage (Middlesex) registration of William Henry Dyson to Elizabeth Wixey. Received and transcribed the 1931 marriage (Sussex) registration of James Seabrook Dyson to Effie Margaret Emily Neville Edwards.

January 26, 2010, Received and transcribed the Dec 11, 1848 marriage registration in the Hackney Parish Church of Thomas Arthur Dyson (son of James Dyson, occ packer) and Olive Russell, daughter of James Russell, (occ farmer) both of London Fields, London.

January 20, 2010, Located and added the passenger list information for the family of Louis Morgan Dyson , wife Florence Julia Dyson, children Dorothy Dyson and John Holroyd Dyson on the "Empress of France", Liverpool to Quebec City, departed Liverpool 6 Oct, 1921 enroute to Alexis Creek, B.C. Located and added two transatlantic voyages for the remaining sibling James Seabrook Dyson, once with his wife Effie in 1939 on the "Scythia", Liverpool to New York, and later by himself in 1946 on the "Manchester Commerce" , Manchester to Montreal. Added the death registrations for Reginald Fitz Nigel Newton (1922 of Alexis Creek) and Florence Julia (Newton) Dyson of Alexis Creek. B.C. Added 1861 census of the Newton family of St Pancrase, London.

January 19, 2010, added many exta details of some of the descendants of Captain Richard Lane Bayliff and his wife Henrietta Peel. Started to add extensive baptismal records for the Bayliff and Vye families.

January 18, 2010, retreived a half dozen or so B.C. birth-marriage and death registrations of the Bayliff families from the local library and transcribed them into our database. Spent a few hours locating and transcribing various Bayliff census, marriage and birth records of England for the family and ancestors of Hugh Peel Lane Bayliff, his father Captain Richard Lane Bayliff and one more generation back to Thomas Timothy Lane Bayliff, Vicar of Albury, Hertfordshire .

January 18, 2010, After a very informative telephone interview with Mrs. Antony Bayliff (nee Barrie Boucher) of Chilancoh Ranch , near Alexis Creek, B.C. was able to fill in some of the missing gaps of the connection between James Seabrook Dyson, (1899-1988) , his sister Dorothy Dyson, (1904-1994) and the Bayliff and Newton families of the Chilcotin area of B.C.

January 17, 2010, Added more members of the offspring of Thomas Arthur ( and Ellen ) Dyson up to 1930 census records from Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington. (inc Herbert , Olive, Walter and Frederick Dyson), located Louis Morgan Dyson and wife Florence Julia Newton and James Seabrook Dyson, on the 1911 census of England. Also located 77 year old William Henry Dyson (Managing director of a public company) , living in West Kensington with wife Elizabeth (age 75) on the 1911 census.

January 16, 2010, Added more family members and census records of the family of Thomas Arthur Dyson of Lawrence and Everett, Massachussetts. (son of Thomas Arthur Dyson and Olive (Russell) Dyson of London, England.

December 22, 2009, Added additional data on the Stochosky families of Dwight twp, Huron County, Michigan (1880- 1900), and Detroit Michigan (1920)

December 18th, 2009, Added additional data on Fullerton families from the death registrations of Fullerton family members of Vancouver and Victoria B.C.

November 17, 2009, Added the June 1856 death-burial record of 32 year old Mary Ann O'Hare, wife of Thomas O'Neil of St. Patrick's Parish, Quebec City.

November 2-17, 2009, Continued documentation of the Fullerton families of Thrybergh, Yorkshire, particular the family and descendents of Arthur Fullerton Esq and his wife Augusta Dyson.

Oct 31, 2009, With the connection made by Maureen Lussier of Augusta Dyson (1828- 1905) marrying Arthur Fullerton (1813- 1875) , vicar of Thrybergh, Yorkshire, work has commenced to fill in the blanks of the Fullerton families.

March 15, 2009, added the 1871 census record of Thomas R Church and his wife Florence (Marryat) Church of Kensington, London. Added the 1881 and 1891 census records for the family of Samuel Holmes Marriott and Mary (Jennison) Marriott of Ashover, Derbyshire, and grandparents of Marion (Todd) Perry. Located the 1890 death registration of Jehu (John) Perry, of Tavistock, Devonshire. Added the family of William Marriott and Hannah Holmes , parents of Samuel Holmes Marriott of Ashover, Derbyshire.

March 14, 2009, Added census records from 1861 to 1901 of the families of Metcalfe, Catherine Marryat, and Henry Edmonds Norris and Hugh L Norris of Charmouth and London, England.

February 12, 1909, Added some details for Nina Dyson (b abt 1874) including husband Hugh Leigh Norris (b 1874) and daughter Helen Lavender Norris, born 3 October, 1905 in Southsea, Hampshire. Added 1911 census of same family in Southsea, Hampshire.

January 23, 2009, Added some some of the Allsop and Dyson census records for 1911 in England.

Oct 24, 2008, Added additional data on the families of Baldwin and Wethered.

Sept 29, 2008, added additional details on the William Edward Henty family of India.

April 21, 2008, Added the 1913 marriage record (St. Patrick's, Quebec) of Patrick O'Doherty and Bridget McClintock. Added the 1846 baptismal record of Catherine O'Neill, daughter of Thomas O'Neil and Mary Ann O'hare in the Basilique Notre Dame of Quebec, P.Q.

April 20, 2008, Added the baptismal record (1866) of Ann Delaney, daughter of William Delaney and Ellen Doherty. Added the burial record of Ellen Doherty, 1866, age 28, wife of William Delaney. Added the 1894 marriage record of Annie Delaney, daughter of William Delaney and the late Ellen Doherty to Patrick Mullins, son of Patrick Mullins and Mary Morrissey.
Added the 1901 census record of the family of Patrick Mullins and Annie (Delaney) Mullins and their four children as of 1901. Added the baptismal record of a couple of the Mullins children being Mary Ellen, 1894, and Monica, 1898. Added the baptism records of the children of Thomas O'Neil, Policeman, and Mary Doherty of St. Patrick's and of Basilique Notre Dame of Quebec. P.Q. Added the 21 March, 1881 baptismal record of Joseph Doherty, son of Patrick Doherty and Catharine O'Neil. [oddly enough he was described as Patrick Doherty in the margin of the church register of St. Patrick's , Quebec. but in the text of the baptismal record he was described properly as Joseph Doherty.] Added the 1919 baptismal record of Catherine Patricia O'Doherty, (1919), daughter of Joseph O'Doherty (Steam-fitter) and Malvina Julien of Quebec, P.Q. Added the 1922 baptismal record of Margaret Cecilia O'Doherty, daughter of Joseph D'Doherty, plumber and Malvina Julien of St. Patrick's church, Quebec, P.Q.

