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Askew Beatson ( aka Arthur) DIXON [Parents] was born 1 29 Mar 1886 in Greenside House, Ryton, Durham, England. He died 12 Jan 1963 in Berwyn Hosp, Berwyn, Alberta, Canada and was buried 15 Jan 1963 in Grimshaw Cem, Grimshaw, Alberta, Canada. Askew married 2 Ida Clementina LOAKE on 23 Mar 1919 in Parish Church, Piddington, Northampton, England.
Obituary-"Pioneer of Power Farming System, Art Dixon of Grimshaw Dies Aged 76- A pioneer resident of the Peace River Country, Askew Beatson (Art) Dixon of Grimshaw, died in the Berwyn Municipal Hospital at the age of 76 years. Funeral services were hold at St. Bartholomews Anglican Church. Grimshaw, Tuesday, Jan 15. Archdeacon Whittle of Peace River, officiated. Internment was in the Grimshaw cemetery. The Royal Canadian Legion, Grimshaw Branch, conducted the graveside service. Born in Northumberland, Eng, Mr Dixon was educated at Malvern. After extensive travelling in North and Central America he came to the Peace River Country over the Athabasca Trail with his brother George in 1910. He was one of the first to file on land for farming North of the Peace. In 1915 Mr Dixon enlisted and served overseas with the 50th Canadian infantry. He was decorated for distinguished conduct while serving on the Somme. In 1919 he married Ida Loake of Northamptonshire, England, & returned to Canada with his wife the same year. He farmed in the Griffin Creek district during which time he pioneered power farming in the area. In 1945 he moved to farm at Grimshaw where he resided to the present time. Mr Dixon is survived by his wife, Ida, three sons, Ted of Edmonton, Tom of Grimshaw, Bill of Dawson Creek, B.C., one daughter Olive (Mrs J.T.) Lancaster of Fairview, two sisters in England and twelve grandchildren. He was predeceased by his eldest son F/O J.A.C. Dixon during World War II. Pallbearers: M.F. McLevin, A.E. Nickerson, T.B. Tackaberry, J.S. Stewart, H.R. Lamont and K.R. Webb."
Ida Clementina LOAKE [Parents] was born 28 Jun 1890 in , Piddington, Northampton, England. She died 3 Apr 1971 in Peace River Hosp, Peace River, Alberta, Canada and was buried 7 Apr 1971 in Grimshaw Cem, Grimshaw, Alberta, Canada. Ida married 1 Askew Beatson or Arthur DIXON on 23 Mar 1919 in Parish Church, Piddington, Northampton, England.
They had the following children:
Thomas DIXON [Parents] 1 was born 24 Nov 1858 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. He died 2, 3 18 Apr 1903 in Percy Gardens, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England and was buried 4 22 Apr 1903 in Bywell St Peter, Bywell, Northumberland, England. Thomas married Anne Jemima BEATSON on 28 Apr 1885 in Bethelfield Ch., Kirkcaldy/Abbots, County of Fife, Scotland.
Residence-Listed on Marriage Record as "Newcastle-on-Tyne, England"
At time of 1881 Census -Jesmond Newcastle, England
At time of father's death 26 April/1896-2 Collingwood Street, New
At time of writing will 13 May/1899- 4 Windsor Crescent, Newcastle
At time of death- 26 Percy Gardens, Tynemouth, Northumberland
Anne Jemima BEATSON [Parents] 1 was born 30 Sep 1862 in , Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. She died 15 Jul 1950 in , Turnbridge Wells, Kent, England and was buried in , Charing, Kent, England. Anne married Thomas DIXON on 28 Apr 1885 in Bethelfield Ch., Kirkcaldy/Abbots, County of Fife, Scotland.
Residence-at time of marriage listed as Bennochy Park, Kirkaldy Parish, County of Fife.They had the following children:
-14 Lovaine Place, Newcastle n Tyne, Northumberland as of 23 sep 1914 as found in Thomas's enlistment papers
-14 Loven Place, Newcastle as of 2 jul 1915, Askew's enlistment doc
-115 Hanover St., Edinburgh, Scotland as of about 1920-22 when she was receiving Thomas's medals.
-Postal Adress in 1943 The Beild, Elie,Fifeshire, Scotland. Phone ELIE 144,
M i Askew Beatson or Arthur DIXON M ii George F. DIXON was born 1887 in , Northumberland, England. He died late summer 1965 in , of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Homesteaded near brother Art in the Griffin Creek Area, sold his farm in 1951 and retired to Victoria, British Columbia
F iii Estella Chartres DIXON M iv Thomas Charters DIXON was born 8 Jan 1892 in , Newcastle, Northumberland, England. He died 24 Apr 1915 in , , on the battlefield, France and was buried in missing and presumed, dead on or after Twentyfourth body never, found. Enlisted 23 sept 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec with the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada, 13th Battalion, Regimental # 24713, Embarked to France. He went missing 22 apr 1915 presumed dead on or after 24th.
