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Dadswell Family History

Generation 10
Ernest Herbert Dadswell (1889-1968) and Ida Keighley, Laura Whittam

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Ancestors of Ernest Herbert Dadswell
Ernest Herbert Dadswell's story
Key family dates
Further information

Ancestors of Ernest Herbert Dadswell

Robert Doudeswell 1560 > Robert Doudeswell 1606 > Edward Dodswell 1659 > Edward Dodswell 1679 > Thomas Dadswell 1719 > Edward Dadswell 1754 > Robert Dadswell 1784 > Robert Dadswell 1819 > Stephen Orrace Dadswell 1854 > Ernest Herbert Dadswell 1889

Ernest Herbert Dadswell's story

Ernest Herbert Dadswell, the fifth of six children of Stephen and Ellen (Pett) Dadswell, was born in Melbourne in 1889.

In 1926 he married Ida Keighley, daughter of Edward and Flora Bertha (Peacock) Keighley, and the couple had one son, John Stephen Dadswell, born in 1929. Their son was killed in a road accident in Melbourne when he was aged 18.

Ernest Dadswell had a number of occupations - at different times he was described as a metal worker, a gold buyer and a commercial traveller.

Ida Dadswell died on 28 October 1936 and Ernest Dadswell married a second time, to bookbinder Laura Whittam, daughter of George and Sarah (Sharkey) Whittam. Ernest Dadswell died in July 1968, Laura in May 1970.

This 11-generation Family Chart shows the development of this Dadswell family (PDF file).

Key family dates

Ernest Herbert Dadswell
born 1889
died July 1968
married 1.
Vic
1926
Ida Keighley
born 1896
died 28 Oct 1936
Child -

1. John Stephen Dadswell born 1929 - died 28 Mar 1947
Ernest Herbert Dadswell
born 1889
died July 1968
married 2.
 
 
Laura Whittam
born 1898
died May 1970

Further information

Information on Stephen and Ellen Dadswell (generation 9, parents of Ernest Herbert Dadswell)


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