Dawson Family History & Genealogy
Dawson Last Name History & Origin
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Name Origin
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Nationality & Ethnicity
My grandparents, Herbert and Elizabeth Dawson with three children, Ivy, Alice and Eva in 1912. The two youngest girls, Eva and Alice was exposed to measles from somebody on the ship. They were both born in the same year, One in January, and the other in November. One of them died on Good Friday, the other on the next day (Sat.), and both buried on Easter Sunday.
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Early Dawsons
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Dawson Family Tree
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Most Common First Names
- William 3.9%
- John 3.3%
- James 2.9%
- Robert 2.1%
- Mary 2.0%
- George 1.8%
- Charles 1.7%
- Thomas 1.5%
- Dawson 1.0%
- Richard 0.9%
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Dawson Death Records & Life Expectancy
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