This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DIXON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/10013 Message Board Post: Hi Hope someone might be able to help me or point me in the right direction, Looking for a Jacob dixon Born 1819 in scotland. Died 18 january 1878 in Everton Lancashire. He was married to a Mary newall from chester Cheshire. His mother was called Mary Ann According to the england census 1871 she was alive and lived with Jacob and his family. Im trying to find the father of Jacob and what part in scotland they came from. I do have a clue and that is that he was a teacher at Glasgow university But this is only sory i was told by my granny. Hope someone could help me out on this on kind regards Anna