Appearance-as per enlistment papers. 5 ft 11 1/2" 136 lbs Chest 32min 36 max
fair complexion, Grey eyes, fair hair, lateral and medium scar following "peritonitis"
F v Sheila DIXON was born 1893 in , Northumberland, England. She died 24 Dec 1964 in , , Edinburgh, Scotland and was buried in , , Edinburgh, Scotland. F vi Karine DIXON was born 1898 in , Northumberland, England. She died 1898.
Thomas DIXON [Parents] was christened 18 Dec 1830 in , Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. He died 1, 2, 3, 4 26 Apr 1896 in Ramshawe, Corbridge, Northumberland, England and was buried 29 Apr 1896 in Elswick Cemetery, Newcastle 'n Tyne, Northumberland, England. Thomas married 5, 6, 7, 8 Anne FREEMAN on 22 Jan 1856 in Scotch Church, Newcastle, Northumberland, England.
Residence-1858 lived at 20 Kelvingrove Street Glascow.
1859 Glascow Directory Pg 95 "Dixon, Thos, & Co, importer of American Goods, 126 buchanan street: house, 46 Claremont St."fiche 6340992
1860 Glascow Directory Pg 98 "Dixon, Thos, & Co, Importer of American Goods, 126, 132 Bothwell street; house, 46 Claremnont St." #6340993
1861 Census Street Index for Glasgow shows that this address will be found in Volume 644/8 Enumeration Books 59, 60 or 64
1871/72 PO Office Directory Glascow "Importer of American Goods" 120-122 Bothwell Str., House 5 Royal Circus
1881 lived at Blythswood South, Jesmond Newcastle- retired shipowner
1891 lived at Ramshawe Corbridge, as per 1891 Census
Anne FREEMAN [Parents] was christened 12 Nov 1823 in Old Postern Or C, Newcastle, Northumberland, England. She died after 26 Apr 1896. Anne married 1, 2, 3, 4 Thomas DIXON on 22 Jan 1856 in Scotch Church, Newcastle, Northumberland, England.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Freeman DIXON 1, 2 was born 6 Oct 1857 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. She died 1 Jun 1923. Never Married. Author of "Corbridge: The Saxon Royal Town." Newcastle-Upon-Tyne R. Ward & Sons, Printer and Stationers, 31 to 39, High Bridge. 1912
M ii Thomas DIXON F iii Annie DIXON M iv John Askew DIXON was born 19 Apr 1862 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. He died 7 Mar 1922 in , , , England. Never Married. Shipowner in Newcastle
M v William DIXON
Vincent LOAKE [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 17 Dec 1867 in Upton, Bugbrook, Northampton, England. He died 20 Oct 1930 in , , , England and was buried in Gayhurst Church, , Buckinghamshire, England. Vincent married 4 Clementina HADLAND on 17 Dec 1889 in Parish Church, Flore, Northampton, England.
Lived at "Manor House" at Piddington Northamptonshire until the late 1920's when the family moved to live on Gayhurst estate, Warwickshire. "Dairy farm" Beautiful chapel "Gayhurst" built on estate was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
Clementina HADLAND [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 23 Dec 1868 in Floore, Weedon, Northampton, England and was christened 4 28 Mar 1869 in Parish of, Floore, Northamptonshire, England. She died Apr/Jun 1951 in , , Buckinghamshire, England. Clementina married 5 Vincent LOAKE on 17 Dec 1889 in Parish Church, Flore, Northampton, England.
They had the following children:
F i Ida Clementina LOAKE F ii Gladys Edith LOAKE F iii Nora Janet LOAKE was born Jul/Sep 1892 in , Piddington, Northamptonshire, England. She died 17 May 1928 and was buried in Gayhurst Church, , Buckinghamshire, England. Never Married. M iv Vincent (Edward) LOAKE F v Olive LOAKE F vi Dorothy LOAKE was born 4 Feb 1903 in , Piddington, Northamptonshire, England. She died 1978 in , Cheltenham, Glouchestershire, England. Never Married
Patrick FREEMAN [Parents] 1 was born 17 Nov 1774 and was christened 14 Dec 1774 in Presbyterian, Warenford, Northumberland, England. He died 28 Aug 1840. Patrick married Ann WATSON on 2 May 1802 in , Bolam, Northumberland, England.
"Local Biography Vol 57(miscellaneous collection of newspaper cuttings, notes etc) No 9 Patrick (Paddy) Freeman"
'Just as 'Jesmond Dene' is known far beyond the confines of Tyneside, so too is the name 'Paddy Freeman' recognised as being linked with the Dene and one of its most important buildings, the Old Mill. The first Patrick Freeman (this person) had a son Patrick Freeman who had a son Patrick Freeman, which makes identification of the different members of the family rather difficult.
It is believed that the first Patrick was of the Freeman family who farmed and milled on Windmill hill, Gateshead, and he took over the High Heaton Farm and Mill some time in 1795. He would at that time be a tenant of the landowner, Sir Matthew White Ridley, who lived at Heaton Hall, and in various directories of the 1820's and 1830's he is recorded as working the farm of about 279 acres and also acting as 'cornmiller'. For those days it was a large tenancy and no doubt profitable due to the high price of grain during the Napoleonic Wars, and intermittently tereafter, until the Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 which allowed imported grain to pour into the country. This effectively put an end to the use of both watermills and windmills for grinding home-grown corn. Patrick I is thought to have died in 1840, although evidence of the exact date is difficult to confirm.
