Descendants of Hercules Henry Dixon

							Descendants of Hercules Henry Dixon

Generation No. 1

   1. Hercules Henry3 Dixon (George Napier2 Dickson, John1) was born 1846 in Dublin, Ireland. He
married Annie Maria Lyon Merry West1,2 Jun 1867 in North Witchford, Cambridgeshire, England 2,
daughter of Addam Merry and Sarah West. She was born 1848 in Tips End, Norfolk 3, and died 10 May
1894 in Tacuari, Argentina.

Notes for Hercules Henry Dixon:
1861 Channel Islands Census Hercules Dickson Age: 16 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Grandson Gender: Male
Where born: England (possibly incorrect as others show as Ireland)
Civil Parish or Township: St Martin    County/Island: Jersey            Country: Channel Islands
Registration district: Anglesey Sub registration district: Holyhead ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 37
Household Members: Name Age
Hercules Dickson 16 [grandson]         Sarah Dickson 18 [granddaughter]
Elie Whitley 78 [head - grandfather] Susan Whitley 71 [wife - grandmother]

1881 Census: Hurcales H. Dixon          Age: 38          Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Head           Spouse's Name: Annie            Father's Name: George N.
Gender: Male Where born: Dublin, Ireland
Civil Parish: Claines County/Island: Worcestershire Country: England
 Street address: East Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Builder
 Registration district: Droitwich Sub registration district: Claines ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Darlow 73 [boarder – this was a aunt to Annie]
Annie Dixon 33           Annie L. Dixon 8       Charles M. Dixon 10 George H. Dixon 12
George N. Dixon 64 [father] Godwin J. Dixon 1            Hercules F. Dixon 6       Hurcales H. Dixon 38
William E. Dixon 3       Margaret Williams 15 [domestic servant]

Notes: freeBMD: Deaths Mar 1890, Darlow Elizabeth 81 Birmingham 6d 96 (Warwickshire)

Cannot locate any of the family on the 1891 census - believe they travelled to Argentina, perhaps
before 1890. There are several marriages for the family in Buones Aires. This is the website for
exploration of baptisms, marriages: http://www.argbrit.org/structure/Britishemigrants_intro.html

Notes for Annie Maria Lyon Merry West:
Sister to Emily, wife of Thomas – lived near each other in 1871, 1881.
Anglican Burials at the British Cemetery, Chacarita, 1892 to 1897
Source: Archives of the Cementerio Británico, Chacarita, Buenos Aires
Date of Death: 10/05/1894 Name: Dixon, Ana Maria Lyon West nee Age: 45 Nationality: Inglesa
Cause of death: Cancer de utero Abode at time of death: Tacuari 1730 Officiating Minister: William
C. Morris [The Rev. William Case Morris, Vicar of St Paul's, Palermo from 1898 to 1932]
taken from webpage: www.argbrit.org

Marriage Notes for Hercules Dixon and Annie West:
FreeBMD      Marriages Jun 1867 (>99%)
DICKSON Hercules Henry N. Witchford 3b 977
West Anna Maria L M N. Witchford 3b 977
West Annie Maria L M N. Witchford 3b 977          North Witchford is in Cambridgeshire
Children of Hercules Dixon and Annie West are:
+ 2         i. Henry George4 Dixon, born 1868 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England.
   3       ii. Charles Merry Dickson, born Dec 1870 in Droitwich, Worcester4.

               Notes for Charles Merry Dickson:        1871 Census:Charles M Dixon
               Age: 5 [error should be 5months]        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
               Relation: Son Father's Name: Hercules H          Mother's Name: Annie M
               Gender: Male Where born: Worcester, Worcestershire, England
               Civil Parish: St Martin Ecclesiastical parish: St Martin
               County/Island: Worcestershire Country: England

               Marriages Mar 1891 (>99%)
               Dixon Charles Merry Birmingham 6d 18
               ONE OR THE OTHER
               HARRISON      Annie        Birmingham         6d     18
               Vincent       Annie        Birmingham         6d     18

               POSSIBLY EMIGRATED AFTER THIS AND BEFORE THE CENSUS OF 1891

+   4       iii. Annie Louisa Dixon, born Mar 1873 in Droitwich, Worcester.
    5      iv. Hercules Frank Dixon, born Jun 1875 in Droitwich, Worcester5.