Corrected name of William Gerard O'Doherty, b. 1 Feb 1915, baptized 3 Feb, 1915 in St. Patrick's, Quebec. as per baptismal record. parents Joseph O'Doherty and Malvina Julien of Quebec.

April 19, 2008, Added the 1854 baptismal record and the 1855 burial record of Mary Ann Shortes, infant daughter of Robert Shortes and Bridget Keating of Basilique Notre Dame, Quebec. Added the 1852 baptismal record of Margaret Shortes, daughter of Robert Shortes and Bridget Keating of Basilique Notre Dame, Quebec. Added the 1887 marriage record at St. Patrick's Parish, Quebec, of James Shortes, son of the late Richard Shortes and the late Bridget Keating to Mary Ann Kennedy, daughter of the late Michael Kennedy and Mary ---? Added the 1851 census record of Robert Shortes, labourer, age 24, now showing married and wife Bridget Shortes, age 18. ( the 1851 census was late that year. jca) Added the 1925 burial record of Octave Julien, husband of Margaret Shortess.

April 19, 2008, Added the 1880 baptismal record of Malvina Julien of St-Colomb de Sillery, P.Q. Added the 1855 marriage record for Adolphe Chartrand and Esther Bissonnet of same parish. Added the 1874 marriage record of Octave Julien and Margaret Shortess of St-Colomb de Sillery, P.Q. Added the 1875 death record of Robert Shortess, aged 5 years of St. Patrick's, Quebec, P.Q. Added thet 1851 marriage record of Robert Shortes and Bridget Keating , St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Quebec, P.Q. Added the 1851 census record of the Keating family of Quebec City including 17 year old Bridget Keating and parents Richard (age 42) and Mary Keating (age 40). The Shortes and Keating links prove out the 1881 census which shows two of the Shortes children living with Patrick and Margaret Keating in Quebec as their parents of Robert Shortes and Bridget (Keating) Shortes had died a few years earlier. Added the 1862 baptismal and the 1863 burial record of Robert Shortis, infant son of Robert Shortis and Bridget Keating of St. Patrick's, Quebec. Added the 1872 death of Bridget O'Dey, second wife to Robert Shortess. The Shortess children are dispursed among the aunts and show up on the 1881 census's with the Octave Julien and Patrick Keating families.

April 18, 2008, Added many more birth, marriage and death records from the Parish of St. Patrick's, Quebec, P.Q. for the families of O'Doherty and O'Neil.

April 17, 2008, Due to newly available church records coming on line for Quebec from Ancestry.com have started to add many birth, marriage and burial records for the families of Doherty, O'neil, Donahue, Delaney. Note especially the 2nd marriage in 1856 of Thomas O'Neil (1812-1882) to Mary Doherty (1825-1909), (the older sister of his son-in-law Patrick Doherty)

December 12, 2007, Added the 1901 census of Hugh E McDonald of Burrard, Vancouver, B.C. Added the 1911 census of Hugh, Ada and daughter Ada Ruth McDonald of Vancouver, B.C. Added 1972 death registration index for Ada Ruth Mason, age 62

December 5, 2007, Added additional members of the Joseph Ellis family of Swanage, Dorsetshire, based upon the 1841 census of Swanage and the Church Registers of Swanage, LDS film 0599897. (LDS IGI files)

November 28, 2007, Examined the passenger list of the October 8, 1909 sailing of the Empress of Ireland outbound from Liverpool to Quebec City. No Gerald Hope Dyson on that voyage.

November 26, 2007, Added extensive details of the descendants of George Arthur Dyson, of the state of Victoria, Australia ( b. abt 1837- d. 1924) and Jane (Mayall) Dyson (1840-1930) as researched by Barry Gasperino.

November 25, 2007, Added the 1900 census record of William and Mary Prihoda of Detroit Michigan, with their children Mary, (born New York) Minnie (born New York) and Annie.( born Michigan)

November 24, 2007, Added the 1900 census record of Joseph and Victoria Stochowski in Dwight township of Huron County, Michigan with 3 children: Maggie, Frank and Edmond. Victoria with 16 children, 9 still living. Also with 3 grandchildren with name of Yarrow. Added the 1880 census record of Joseph Stacoski of Dwight township, Huron County, Michigan with five children, born 1870- 1879

November 24, 2007, Located the file numbers at the Canada National Archives for the land applications for both Arthur Dyson and Gerald Hope Dyson as part of the Volunteer Bounty Act of 1908 with reference to Soldiers of the South African War (1899-1902). Ordered both of these files from the National Archives as of this date.

November 23, 2007, Purchased the following wills from the National Archives of England

1- 1802- Susannah Dyson, widow of Hackney, Middlesex,
2- 1835- Elizabeth Dyson, widow of John Street, Albany Road, Surrey
3- 1842 - Mary Dyson of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, Middlesex.
Examined each will, but did not find any obvious connections to this ongoing Dyson research.... jca

November 22, 2007, With the results in of further research of the family of James Dyson of Hoxton, his second marriage was added. ( to Susannah Noden), 1789, St. Mathew's, Bethnal Green). The children of this new union were added which very closely matched the later 1835 will of Bathsheba Dyson, a daughter of his first marriage.

November 22, 2007, located Gerald Hope Dyson and Dora Christian Dyson (wife?) on the 1924 Electoral Rolls of Victoria, Australia. Also located many records of his cousins that were descended from William Henry Dyson (and Letitia Done) on the same Electoral Rolls dating from 1909-1936. Added numerous birth, marriage and death registrations of these families from the Victoria BMD indexes.

