Hi Kathy William Thompson the maltster was my 3g grandfather, he married Catherine Kemp 13 Jul 1820 at St. John, Bedford and together they produced ten known children. Sarah 16 Mar 1821, Charles 31 Dec 1822 (My great grandfather), Catherine 3 Jan 1825, Emma 15 Oct 1826, William 14 Jan 1829, Mary 21 Mar 1830, Sophia 2 May 1833, John No certain date, James Robert 1835 Lucy 6 Aug 1839 The above dates are a bit suspect, except for Lucy whose BC I have, they were given to me by my grandmother at least fifty years ago. William was a soldier, and became a Chelsea pensioner, not resident at Chelsea. He was at one time Drill Master at Bedford School. I have no knowledge of William's parents but Catherine's family came from Goldington and I have some information about them. I hope that that this is of use. Alan Thompson On 25 Feb 2006, at 14:43, Peter Haigh wrote: > Hello everyone, > > If anyone has any information regarding: > > William Dawson, dob c1810? a labourer;

Hi Alan, This is great! I was beginning to despair of finding a lead. Sophia was my great grandmother. She married Henry Dawson. He was a soldier too, with the 1st Foot Royals at the time of their marriage (on marriage cert.), then some info I've received from another descendant says he was in the 69th regiment of foot, originally the Lincolnshire regiment later amalgamated into the Welch/Welsh? regiment. They obviously travelled extensively with the army hence the birthplaces of the children. Henry was at the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War. Coincidentally he also became a volunteer Chelsea pensioner, and was Drill Master at Mr. Bates's School! Interesting that their youngest son was named James Robert, presumably after Sophia's younger brother. I've now found William, Catherine and James Robert at Chandos Street, 3 Sadlers Court in the 1851 census. According to Henry and Sophia's marriage certificate Sophia was resident at SadlersCourt at the time of her mariage to Henry. I'd be interested in any information you have about the Kemp side. It helps put flesh on the bones and I like to fit as many pieces of the jigsaw together as possible. I'll keep you posted about anything I find out about the Thompsons. Many thanks, Kind regards, Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Thompson" <ae_thompson@lineone.net> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Dawson > Hi Kathy > > William Thompson the maltster was my 3g grandfather, he married Catherine > Kemp 13 Jul 1820 at St. John, Bedford and together they produced ten known > children. > > Sarah 16 Mar 1821, > Charles 31 Dec 1822 (My great grandfather), > Catherine 3 Jan 1825, > Emma 15 Oct 1826, > William 14 Jan 1829, > Mary 21 Mar 1830, > Sophia 2 May 1833, > John No certain date, > James Robert 1835 > Lucy 6 Aug 1839 > > The above dates are a bit suspect, except for Lucy whose BC I have, they > were given to me by my grandmother at least fifty years ago. William was a > soldier, and became a Chelsea pensioner, not resident at Chelsea. He was > at one time Drill Master at Bedford School. > > I have no knowledge of William's parents but Catherine's family came from > Goldington and I have some information about them. > > I hope that that this is of use. > > Alan Thompson > > > > On 25 Feb 2006, at 14:43, Peter Haigh wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> If anyone has any information regarding: >> >> William Dawson, dob c1810? a labourer; > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > The Bedfordshire Family History Page is at > http://www.bfhs.org.uk > >