               Notes for Hercules Frank Dixon:
                This would make him 40 or so whilst at war, or did another Hercules get born in time for
               enlisting in the 1stWW.
               POSSIBLE:       Description Medal card of Dixon, Hercules
               Corps Regiment No Rank
               Royal Garrison Artillery 326087 Gunner
               Date 1914-1920          Catalogue reference WO 372/6
               Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate
               General, and related bodies
               Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
               Piece Denham W - Everitt H Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection –
               taken from Archives UK.
               Can’t find any marriages – possibly married in Argentina- nothing found.

    6      v. William Ernest Dixon, born Sep 1877 in Droitwich, Worcester6. He married Jessie
               Beatrice Rhodes 01 Dec 1898 in Quilmes, Argentina.
    7      vi. Edwin John Dixon, born Dec 1879 in Droitwich, Worcester7.

               Notes for Edwin John Dixon: freeBMD Births Dec 1879 (>99%)
               Dixon Edwin John Droitwich 6c 346


Generation No. 2

   2. Henry George4 Dixon (Hercules Henry3, George Napier2 Dickson, John1) was born 1868 in
Ledbury, Herefordshire, England8,9. He married Edith Annie Brewer in Buenos Aires, Argentina10. She
was born Abt. 1868 in England.

Notes for Henry George Dixon:
Census 1871:Name: Henry G Dixon Age: 2            Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Son Father's Name: Hercules H  Mother's Name: Annie M
Gender: Male Where born: Ledbury, Herefordshire, England
Civil Parish: St Martin Ecclesiastical parish: St Martin
County/Island: Worcestershire           Country: England

Notes for Edith Annie Brewer:
Births Jun 1868 (>99%)        OR              Births Jun 1869 (>99%)
BREWER Edith St.Luke 1b 702                   Brewer Edith Annie Cirencester 6a 342

Children of Henry Dixon and Edith Brewer are:
   8         i. Violet Carmen5 Dixon, born 19 Mar 1896 in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina10.
   9        ii. Cora Alice Dixon, born 11 Aug 1897 in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina10.


    4. Annie Louisa4 Dixon (Hercules Henry3, George Napier2 Dickson, John1) was born Mar 1873 in
Droitwich, Worcester11. She married Herbert Goodwin in Buenos Aires, Argentina12. He was born
1863.

Notes for Annie Louisa Dixon:
Aimee is translated as Annie in 1881census

This Pedigree file from familysearch listed below must be the annie in this tree, the names are too close
although errors in Enreque versus Henry (spanish/english) Did the whole family go to Buenos Aires or
only Annie? Where did she die? Sth Africa. England or Sth America?

Annie Louisa Dixon Compact Disc #58 Pin #553560 Pedigree
 Sex: F
Event(s)
 Death: 6 Sep 1938
Parents
 Father: Hercules Enreque Dixon Disc #58 Pin #553563
 Mother: Ana Maria Merry Disc #58 Pin #553564
Marriage(s)
 Spouse: Herbert Goodwin Disc #58 Pin #553559 Marriage:       Buenos Aires
         Event(s) Birth: abt 1863 , , London, England
                Death: 15 Mar 1949 Northdene, Queensburgh, Natal, S.A.
                Parents Father: Jorge D Goodwin Disc #58 Pin #553561
                         Mother: Emma Bird Disc #58 Pin #553562
Marriage(s)
 Spouse: Annie Louisa Dixon Disc #58 Pin #553560
 Marriage: Buenos Aires

