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If JWD was indeed 26 when he married on 13 Jan 1930, then the very strong odds are that he was born in 1903 and had not yet had his 27th birthday in 1930, but he could have been born in the first two weeks of January ...

if he was born in late 1903 his birth might have been registered in 1st quarter 1904

so these are the available births

if he was born after census date he would appear as born est. 1904 in 1911
so I have added the 1911 census info for each one

Births Mar 1903
Dixon John William Tynemouth 10b 309
(poss died Sep 1904 Tynemouth aged 0?)

Births Jun 1903
DIXON John William Sunderland 10a 832
- with parents John William and Alice Jane in Southwick Durham

Births Jun 1903
DIXON John William Driffield 9d 371
(died Dec 1905 Driffield aged 2)

Births Sep 1903
Dixon John William Lanchester 10a 368
(died Sep 1903 Lanchester aged 0)

Births Dec 1903
Dixon John William Sculcoates 9d 232
- probably with parents Abraham and Edith in Sculcoates (shown as born Hull)

Births Mar 1904
Dixon John William St. Olave 1d 262
- with parents Frederick and Sarah in Bermondsey (shown as born London)


so anyway it seems that all the John William Dixons born within the time to match the stated age in 1930 are accounted for

another possibility is that he minimized his age in 1930 given that the bride was 17 (and the marriage having apparently been necessary) - her parents being present and witnesses indicates that parental conent was given

there was only one other birth to the Dixon-Drury marriage, approx a year after the first ... this is somewhat unusual and one wonders whether this was the family rift ... early estrangement between the spouses

maybe your friend can offer a little more information, like whether she ever knew either grandparent, or her parent's sibling ... is the sibling possibly still living?

Hi there,

Thank you for all your help, I will have to chew over this information carefully, I'm afraid as to living relatives, no one knows anymore, indeed they didn't know about John William, so thank you all, I will have a great look soon. Thank you :-D

Hi there folks,
does anyone have free Scottish look ups. Can some one have a look for John William Dixon born 1904 ish and father Arthur James Dixon (chef) please, just a thought from a family member.
thanks :-D forgot to say please, oops

no such thing as free Scottish look-ups for that period :-)

(not that I know of!)

scotlandspeople is by buying credits but they are cheap

you can search there yourself, you just have to buy credits to see detailed search results

for instance to see parents' names you have to spend 1 credit to see the detailed search results then you can spend a bit more to see the actual image

I did a quick search

1902-1906 there were 15 John Dixon births

but no John William Dixon

Lovely, thank you, will have a look :-)