August 11, 2007, added details of the 1986 death registration of Robert Carruthers, born 1908 Kelowna, B.C. Died Ashcroft B.C.

August 9, 2007, Ordered the 1942 death registration of Amy F E Dyons, died 3rd quarter, registered Wycomb, England

July 4, 2007, added the 1938 border crossing record (Canada-Buffalo, N.Y. USA) of Dorothy Blanche Dunbar, age 52. Added the 1919 border crossing (Canada- Buffalo, N.Y. USA) of Amy Dyson, age 32. Added the 3 sons (as of 1974) of Clyde Harvey Dunbar and Marjarie (Salmon) Dunbar, being Robert M Dunbar of Deep River, Ontario, William Patrick Dunbar of Oakland, California and Hugh C Dunbar of Vancouver, B.C. Added details of the life of Michael Keith Hayes, (1952- 2007)

June 14, 2007, added burial index records of Bunhill Fields, London for the following persons: Dyson, Arthur (1842), Dyson, Dampier (1842), Dyson, Ellen Emma (1829), Dyson, James (1819), Dyson, Thomas (1836), Seabrooke, William (1820)

April 12, 2007, Added some details of the life of a James Seabrook Dyson (born 1899 Woolwich, Eng.) to tie him into our existing Dyson dabase.. It turns out that he was the great-great grandson of James Dyson and Mary Ann Seabrook of London, Eng.

Nov 2, 2006, Added the available births and christenings of the family of Thomas and Lydia Price of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Added the 1841 census record for the family of John Price (born 1810) and wife Susan of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

Nov 1, 2006, Added the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census records from Hampstead, London for the family of William Henry Dyson (bill discounter and broker, born 1834) and Elizabeth Dyson. Added the in-bound passenger list index listings for the families of William Henry Dyson sr (1853) and William Henry Dyson jr. (1858) into Victoria, Australia.

Oct 31, 2006, Added the parish register details of the family of William Henry Dyson (1809-1895) and Laetitia (Done) Dyson (1818- 1871) of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, London. Located and added the 1851 census record of the family of William Henry Dyson and Letitia (Done) Dyson of Shoreditch, London along with their six surviving sons.

Oct 25, 2006, Added the 1851 census of Thomas Arthur Dyson and wife Olive of Newington, Surrey. Addded the 1860 census of them now of Lawence, Essex, Mass, USA.

Oct 23, 2006, Added the 1847 birth registration of Emily Dyson Shaw of Bethnal Green, London. Added the 1856 marriage registration of James Seabrook Dyson and Eleanor Shaw of Bethnal Green, London.

Oct 16, 2006, Added the 1891 census record of John Dyson, age 29, of Rotherhithe, London, occupation House Porter. Added the likely death date of December qtr , 1895 of John Seabrook Dyson, age 35 of Croydon, Surrey.

Oct 13, 2006, Added the 1861 birth registration of John Seabrook Dyson, son of George John Dyson and Eliza (Price ) Dyson of Bethnal Green, London.

Oct 12, 2006, Added the two marriages of Theresa O'Doherty. Added the 1840 birth registration of Mary Ann Dyson, daughter of James Dyson , (labourer) , and Ellen Shaw of 7 White Street, Bethnal Green, London.

Oct 11, 2006, Received the 1840 death reg of James Dyson, age 63, of Bethnal Green, occupation : Packer and address of 6 Claremont Place.. Looks to be all perfect for husband of Mary Ann (Seabrook) Dyson . Cause of death: Phthisis

Oct 5, 2006, added the 1861 census record of Walter and Emily (Dyson) James, both attendants in the Bethnal Green Lunatic Asylum, Bethnal Green, London. Added the 1871 census and the 1881 census for Walter and Emily (Dyson) James of Bethnal Green, London.

Oct 2, 2006, added the 1841 census record of Mary Ann Dyson (age 50), of independant means, of Bethnal Green, Middlesex.
Ordered from the GRO an 1840 death registration of one James Dyson, registered 2nd qtr, 1840, Bethnal Green, vol 2, page 23.

Sept 22, 2006, added the 1851 census of Christ's Church, Newgate, London showing Thomas Dyson (age 13) as a scholar.

Sept 21, 2006, added the 1891 census record for Gerald Hope Dyson of Christ's Hospital, Newgate, London. Added the 1974 newspaper report of the life and death of Dorothy Blanche (Salmon) Dunbar of Kamloops, B.C. Added the 1881 census for the Clyde Dunbar (age 3) and sister Mabel Dunbar (age 5) living with their Paddon grandparents in Yarmouth, Ontario. Added the 1879 death registration of Fanny Maria (Paddon) Dunbar of Yarmouth, Ontario. Added brief biography of William Roper Hull (1856-1925) , the 2nd husband of Emmeline Mary Banister of Calgary, Alberta.

Sept 14, 2006, added the 1921 obituaries of Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Hudson of Calgary, Alberta. Added the 1913-1915 city directory listings from Kamloops, B.C. Canada for Amy Dyson and mother Emily Dyson (widow of Thomas Dyson) (This was a big surprise)

August 31, 2006, added the passenger listings for the 1910 return of the Florence (Hudson) Dyson family back to Canada on the 21 July, 1910 arrival of the SS Corsican from Liverpool to Quebec. Also listed on same ship was George Cherer, the future husband of Ella Dyson, eldest daughter of Florence (Hudson) Dyson.

July 3, 2006, added the 1841 census record of James Dyson at 23 of Bethnal Green, London.

June 30, 2006, added the 1934 death registration of Emily Sarah (Henty) Dyson, (1845-1934)

June 30, 2006, added some further details of the family of James Dyson and Mary Ann Seabrook of London, married 4 April, 1808, Saint Clement Danes, Westminster, London. Also added the children of James Seabrook Dyson and Eleanor Shaw of Bethnal Green, London. added the 1851 , the 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records of James Seabrook Dyson and family of London, England.

