Biographical notes

A lot of the statutory register entries for this family are under the surname Dawe and Dawes

Birth data from LDS website. Also on genuki website at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Trull/BapTru_D.html (2008) where transcripts of All Saints, Trull, Baptisms 1669-1925 have an entry: Daw, Jonas, 25 Dec 1829 s James/Betty, Pitminster, lab

Married Jane Wood, in 1852 (marriage registered in Taunton).

Living in Staffordshire in 1861 Census; Jonas Dawe, born about 1830 in Trull, Somerset, Spouse name Jane, born about 1830 in Somerset), living in Walsall, Staffordshire.

In the 1881 Census the family are listed under the surname Dawes living at 7 South Street (Walsall Foreign); Jonas Dawes (52), born Trull, Somerset, Occupation Carpenter and Joiner; his wife Jane Dawes (52), born Milverton, Somerset; Willm Dawes (22), son, born Walsall Staffordshire, Occupation Carpenter; Nanie Dawes (15), daughter, born Walsall Staffordshire; Jim Dawes (10), son, born Walsall Staffordshire; Howard Dawes (7), son, born Walsall Staffordshire.

Last Census entry (1901) lists Jonas Dawes (71), born Trull, Somerset, living on his own at Braunston, Northamptonshire. His death is recorded at Braunston in 1902.

There is a single very full entry for this family on the LDS website submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The entries are as follow:

Jonas Dawe: Pedigree Birth: Pitminster, Somerset, England. Christening: 25 DEC 1829, Trull, Somerset, England. Marriage: 1852, Taunton, Somerset, England. Death: 1902 Braunston, Northampton, England. (Death entry located under Jonas Dawes (death age 73, registration district Daventry), but not verified in BMD Indexes)

Wife: Jane Wood: Pedigree: Birth: 1829, Milverton, Somerset, England. Marriage:,1852, Taunton, Somerset, England Death: 1883 Walsall, Stafford. (Death entry located under Jane Dawes (death age 54), but not verified in BMD Indexes)

Children 1. Mary Emma Dawe Pedigree: Female Birth: 19 AUG 1852, Pitminster, Somerset, England. (BMD index entry located but not verified).

2. Agnes Fanny Dawe Pedigree: Female Birth: 26 SEP 1854, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD index entry located but not verified).

3. Elizabeth Hannah Dawe Pedigree: Female Birth: 30 OCT 1856, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD entry is under Elizabeth Hannah Dawes, located but not verified)

4. William Jonas Dawe Pedigree: Male Birth: 1859, Walsall, Stafford, England. Death: 1888, Walsall, Stafford, England. (Birth entry not yet located in BMD Indexes, but BMD death entry located but not verified)

5. Sarah Matilda Dawe Pedigree: Female Birth: 04 MAR 1861, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD index entry located but not verified).

6. Albert Hazel Dawe Pedigree: Male Birth: 03 MAY 1862, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD index entry located but not verified).

7. Anne Or Nanie Dawe Pedigree: Female Birth: 1866, Walsall, Stafford, England. (Closest BMD entry located is for Annie Green Dawes January-March 1865)

8. Lilian Jemima Dawe Pedigree: Female Birth: 1868, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD entry is under Lilian Jemima Dawes, located but not verified)

9. Wilfred James Dawe Pedigree: Male Birth: 25 JUL 1870, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD entry is under Wilfred James Dawes, located but not verified)

10. John Howard Eli Dawe Pedigree: Male Birth: 22 JUL 1874, Walsall, Stafford, England. (BMD entry is under John Howard E. Dawes, located but not verified)