David Dawson
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. David Dawson
2. William (Bill) Frank Dawson William + Marion Dowbiggin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Marion Dowbiggin Children:
Generation: 3
4. George Harold Dawson was born on 31 Aug 1897 in Cornwall, PEI, Canada (son of Rev. George Frederick Dawson and Annie Florence Heustis); died on 3 Jan 1961 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada; was buried in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Notes:
Worked for Canadian Cottons as representative in Western Canada.
Buried:
crematedGeorge married Veta Charis CrooksToronto, ON, Canada. Veta (daughter of Frank Crooks and Mary Rowntree) was born in Brantford, ON, Canada; died in 1961 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Veta Charis Crooks was born in Brantford, ON, Canada (daughter of Frank Crooks and Mary Rowntree); died in 1961 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Notes:
Many years invalid with multiple sclerosis.
Children:
Generation: 4
8. Rev. George Frederick Dawson was born on 31 Aug 1861 in New Bandon, Gloucester Co., NB (son of Richard Dawson and Mary Lockhart); died on 15 Nov 1938 in Toronto, ON, Canada. Notes:
DAWSON, GEORGE FREDERICK, Methodist minister, Chatham circuit, 1908-11; b. New Bandon, Gloucester Co., N.B., 31 Aug 1861, s/o Richard Dawson and Mary Lockhart; m. 1888, Annie Florence Huestis, of Halifax; d. Toronto, 15 Nov 1938.
George F. Dawson was the son of a grindstone manufacturer at New Bandon who later conducted a hotel in Campbellton, N.B. After attending school in Campbellton he enrolled in the Provincial Normal School at age seventeen. Upon graduation he was hired as a teacher in Campbellton, but he resigned in November 1881 to become a probationer for the Methodist ministry. His first assignment was to the Tabusintac mission field, in which he preached at Tabusintac, Stymiest Settlement, Tracadie, and other locations over a large area. After two successful years he left to complete his education and theological training at Mount Allison University (BA 1888, MA 1897). Ordained in 1888, he spent forty-four years as a Methodist and United Church minister in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, occupying pulpits in Saint John, Sussex, St Andrews, and elsewhere.
Dawson was stationed at Little York, P.E.I., during a term which ended in 1908. He then accepted appointment to St Luke's Methodist Church in Chatham for a three-year term. It was said that his style as a pulpit speaker was conversational instead of declamatory and that his illustrations were always taken from everyday life, which made him a favorite as a minister on the Miramichi and elsewhere. When he departed in 1911 he went to St Stephen.
Dawson retired in Toronto in 1934 and died there in 1938, at age seventy-seven. He was survived by his wife, A. Florence Huestis, three daughters, and three sons. A brother, Dr William J. G. Dawson, practiced medicine in Newcastle between 1870 and 1876 and then left for California. Another brother, Arthur O. Dawson, was a well-known Canadian businessman, and president of Canadian Cottons Ltd of Montreal.George married Annie Florence Heustis on 28 Aug 1888 in Toronto, ON, Canada. Annie was born on 14 Jun 1867 in Chester, NS, Canada; died on 19 Jul 1957 in Victoria, BC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Annie Florence Heustis was born on 14 Jun 1867 in Chester, NS, Canada; died on 19 Jul 1957 in Victoria, BC. Children:
- Gladys Louise Dawson was born on 4 Apr 1890 in Halifax, NS; died in Feb 1973 in Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Herbert Huestis Dawson was born on 26 Jun 1892 in Studholm Parish, Kings Co., NB; died on 15 May 1958 in Hawthorne, NY.
- Amy Starr Dawson was born on 1 Sep 1893 in Studholm Parish, Kings Co., NB; died in Dec 1994 in Vernon, BC.
- Alice DeWolfe Dawson was born on 21 Oct 1894 in Dorchester, New Brunswick; died on 18 May 1987 in Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Stephen Arthur Dawson was born on 6 Sep 1896 in Dorchester, New Brunswick; died on 10 Aug 1918 in France.
- 4. George Harold Dawson was born on 31 Aug 1897 in Cornwall, PEI, Canada; died on 3 Jan 1961 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada; was buried in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
- Richard (Dick) Arthur Dawson was born on 1 Jun 1900; died on 9 Mar 1976.
10. Frank Crooks Frank + Mary Rowntree. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Mary Rowntree Children:
- 5. Veta Charis Crooks was born in Brantford, ON, Canada; died in 1961 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.