June 19, 2006, added the 1901 birth registration of Terence Dampier Dyson of Shoal Lake, Manitoba.

June 15, 2006, added the 1877 death registration of Beatrice Dyson, age 20 months, d. of Thomas Dyson, bank agent, Paddington.

May 21, 2006, added the 1931 death registration of Gerald Hope Dyson, of Chelsea, London.

April 23, 2006, added the 1841 census records for Julia and Augusta Dyson, daughters of Thomas Dyson and Elizabeth Seabrook.
Added the 1841 census records for the Allsop and Parker families of Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Added the 1841 census records for the family of Joseph and Sarah Ellis of Swanage, Dorset. Added the 1911 census record for the family of Francis Patterson of Mclead District, Alberta, including hired hand Harold Perry or Parry.

April 10, 2006, added further details of the family of George Patterson, parents George and Frances Patterson.

Feb 28, 2006, added the 1911 census of the family of the widows Elizabeth Hudson and Florence (Hudson) Dyson of Alberta, Canada.

Dec 25, 2005, added the 1911 census of the family of Patrick and Catherine O'Doherty of Champlain Ward, Quebec City.

Dec 13, 2005, Added a new photo of Lois Williams.

Dec 10, 2005, Added the 1851 census record for the family of John and Mary Parker of Gateford, Worksop, Notts.

Dec 6, 2005, Added the 1861 census record of Sarah (Allsop) Lister and husband Peter Lister of Worksop, Notts.

Nov 30, 2005, added the 1851 census for the family of John and Keturah Parker, of Ordsall, Nottinghamshire
Added the 1851 and 1861 census for the family of Thomas and Jemima Chubb of Tavistock, Devonshire.
Located the June 1838 marriage registration index of Thomas Chubb and Jemima Hitchins, registered in Tavistock.

Oct 26, 2005,
Added newly published 1851 census records for the family of Elizabeth (Seabrook) Dyson and family of Brighton, Sussex.
Added 1901 census for Ellen (Hunt) Alexander now of Bristol, Gloustershire.
Added 1851 census for John Robert Sutton Hudson and family of Romsey, Hampshire.
Added 1851 census for Joseph and Sarah Ellis and family of Swanage, Dorsetshire.
Added the 1871 and 1881 census for Albert Joseph Ellis now of Portsea, Hants.
Located what appears to be the 1903 death registration of Ellen (Hunt) Alexander, age 75 registered in Keynsham, Gloustershire.
Added the 1851 census record of Thomas Williams and family of Isa yn Dre, Cardiganshire, Wales

Sept 24, 2005, added further details of the Talbot and the Warburton familes as per census records (1861-1901) , and British birth and marriage registrations.

Sept 20, 205, added the 1929 marriage registration details for Spencer Dampier Dyson and Mary Margaret Carruthers, both of East Kelowna, B.C. Added many new descendants of the Dyson family as per the Dyson Family Journal compiled by Norma Irene (Jones) Dyson

Sept 17, 2005, received a family history of the Todd families from Marion (Todd) Perry of Kelowna, B.C. Added the details to the family database and uploaded new revision of same.

August 19, 2005, received the 1845 birth registration of Claude Cherer, son of Henry Joseph Cherer and Margaret Ann Nobell of 84 St. John's Wood Terrace, St. John's , Middlesex

July 29, 2005, added the letters from the Transvaal by Gerald Hope Dyson as published in the "Inland Sentinal" of Kamloops.B.C. dated 1901. Added further details from the WW1 military records of Gerald Hope Dyson, (1917-1920)

July 1, 2005, added the 1888 birth registration of Humbert John Edward Williams of Willesden, Middlesex

June 25, 2005, added the 1861 census record of Elizabeth Dyson, widow, age 64 and daughter Rosalie Dyson, age 21 , both living in St. Marys, Paddington, London.

June 24, 2005, added the 1861 census record of Jehu Perry and his sister Mary Perry of Alder Farm of Thrushelton, Devonshire.

June 14, 2005, added the photos of the Thomas and Elizabeth Dyson and family gravestone in Abney Park Cemetery, London.

June 13, 2005, added the 1878 marriage registration of Claude Cherer and Marian Eyres, Holy Trinity Church, Islington.

June 4, 2005, added the image of the Abney Park Cemetery indexes for the family of Thomas and Elizabeth Dyson of Grays Inn Lane, London. (1843-1879)

June 2, 2005, added further details of the Cherer family of St. John's Wood, Middlesex including a previous marriage of Henry Joseph Cherer to Margaret Ann Harper, 24 August, 1824.

June 1, 2005, added the 1861 and the 1871 census records for the family of Frederick and Hannah Eyres of Hartlepool, Durham. Also located the 1878 marriage registration index for Claude Cherer and Marian Eyres, Sept qtr, 1878, Islington. ordered full copy.
Located and added the 1861 census from St. John's Wood, Marylebone, Middlesex of the family of Henry Joseph Cherer and his wife Margaret Ann along with their nine children including our Claude Cherer.

May 28, 2005, added a number of Borradaile family names and dates as described in "Life Through A Lens" by Osmond Hudson Borradaile. Added a number of details for the family of Humbert and Murial (Dyson) Williams. Added the 1925 immigration index record of Alice Allsop, age 36, from Britain to Saint John, New Brunswick, April 12, 1925 on the SS Montrose, a Canadian Pacific ship.

May 25, 2005, received and added the 1863 marriage registration of John Robert Sutton Hudson and Elizabeth Mary Ellis, of Southwark, London, Surrey.

