The Tomlinson and Dawson Genealogy Page

Part of the Jackson Family History

Updated 31 July 2011

My Great Grandmother Mary Tomlinson married William Gash in 1866 - their daughter Mary was my Grandmother.  The Gash family information can be found by accessing the above "Gash Family" link.

William and Mary Gash

(My  Great Grandparents)

I obtained their marriage certificate after finding the index numbers on FreeBMD -

I next sent for Mary Tomlinson's birth certificate -

William and Mary's Wedding Certificate and Mary's birth certificate gave me the names of her parents and another generation -

Samuel Tomlinson = Mary Dawson

My Great Great Grandparents

1826

The above entry was found in the Kirton Parish records - follow this link for more transcriptions.

I then found the family in the Census records. The 1841 Census shows my 2 x Tomlinson Great Grandparents living in Kirton Holme, Lincolnshire:

Sarah was probably a relation of Mary's.

In the 1851 Census Samuel was shown as a widow, living in Kirton Holme with several children and Ann Dawson, described as a House Servant but she may have been Samuel's wife's sister, her baptism is shown below in 1816 -

*Shown on Ancestry.co.uk as Sullerton. 

A 'Tomlinson' researcher, Philip Tomlinson had informed me that Samuel Tomlinson married Mary Dawson  in 1826 and that Mary was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Dawson. 

Continuing the female line of the family tree -

James Dawson = Elizabeth Gayton**

My Great Great Great Grandparents

Searching through Kirton in Holland registers, I found the baptism of Mary Dawson:

Other baptisms shown in the Kirton registers were:

Above shows there were two children baptized by James and Elizabeth Dawson; and in 1816 there was another baptism, another daughter named Ann, the registers by this time were filled in using the official baptism forms:

** The film of Kirton in Holland registers at first shows Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths in chronological order and then after 1751 there were just baptisms and burials in datal order.  The marriages then appeared in the film separately after the baptism/burial entries for 1812. This was a dedicated Marriage Register beginning 1754.  Amongst them was the marriage of my 3 x Great Grandparents, James Dawson and Elizabeth Gayton:

There was only one other entry with a similar surname - in 1805, another marriage for a "Luke 'Gaydon', Bachelor of Pelham's Lands in extra Parochial adjoining the Parish of Fosdyke & Ann Peart, Spinster of this Parish".  I could find no other record within the readable parts of this film. I searched the IGI for a baptism for an Elizabeth Gayton in Lincolnshire but drew a blank - however there were some from Norfolk.

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Samuel and Mary Tomlinson's children were -

My thanks to two Tomlinson researchers for contacting me. Jabez is Philip Tomlinson's Great Grandfather.  He married Charlotte Elizabeth Gash in 1867; Jabez died on 23 June 1914 in Kirton Holme.    Their son George Tomlinson died in 1950 in Friskney, Lincs.  Son, Mark Tomlinson drowned in quicksand and is commemorated on a memorial at Kirton Skeldyke - this tragedy occurred on 25 August 1902.  Please go to this link for the information on Mark's death.

Jabez Tomlinson laid the foundation stone at the old Primitive Methodist Chapel in Kirton Holme and his name appears on the stone.  The other Tomlinson researcher, Jennifer Frost, tells me her Great Grandmother Charlotte Tomlinson died on 21 July 1920, age 78 years.  Jennifer very kindly sent me copies of photographs of Charlotte and Jabez and they are shown on Photo Gallery 1.

I found the death in the BMD lists of a Mary Tomlinson, registered at Boston in 1848 and  this was my 2 x Great Grandmother, Mary, age 44, and shown to be present at her death was her sister, Ann:

Here's Samuel in the 1861 Census still living in Kirton Holme with Mary's sister, Ann Dawson -

Ann Dawson was to marry on 1st August 1865 at the age of 50 - her husband was slightly younger at 32:-

Page 139

Samuel and Mary Tomlinson's daughter, Mary was living in the household of James Clayton also in Kirton Holme:

* My Great Grandmother

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In the 1871 Census, RG10/3333 folio 51 on the Road to Kirton from Kirton Holme I found Samuel, now living with his son Jabez and his wife Charlotte (nee Gash) - they married in 1867: 

Charlotte was the daughter of David and Elizabeth Gash.

THE TOMLINSON FAMILY: As previously mentioned, Charlotte Gash, William's sister married Mary Tomlinson's brother, Jabez and they also appear in the 1881 Census living with Mary and Jabez's father, Samuel Tomlinson - born 29 December 1803 - All named Tomlinson and living in a dwelling/location named Drain Side, the Census place being Kirton and Simon Weir, Lincolnshire.

* My Great, Great Grandfather.        ** Clara married Thomas Covill, from Kirton Holme; their children were Tom, Ernest, Percy and Gertie.  Jennifer Frost (nee Covill) is the daughter of Percy - Jennifer has supplied two wonderful photographs of Jabez and Charlotte Tomlinson - these can be seen on Photo Gallery 1

Searching FreeBMD for the death of Samuel,  I found a Samuel Tomlinson whose death appears in the Sept quarter 1889, aged 84 - Boston - v7a p24 and sent for the certificate: 

In 1891, Jabez and Charlotte Tomlinson were residing on Kirton Holm Road at Kirton:

Charlotte and husband Jabez were still in Kirton Holme in 1901:

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Updated 31 July 2011