This is the first time I have noticed DEWSE being researched. It is not on the Yorkshire Surname List. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm I am searching for William DEWSE c 1842 at York (s/o William/Jane Dewse). Jane could be Jane BOTOMWORTH c 1840, Huntingdon, Yks according to IGI ? William married c 1875 Elizabeth GRAINGE (d/o Thomas & Elizabeth Ann GRAINGE) By 1901 they are in Manchester, Lancaster. By 1917 the father is in Cheshire. A son William Grainge Dewse born 4th qtr 1879 at York came to Ontario, Canada c 1907 and married Laura Spiers HARPER (d/o Andrew James HARPER and Louisa Kate BYRNE) Another son George Edward Dewse c 1884 signed up for WW1 in Ontario and is buried 1947 by the Veterans Dept in Toronto, Ontario.