May 19, 2005, located and added the family of George Borradaile ( b. abt 1802, London) and Jane Tobin (married 1832, Liverpool). Added the 1914 marriage record (New Westminster, B.C.) of John Henry Borradaile and Janet Scott. Added the 1861 census record ( Cheltenham, Gloustershire) of George Borradaile and family. Added the 1913 death registration of baby Borradaile, stillborn daughter of Paul Hudson Borradaile and Barbara (Blakemore) Borradaile of Victoria, B.C. Added the 1955 death registration of John Henry Borradaile (1883-1955) of Burnaby, B.C.,

May 18, 2005, located and added the 1881 census record (Ottawa, Ontario) of the Richard(son) Borradaile family. Added the 1871 census record (Ottawa, Ontario) for the family of Richardson and Emma Borradaile. Added the 1901 census record (Winnipeg, Manitoba) of George and Lilla Borradaile and their 3 sons. Added the 1906 census record (Medicine Hat, Alberta) of George and Lilla Borradaile and son Osmond. Added the 1920 census record (Los Angeles, California) of Osmond Hudson Borradaile and his mother Lilla (Hudson) Borradaile. Added the 1912 marriage registration (Victoria, B.C.) of Paul Hudson Borradaile and Barbara Justin Blakemore of Victoria B.C.

May 17, 2005, added the 1848 birth registration of Thomas Ingram Hudson, of Botley, Hampshire, added the 1860 birth registration of Lilla Amy Edwards, of Southsea, Hampshire, added the 1862 birth registration of Arthur Frederick Hudson, of Bermondsey, Surrey.

May 5, 2005, added the 1839 birth registration of Rosalie Dyson, daughter of Thomas Dyson and Elizabeth (Seabrook) Dyson, Solicitor, of 14 Calthorpe St. , Grays Inn Lane, London.

April 30, 2005, added the 1861 census record for the family of John Tomlinson and wife (Mary) Ann Tomlinson with her four male (Allsop) children in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Added the Swanage, Dorsetshire, 1861 census record of Joseph and Sarah Ellis, with their two sons (age 18 adn 10) and their grandson Albert J Ellis, age 3.

April 26, 2005, added the 1856 death registration of Ada Dyson, "Gentlewoman", age 22, Kensington Town, London. Ordered the 1839 birth registration of Rosalie Dyson, St. Pancras, London, Dec qtr., vol 1, page 233.

April 22, 2005, added the 1846 death registration of Elizabeth Dyson, 23 year old daughter of Thomas Dyson, solicitor. Added the 1861 birth registration of Margaret Ann Jones, daughter of John Jones, farrier, and Elizabeth (Hurst) Jones of Wandsworth, Surrey. Added the 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901 census records of the John and Elizabeth Jones family.

April 14, 2005, With the kind assistance of Mr. Austin Hilditch, (who a descendant of Mary Ann Allsop (born 1869), corrected a misunderstanding concerning the identity of the grandmother who raised George (Parker) Allsop (born 14 Oct 1862 to Sarah Parker). The grandmother turned out to be Mary Ann (Lilley) Allsop, the widow of William Allsop (1817-1850). Many thanks Austin..

April 14, 2005,
ordered death registration of Elizabeth Dyson, Sept qtr. 1846, reg district of Brighton, vol 7, page 207,
ordered death registration of Ada Dyson, December qtr, 1856, Kensington, vol 1a, page 47
ordered death registration of a John Dyson, June qtr, 1846, Saint Pancras, vol 1, page 203, (just curious about this one)

April 14, 2005, received the 19th May, 1843 death registration of Julia Dyson, died age 17 of consumption. Grays Inn Lane. Daughter of Thomas Dyson, Solicitor, 14 Calthorpe Street.

April 11, 2005, received the 14 Nov 1850 death registration for an Augusta Dyson, in the registration district of Stepney, and is not a known relative. This registration was for a 3 month old child of William Dyson, occupation Waterman, of Limehouse, Middlesex.

April 1, 2005, added the 1907 marriage registration (9 April, 1907) of Robert Walter Carruthers and Reine Claire Talbot both of Kelowna, B.C. Added the March 1977 obituary for Virginia Nina (Dyson) Orsi and the March 1977 obituary of Terence Dampier Dyson.

March 29, 2005, added the 1881 census record of the family of Alexander and Rachel McDonald, mine owner, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, including Hugh Everit McDonald, who became the husband of Ada Hudson , (married 1904, Victoria, B.C.)

March 23, 2005, added the 1842 death registration of Arthur Dyson, age 11, son of Thomas Dyson, Solicitor, 14 Calthorpe Street, London.

March 10, 2004, added the 1842 death registration of Dampier Dyson, age 10, son of Thomas Dyson, Solicitor. Ordered the 1842 death regisration of an Arthur Dyson, Pancras, vol 1, page 223.

March 4, 2004, received part of the military records for Gerald Hope Dyson from Mr. Alan Hughes. added to database
located the birth registration for Gerald Hope Dyson, Sept 1877 regisration, vol 1a, page 47.

Feb 24, 2005, located the marriage index record of Ellen Blanche Henty and Charles C Quinn, Bengal Presidency, 1881.

Feb 21, 2005, ordered from the GRO the death registration of Dampier Dyson, December qtr, 1842. Added some details of the family of Darrel Hides and Penelope Dyson.

Jan 28, 2005, added a number of photographs of members of the Williams families.

Jan 18, 2005, received from the GRO, the 1863 marriage registration of William Allsop and Sarah Parker, both of Worksop, Notts.

Jan 14, 2005, received from the GRO, the January 15th, 1844 birth registration of William Allsop, son of William Allsop (occupation sawyer) and Ann Allsop, formerly Lilley, of Worksop, Nottingham.

Jan 13, 2005. received from the GRO, the 1862 birth registration of George Parker, the son of Sarah Parker. It would appear that George took the name of George Allsop and he was raised by his grandmother Mary (Parker) Tomlinson as shown on the 1871 and the 1881 Worksop, Nottinghamshire census. Sarah Parker married William Allsop less than a year later in 1863.

Jan 11, 2005, examined and transcibed baptismal, marriage and burial records pertaining to the Ellis and May families from the Church of England, Swanage, Dorset,

Jan 10, 2005, located and added the 1868 baptismal record of Arthur Dyson, from Kanpur, Bengal, India and also the 1865 baptismal record of Charlie Linstedt Dyson of Calcutta, India, both sons of banker Thomas Dyson and his wife Emily Sarah Dyson. Added the 1875 marriage registration of William Edward Henty and Rachel Margaret Campbell Lutter both of Moulmein, Lower Burma. Added the 1827 marriage registration of Joseph Ellis and Sarah May of Swanage, Dorsetshire. Added the 1832 baptismal record of Elizabeth Mary Ellis, Swanage, Dorsetshire of parents Joseph and Sarah Ellis.