Notes and Sources Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 58 Sources: None
Submitter Michael N WILLIAMS 30 Margaret Ave. Pinelands, 7405 Cape Town.
Submission Search: 1823984-0828102145614


Parents of Herbert:    Marriages Jun 1859 (>99%)
                       Bird   Emma          Marylebone         1a    729
                       Goodwin        George                   Marylebone      1a     729

POSSIBLE, london registration district, but there are many of this name:
Births Jun 1863 (>99%)
GOODWIN         Herbert                  Kensington    1a     105

1901 England Census
Lousia Goodwin      Age: 28      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation: Visitor   Gender: Female      Where born: Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Aston Manor Ecclesiastical parish: Aston by Birmingham St Peter and St Paul
County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England
Street address: 58 Endicott Road, Aston Manor
Occupation: no notation             Condition as to marriage: M [where is husband?]
 Registration district: Aston Sub registration district: Aston Manor ED, institution, or vessel: 42
Household schedule number: 190
Household Members: Name Age
Archibald W Dixon 9                 Daisy Dixon 22
Emily Dixon 44                      Frederic S Dixon 6
George N Dixon 16                   Jessie Dixon 20
John M Dixon 14                     Thomas Dixon 18
Thomas J Dixon 53                   William A Dixon 12
Lousia Goodwin 28         Visitor - niece to Thomas/Emily
Maud Goodwin 5            - daughter born Buones Aires
Winifred Goodwin 3        - daughter born Buones Aires


Children of Annie Dixon and Herbert Goodwin are:
    10        i. Maud5 Goodwin, born 1896 in Buenos Aires, Argentina13.
    11       ii. Winifred Goodwin, born 1898 in Buenos Aires, Argentina13.



Endnotes
1. 1881 British Census 2.
2. freeBMD, Marriages, Marriages Jun 1867 (>99%)DICKSON Hercules Henry N. Witchford 3b 977 West Anna
Maria L M N. Witchford 3b 977 West Annie Maria L M N. Witchford 3b 977 North Witchford is in
Cambridgeshire.
3. freeBMD, Births, Births Sep 1848 (>99%)West Ann Maria * Mary Downham 13 74 .
4. freeBMD, Births, Births Dec 1870 (>99%)Dickson          Charles Merry Droitwich         6c 358.
5. freeBMD, Births, Births Jun 1875 (>99%)Dixon     Emma W. Bromwich 6b 800Dixon Hercules Frank
Droitwich 6c 371            Dixon Lucy Ann                 Shipston        6d      662.
6. freeBMD, Births, Births Sep 1877 (>99%)DIXON William Ernest Droitwich 6c 365 .
7. freeBMD, Births, Births Dec 1879 (>99%)Dixon Edwin John Droitwich 6c 346 .
8. 1871 British Census, Name: Henry G Dixon Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Relation: Son Father's Name:
Hercules H Mother's Name: Annie M Gender: Male Where born: Ledbury, Herefordshire, England Civil Parish: St
Martin Ecclesiastical parish: St Martin County/Island: Worcestershire Country: England .
9. freeBMD, Births, Births Jun 1868 (>99%) DICKSON Henry George Ledbury 6a 451 .
10. http://www.argbrit.org/index.html.
11. freeBMD, Births, Births Mar 1873 (>99%) DICKSON Annie Louisa Droitwich 6c 410 .
12. www.familysearch.org, Pedigree, Annie Louisa Dixon Compact Disc #58 Pin #553560 Pedigree Sex: F
Event(s) Death: 6 Sep 1938 Parents Father: Hercules Enreque Dixon Disc #58 Pin #553563 Mother: Ana
Maria Merry Disc #58 Pin #553564 Marriage(s) Spouse: Herbert Goodwin Disc #58 Pin #553559
Marriage:      Buenos Aires.
13. http://www.argbrit.org/index.html.