The first national census of 1841 records the occupier of the farm as Patrick Freeman, aged 20, presumably Patrick II-but this census was notoriously inaccurate where ages of individuals were concerened. In the next census ten years later, Patrick II has aged to 35 and lives in the farm with his wife Ann, aged 30, and Patrick III, aged 6. He is listed a 'farmer and cornmiller' giving the size of the farm as 270 acres: there were six labourers employed, three of whom were resident, and one domestic servant. In Ward's Directory of 1855 he is still shown as farmer and miller, but in 1856 the mill is tenanted by one named Pigg, who used it to convert spoled grain into pig food called pollards. By 1857 the mill could appear to be occupied by John Charlton who used the machinery to grind flinto into powder: this material was taken by horse and cart down to the Potteries at the mouth of the Ouseburn where it was worked into the clay to give added hardness. It is interesting to note that Haddricks Mill was also owned Charlton, although it may have gone out of use by the late 1850's(?DATE).
In 1861 the census shows Patrick II as 44, Ann 39, and Patrick III 16, still farming the area but without the mill, which was shortly to be incorporated into the private grounds of Jesmond Dene. This is the last we
hear of the Freemans for in 1871 the census shows Isaac Dodd, aged 34, occupying the farm and working only 50 acres. The land was acquired by Sir
William Armstrong, who when he made his gift of Jesmond Dene to the city in 1883, required that the two cottages on the north side of the farm should be pulled down and rebuilt on the other side of the road. These buildings, with farmhouse itself, were pulled down in the 1960's when the houses in Anscomb Gardens were erected on the farmyard site.'
Ann WATSON [Parents] was born 1777 and was christened 4 May 1777 in All Saints, Newcastle Upon T, Northumberland, England. She died 16 Jul 1832 in High Heaton, Northumberland, England. Ann married Patrick FREEMAN on 2 May 1802 in , Bolam, Northumberland, England.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah FREEMAN 1 was born 1804 in , England. She died 22 Jun 1872. M ii Archibald FREEMAN was christened 2 Jul 1806 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England. He died 13 Jan 1837. Residence-of East Brunton
M iii George FREEMAN M iv William FREEMAN was christened 11 Apr 1810 in Old Postern, Newcastle Upon T, Newcastle N Tyne, England. He died 27 Apr 1841. M v Thomas FREEMAN F vi Jane Watson FREEMAN M vii Patrick FREEMAN F viii Anne FREEMAN
Daniel POOLE was born 1841 and was christened 1 15 Nov 1840 in Parish of, Floore, Northamptonshire, England. He married 2 Mary Ann HADLAND on 2 Aug 1864 in Parish of, Flore, Northampton, England.
Mary Ann HADLAND [Parents] was christened 1 3 Jan 1841 in Parish of, Floore, Northamptonshire, England. She married 2 Daniel POOLE on 2 Aug 1864 in Parish of, Flore, Northampton, England.
They had the following children:
M i William Hadland POOLE F ii Alice Jane POOLE 1 was christened 2 23 Jun 1867 in Parish of, Floore, Northamptonshire, England. F iii Mary Ada POOLE 1 was born estimated 1873 in Floore, Northampton, England. F iv Lorna Elizabett POOLE 1 was christened 2 10 Oct 1875 in Parish of, Floore, Northamptonshire, England.
G. WATSON was born about 1750. He died in of Belsay, Bolam, Northumberland, England.
He had the following children:
F i Ann WATSON
Nelson Girdwood MATHER was born 21 Aug 1890 in , Ryton, Tyne and Wear, England. He died 22 Jul 1966 in , Lisbon, Portugal and was buried in , Lisbon, Portugal. Nelson married Estella Chartres DIXON on 1915 in , Newcastle'n'Tyne, Northumberland, England. The marriage ended in divorce.
Estella Chartres DIXON [Parents] was born 20 Aug 1889 in , Stocksfield, Northumberland, England. She died 29 Apr 1970 in , Edinburgh, Scotland and was buried in , Edinburgh, Scotland. Estella married Nelson Girdwood MATHER on 1915 in , Newcastle'n'Tyne, Northumberland, England. The marriage ended in divorce.
They had 5 children:
Archbold FREEMAN [Parents] 1 was born 14 Jan 1769 and was christened 17 Jan 1769 in Presbyterian, Warenford, Northumberland, England. He died 30 Dec 1847. Archbold married Mary SHIPLEY.
Mary SHIPLEY married Archbold FREEMAN.
Niece of James Twedell of HexhamThey had the following children:
F i Jane FREEMAN M ii Richard FREEMAN was christened 19 Jun 1808 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England. F iii Agnes FREEMAN was christened 29 May 1810 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England. M iv James FREEMAN was christened 20 Mar 1812 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England. M v Joseph FREEMAN was christened 16 Jun 1814 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England. M vi Archbald FREEMAN was christened 31 Mar 1816 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England. M vii William FREEMAN was christened Feb 1818 in Half Moon Lane-P, Gateshead, Durham, England.
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