Jan 9, 2005, With the loan of the family photographs from Clive M Dyson, many new photos have been copied for posterity in high resolution and smaller sized copies of same added to our web site. Added all of the known grandchildren of Arthur Dyson. to the database. Received a very welcome copy of the Dyson and the Hudson Family Journals compiled by Norma Irene (Renie) Jones Dyson in 1993. Added images of some cemetery monuments from the St Patrick's Cemetery of Sillary, Quebec for the O'Doherty and O'Neil family. Added the cemetery burial record for the O'doherty/ O'Neil plot in the St. Patrick's Cemetery, Sillary , Quebec.

Jan 8, 2005, With the discovery and access to the many photographs handed down to through the family of Spencer Dyson and his eldest son Clive Morad Dyson, a number of great photos have been added to the database. Particularly of Thomas Dyson (1838-1897), Emily (Henty) Dyson (1845-) and their sons, Gerald Dyson and Arthur Dyson.

Jan 5, 2005, added the 1883 marriage registration of David Thomas Williams and Margaret Anne Jones of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Added the image of same to "Vital Page.

Jan 4, 2005, added images of the 1846 death Registration of Thomas Dyson, solicitor and the 1897 death registration of his son Thomas Dyson, banker, to the "vital page" of this web site. Added details from the Abney Park Cemetery in London for much of the family of Thomas and Elizabeth Dyson including four of their young daughters.

December 28, 2004, after receiving the most welcome email from Mr. Alan Hughes of Somersetshire, England, the database of the Dyson family was expanded and clarified by his previous research. The families most affected by this new data were headed by James Dyson, born abt 1746; Thomas Dyson (1781-1846), John Dyson (1836-1919) and Rosalie Clarence Dyson( 1872-1935)

December 25, 2004, added some current photographs of the immediate family of Michael and Ruth (Dyson) O'Doherty.

December 18, 2004, located and added the 1910 census record for the widow Mary Prihoda, age 63, and daughter Anna, age 21 both living in Detroit, Michigan.

December 10, 2004, added some more birth dates and spouses of the family of Spencer Dyson and Peggy Carruthers of Kelowna, B.C., Also ordered the marriage registration details of William Allsop and Sarah Parker, 1863, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

December 9, 2004, At long last, finally broke open the puzzle surrounding the family of William Allsop, father of George Allsop and occupation "foreman" as per marriage of George Allsop and Keturah Trueman. In 1871, 1881, and 1891, William and his wife Sarah were living in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, where William was the foreman of the local manure processing plant. By 1901, Sarah is a 57 year old widow but has the company of 15 year old Mary Ann Allsop (Ruth's great aunt), the older sister to Alice Allsop.

December 6, 2004, After speaking with William Dyson Abercrombie, I located and documented a great swack of Scottish vital and census records for the families of Abercrombie and Knowles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

December 5, 2004, added the 1871, 1891 and the 1901 census in England for the family of Frederick Talbot, civil servant and writer and father of Reine Claire Talbot who eventually marries Robert Walter Carruthers.

December 5, 2004, Added the 1857 marriage registration details for Robert Carruthers jr. of Iverness and Anne Ballantyne Laidlaw of Contin, Ross, Scotland. Added the 1860 birth regstration details of their son Robert Walter Carruthers, of Inverness. Added the 1891 census record of the widow Anne B Carruthers living with her architect son William L Carruthers and family in Inverness. Added the 1862 birth registration of Janet Ballantyne Carruthers of Inverness., daughter of Robert and Anne B Carruthers.

December 5, 2004, located and added the 1881 census record of the family of Robert and Anne B Carruthers of Inverness, Scotland. Located the marriage registration index for the marriage of David Thomas Williams and Margaret Anne Jones in Wales, 1883, June quarter, registration district of: Llanfyllin

December 4, 2004, added the 1891 and the 1901 census records for the Cherer family of London, England, including George C Cherer, the future husband of Ella Ruth Dyson. Located the birth registration index for George C Cherer (1881) , Eliza Florence M Cherer (1880), and their father Claude Cherer (1845). Located Marion (or Mary Ann Eyres) on the 1871 census prior to her marriage to George C Cherer)

December 4, 2004, added a number of 1871 , 1881 , 1891 and 1901 census records from Devonshire for the families of Perry and Chubb living in Devonshire, England

December 3, 20045, added the birth registration of Florence Hudson, 13 June 1866, daughter of John Robert Sutton Hudson and Elizabeth Mary (Ellis) Hudson, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

December 2, 2004, added the birth registration of Arthur John Ellis, born 1857, Swanage, Dorset, England. Added siblings and parents of Elizabeth Mary Ellis, born Swanage, Dorset.

November 22, 2004, added the wife and daughter of William Edward Henty , son of Charles and Emily(Hunt) Henty of India.

November 20, 2004, added the 1870 christening record of Violet Dyson, daughter of Thomas and Emily Dyson of Lower Burma.

November 18, 2004, added christenings and death dates of the children of Robert and Sarah Allsop of Notts, (1818-1834)

November 17, 2004, finally located the marriage registration of William Allsop and Mary Tomlinson, September quarter, 1848, registration district of Basford , volume 15, page 602. Ordered marriage details from the GRO office, England. Located and added the 1871 and the 1881 census record for this family. Mary (Tomlinson) Allsop appears to be a widow by the 1881 census.

November 14, 2004, added a number of the Civil Registration Index searches for the births of some of the children of Albert E Banister family of Bridport, Dorset, ca. 1864- 1877. Added the Civil Registration Index for the 1842 birth of Albert Edward Banister of Sussex, England. Added the 1891 census record for the Banister family of Davisburg, Alberta. Added death location/dates in Victoria B.C. for Albert Edward Banister and his wife Helen Mary (Weston) Banister.

