Dawes

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NameDawesDescriptionEdward Bannister Dawes was born 1813 in Sussex, England to Aaron and Elizabeth Dawes (nee Bannister).

Edward arrived in Australia in 1839 aboard ‘Cornwall’, with his wife Elizabeth (nee Hukins) and their son,

Edward 1838 (married Harriett Draper, died 1905, Lismore)

Elizabeth Dawes (nee Hukins) was the daughter of James and Susannah Hukins (nee Fullager). James, Susannah and children arrived in Australia, from Woodchurch, Kent, England, 1839 aboard ‘Cornwall’. They settled at ‘Eden Hill’, Jamberoo.

Edward and Elizabeth Dawes had several more children in the Jamberoo/Albion Park/Marshall Mount area;

Susannah b.1841 (married William Pearson, died 1908, Wollongong)
James 1843 (married Charlotte Peck, died 1902, Albion Park)
Richard 1845 (married Mary Pearson, died 1920 Murwillumbah)
Joseph 1848 (married Harriett Barker, died 1928, Dapto)
Aaron 1849 (married Emma Pearson, died 1926 Murwillumbah)
Naomi 1852 (married George Pearson, died 1934, Lismore)
Norman 1854 (married Elizabeth Parkinson Piper, died 1925, Kiama)
Philip Bannister 1857 (died 1857, Wollongong)
Caleb 1858 (married May Ann Prior, died 1921, Marshall Mount)

Son, Joseph Dawes was born during a Leap Year, 29 February 1848, at Jamberoo. On the occasion of his 76th birthday, the Albion Park Show Society held a banquet in his honour, where he was congratulated on attaining his 19th Leap Year birthday.

Joseph Dawes married Harriet Barker in 1876, and they had twelve children;

Frederick Fullager b.1877 (died 1910, Albion Park)
Emma Prudence b.1879 (died 1932, Rookwood)
Robert b.1880 (married Elsie Jane Dawes, died 1947, Marshall Mount)
Edward b. 1880 (died 1880)
Matilda Victoria b.1882 (married Melmoth Pearson, died 1963, Marshall Mount)
James b.1883 (married Helen Harper Halkett, died 1965, Kiama)
Mary Elizabeth b.1885 (married George Phillip Dawes, died 1948, Wollongong)
Amy b.1887 (died 1938, Albion Park)
Norman b.1889 (married Sarah Jane Johnston, died 1967, Albion Park)
Alice b.1892 (died 1894, Albion Park)
Joseph Bannister b.1895 (died 1912, Albion Park)
Earl Adolphus b.1900 (died 1908, Albion Park)

The Dawes family farmed at 'Sunnyside', Albion Park. Their house is in what is today Church Street, Albion Park, and was once, the only house in that area.

Sadly Alice died when she was just 2 years old, and Edward died as a baby in 1880. Earl was only eight years old when he died in 1908. Joseph Jnr was just 17 when he died in 1912, and Fred Dawes was 33 years when he died of a stroke 1910.

Joseph Dawes Snr. was one of the original Albion Park Show Committee members and served for many years as an alderman for Shellharbour Council.

External LinkEarl Dawes 1908The Farmer - A Meadow Farm 1907Death Master Joseph Dawes 1912Two Headed Calf 'Sunnyside' 1922Wedding Bells Dawes-Johnston 1923Albion Park Leap Year Birthday 1924Late Mr Joseph Dawes 1928Death of Mr Joseph Dawes 1928First Show of the Season 1928Mr Melmoth Pearson 1934Miss Amy Dawes 1938Death ME Dawes 1948

CONNECTIONS

CollectionFamiliesGear Family CollectionFamilyJohnston (John)Pearson, (William Branch)King, (Moses Branch)HukinsLocalityAlbion ParkOrganisationShellharbour City CouncilAlbion Park Agricultural Horticultural and Industrial SocietyPlaceSunnyside FarmhouseRelated ItemAlan Dawes & Audrey Jones beside milk cans at Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy factoryNellie Dawes (nee: Halkett)Marriage of Ray Jolliffe and Marjorie DawesHilda Jane Dawes 1900-1954Dawes ParkAlan Dawes and Fred Sawtell with railway transport Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy factoryAlan Dawes & Fred Sawtell weighing and sampling milk at the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy factory

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