November 13, 2004, added the marriage details of Ella Dyson - Henry Johnson (1886 India), of Emily Seabrooke Dyson - Alexander Salmon (1882, India) and of Joseph Allen Windle - Anna Mary Walshe (1868, India)

November 6, 2004, added the 1890 newspaper announcement of the marriage (5 Feb, 1890) of Albert John Ellis to Emmeline Mary Banister, Church of the Redeemer, Calgary. Added the 1901 census of the A.E. Banister family of Davisburg, Alberta, Added the 1881 census record of the Albert E Banister family of Bridport, Devonshire.

November 3, 2004, Sent a letter to the Zeerust Public Library in Zeerust, S. Africa inquiring as to the cemetery records available for the Zeerust area, and especially looking for a record of Arthur Dyson, died abt 1910.

November 2, 2004, received a copy of a letter from the the Governor's Office in Johannesburg , dated 28 December, 1908 to Arthur Dyson, Esq of Zeerust, Transvaal, re his request for employment. transcribed and entered as a source for Arthur Dyson. Added an image copy of the letter to the "Vital Records" page.

October 27, 2004, located and added the 1901 census record of Violet Dyson, still single, age 30, Governess on the Isle of Wight, born Moulmein, Burma

October 26, 2004, added the 1884 death registration of John Robert Sutton Hudson, died 18th April, 1884, Ipswich, Suffolk, added the image of same to the "Vital Records" page.

October 25, 2004, added the 1813 marriage of Giles Ingram and Marianne Pope, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Added two more daughters of Giles and Marianne Ingram being Ann Harriet Castina Ingram (1814) and Marianne Harriot Ingram (1816).

October 25, 2004, added the 1847 marriage registration in the Parish of Bere Regis, Dorsetshire, of John Robert Sutton Hudson and Gertrude Emma Ingram. Added the image of the same registration to the "Vital Records" page. Added the birth and Christening dates for Gertrude Emma Ingram as per LDS transcription of the Romsey Parish Anglican Church records, Hampshire, England as well as her parents: Giles and Mary Ann Ingram.

October 23, 2004, located WW1 medal card for Gerald Hope Dyson, Royal Garrison Artillery attached Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Rank Lieutenant. added an image of this card to the "Vital Records" page of this website.

October 23, 2004, added a map of Transvaal, South Africa into the "Map Page", showing the location of Zeerust, where Arthur Dyson was living in 1909.

October 22, 2004, added the marriage registration of Mabel Seabrook Dyson and Keith David Erskine ( 1892, Kensington, London)

October 20, 2004, added a significant amount of detail of the family of Joseph and Anna Windle, due to their connection with Bengal India, their connection to an Arthur Dyson on an 1881 England census record, and a further connection of their son Harry Walshe Windle who not only is the same age as "our" Arthur Dyson, but who also shows up in Victoria B.C. for the 1901 census. The Windle family can now be found with their own web pages on this site.

October 19, 2004, added the birth registrations for Ella Dyson, 1866 and Amy Frances Ellen Dyson, 1886, both daughters of Thomas Dyson and Emily Sarah (Henty) Dyson.

October 14, 2004, located and added the very relevant 1871 census record showing both the Henty and some of the Dyson family members living in Ickham Lodge, Ickham, Kent. It includes 74 year old Elizabeth Dyson and 42 yr old Emily Henty as well as daughters and grandchildren.. WOW!

October 13, 2004, added the early christening details for three previously unknown daughters of John Robert Sutton Hudson and wife Gertrude Emma --. (1849-1853).. marriage details of this couple still unknown.

October 12, 2004, ordered the 1882 parish register film for the marriage of Emily Seabrook Dyson and Alexander Salmon, Bengal, India.. ordered the 1886 parish register film for the marriage of Ella Dyson and Henry Johnson, Bengal, India.

October 10, 2004 added the 1901 census record for William and Susanna Trueman and the 1901 census records for their children/families. All in Worksop, Notts.

October 9, 2004, located the GRO marriage index records for the siblings of Keturah Trueman (marr 24 July 1884), being John Tom Trueman (marr 1881), Mary Ann Trueman (marr 1891), Sarah Jane Trueman (marr 1893), and Alice Trueman (marr 1902). These marr registrations could now be ordered to properly ascertain the names of spouses and the exact marriage details. GRO vol and pages are posted to the appropriate names and all marriages occured in the reg district of Worksop, Notts.

With the assistance of the 1901 census records confirmed the spouses of these Trueman marriages with the exception of the 1902 marriage of Alice Trueman.

October 7-9, 2004, Ordered a substantial number of birth, marriage and death registration from England for various Dyson family members. Expect 3-4 week delivery..added 1871 and 1901 England census records for Judge John Dyson, of Lucknow, India, added the 1881 census record in Hampstead, London, for Mabel Seabrook Dyson, daughter of judge John Dyson. Added a second wife to Judge John Dyson as per the 1901 census record. Added a second husband (Anthony Hugh Baldwin) and two more daughters for Emily Seabrook (Dyson) as per 1898 marriage in Kensington. It appears that Mabel Seabrook Dyson married in Kensington (1892), Keith David Erskine (1863-1914) so ordered a copy of the marriage registration to confirm this.

October 1, 2004, Added the 1871 census details from Worksop, Nottinghamshire for the family of William and Susannah Trueman and the family of John and Mary Tomlinson with grandson George Allsop.

September 29, 2004, added the image of the 1872 marriage record of Patrick Doherty and Catherine O'Neil to the Vital Records page. Added the image of the 1859 marriage between Ellen Doherty and William Delaney. Added both marriage details to the database.

September 23, 2004, added further details of the Abercrombie descendants as supplied by Nora Abercrombie.

August 26, 2004, added the B.C. marriage (1904) and death registrations for Ada Hudson and her husband Hugh Everit Mcdonald

July 26, 2004, added web pages for the family of William and Sarah Dyson, of Pine Creek Alberta (1891)
added the marriage details of Charles Henty and Emily Hunt, Sept 2, 1844, Fort William, Calcutta, India

June 22, 2004, added the details of the birth record of Emily Sarah Henty, 1845, Calcutta, India, added the marriage record of William Brann and Elizabeth Harvey, 1802, Dover, Kent.

June 14, 2004, added further details of the Stochosky family including the contents of the USAF letter to the Stochosky family after the death of William A Stochosky in the Phillipines in WW2 in 1945. Also added some immigration details for Rita (Stochosky) O'Doherty on her entry into Canada in 1945.

June 12, 2004, added the transcripts of many recently obtained documents concerning the Francis O'Doherty and Rita Stochosky family.

June 9, 2004, Added many entries from Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition concerning Terence Dampier Dyson and Honor Florence Flower, ancestors and descendants.

June 7, 2004, Added the 1834 parish birth record for Ada Dyson and the 1836 parish birth record for John Dyson, both of parents Thomas Dyson and Elizabeth Seabrook of Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Added the 1838 birth registration record for Thomas Dyson, son of Thomas Dyson (Solicitor) and Elizabeth Seabrook of Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Added the 1844 indexed marriage record of Charles Henty and Emily Hunt of the Presidency of Bengal, India.

May 13, 2004, added the 1802 marriage of William Brann and Elizabeth Harvey in Dover, Kent, England as well as six of their children including Thomas Dadd Brann, christened 1808, Dover Kent

May 12, 2004, added the Dec 18th, 1862 marriage transcription (Calcutta, India), of John Dyson (Father: Thomas Dyson) and Adelaide Julia Brann (father: Thomas Dadd Brann).
added John Dyson (born 1836) as a sibling to Thomas Dyson and son of Thomas Dyson sr., Added another sibling ... Ada Dyson, (born 1834, London), father: Thomas Dyson, mother: Elizabeth Seabrook

April 30, 2004, added an older sister to Alice Allsop, being Mary Ann Allsop, age 5 on the 1891 census, Worksop, Notts.

April 28, 2004, added a number of 1881 and 1891 census records from England for the Perry family, the Cherer family, and the Williams family, all who eventually married a member of the Dyson family.

April 23, 2004, removed reference to Arthur Garth Wilson and Violet Dyson, marriage in 1900 as not applicable.

April 22, 2004, located and added the 1891 census record of Thomas and Emily Dyson, London
Added the 1891 census record of George and Keturah Allsop, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Added the 1891 census records for William and Susannah Truman, Worksop, Notts
Added the 1891 census for John T and Hannah Truman also of Worksop, Notts.
Added the 1891 census record for Henry and Ella Johnson of Frimley, Surrey
Added the 1891 census record for John and Mary A Tomlinson of Worksop, Notts.

April 22, 2004, added the 1862 baptismal record of Emily Seabrooke Dyson, Patna, India

April 6, 2004, Added the 1902 death registration for Emily (Henty) Dyson, died New Windsor, Berkshire

April 5, 2004, added the marriage registration for Thomas Dyson and Emily Sarah Henty, Feb 4, 1862, Calcutta, India.
removed references to James Dyson and Mary Ann Seabrook as the parents of Thomas Dyson. Added new father of Thomas Dyson, being Thomas Dyson sr.

March 23, 2004, added the death registration of Thomas Dyson, 1897, Wrington, Somersetshire

Feb 10, 2004, added additional information on the Stochosky families

Jan 3, 2004, added additional information on the Perry families.

Dec 22, 2003, located and added some more LDS IGI file sources for the Dyson records from India and England.

Dec 21, 2003, identified the family of Emily Seabrooke (Dyson) Salmon thanks to the birth record of her daughter Dorothy Blanche M Salmon, 1885 in India.

Dec 20, 2003, Updated the 1901 census for Emily (Henty) Dyson, East Reading, Berkshire, England (living with son-in-law and grandchildren) ,and added the 1901 census for Nina Dyson, age 26 , Clapham North, London, England

Nov 17, 2003, located the 1890 marriage announcement for Gertrude Elizabeth Hudson and George Patterson in the Calgary Daily Herald.

Oct 17, 2003, updated family data on Muriel Vernonica Dyson and Ella Ruth Dyson as per data from cousin Maureen Lussier.

Sept 5, 2003, located Muriel Vernonica (Dyson) in Kelowna, B.C. as of 1958.

Sept 3, 2003, added many of the British Columbia death registrations of Dyson family members and some ancestors of Dyson spouses. These death records confirmed the ancestry of many of the spousal connections.

Sept 2, 2003, added additional family information for the families of Perry, Williams, Carruthers, and Flower as obtained from marriage registrations from the BC Archives. Thanks to the excellent marriage and death records of the sons and daughters of Arthur Dyson and Florence Hudson, we can now place this family with more assurance as they ventured across Canada and then on to South Africa. Arthur died in South Africa and the family returned to Canada via England.

Nina. born 1893. Fort Qu'Apelle, Saskatchewan
Ella, 1895, Alberta
Murial, 1898, Kamloops, British Columbia
Norah, 1900, Manitoba
Terence, 1901, Shoal Lake, Manitoba
Spencer, 1905, Transvaal, South Africa
Florence (Peggy) abt 1908, Zeerust, Transvaal, South Africa

Aug 27, 2003, added 3 photographs supplied by the Dyson family to the opening web page.

Aug 10, 2003, added further details from the family history researched by Maureen Lussier.

Aug 9, 2003, added additional Dyson family data as received from researcher Maureen Lussier.

Jan 4, 2003, applied for copy of the marriage registration from Quebec for Patrick O'Doherty and Catherine O'Neil, 1872

Jan 4, 2003, added some details from the O'Doherty family history book (copy held by Michael and Ruth O'Doherty)

Jan 2, 2003, mailed off request to the Quebec vital records office the birth, marriage and death records for Joseph O'Doherty, (1881- 1970)

December 29, 2002, requested from England the birth records for Catherine Morad and Greata Morad, as well as the marriage record of Morad / Allsop abt 1911.

December 27, 2002, located the 1881 and the 1901 census records for the O'Doherty family in Quebec City, P.Q.

December 27, 2002, initial interview and data entry of known family data into database. Constructed web site and uploaded data.