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The Daw(e) Family in Devon and Liverpool

This page lists those members of the Dawe family whose origins we are researching. Entries in italics are inferred or uncertain, or have been supplied by other researchers and not personally verified by us. The list does not include children known to have died in infancy. Please contact Chris Warren if you feel that the family listed here is connected with your own research.

Our ancestors from the Dawe family originally lived in Devon, but our branch had moved to Liverpool by 1870. We have traced our line back to a John Dawe of Staverton, who married Mary Adams in 1807 in Ashburton, Devon. We think that John Dawe was baptised in Dean Prior, near Staverton, in 1782. Later generations of this family lived in Plymouth and Devonport from the 1840s onwards. In our line the usual spelling is Dawe, which is what we use here, but some branches preferred Daw and this spelling often appears in earlier records.

The Liverpool branch of the family was unusual in that they took their mother's surname instead of their father's. Records show that Mary Selina Dawe married George Ashiel Bright in 1864 in Devonport and George Thomas Dawe in 1871 in Liverpool. Each husband gave his place of birth as Wells, Somerset, and his father's name as James. We could not find any trace of George Thomas Dawe before the 1871 census, so we concluded that this was an alias and not a different person. Other relatives have confirmed that he adopted his wife's family name (see also the Bright surname page).

Many of the names below are linked to a more detailed record in the on-line family tree (people marked with an asterisk do not have a full record). When you click on a link, the linked record will be displayed in a separate window. There you can see the family relationships as we understand them, together with notes on what we have found in parish registers, census returns and other records.


John Dawe
Baptised 1782 (Jun 9) Dean Prior, Devon
Married 1807 (Jan 13) Ashburton, Devon
  (children listed in table 1 below)


Mary Adams
Baptised 1787 (Sep 28) Ashburton, Devon
Died 1850 (Feb 3) Ashburton, Devon

1. Children of John Dawe and Mary Adams

Elizabeth Dawe
Baptised 1809 (Dec 17) Ashburton, Devon
Married 1827 (Mar 2) Ashburton, Devon


William Taylor
William Dawe
Baptised 1812 (Nov 29) Ashburton, Devon
Married 1835 (Dec 1) Staverton, Devon

Probably died before 1841 census


Ann Webber
Baptised 1816 (Nov 3) Staverton, Devon
Buried 1879 (May 21) Staverton, Devon
Thomas Dawe
Born 1815 (Sep 19) Ashburton, Devon
Married 1841 (Feb 25) Ashburton, Devon
  (children listed in table 2 below)
Buried 1875 (Apr 18) Devonport, Devon


Elizabeth Triggs
Born 1815 (Dec 2) Ashburton, Devon
Died 1894 (Feb 9) Devonport, Devon
The following probably had a different father:
George Dawe*
Baptised 1825 (Mar 20) Ashburton, Devon
Married 1844 (Jan 29) Ashburton, Devon
  (children listed in table 3 below)
Died 1892 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon


Eliza Alford Julian
Baptised 1824 (Jul 4) Ashburton, Devon
Died 1902 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon

2. Children of Thomas Dawe and Elizabeth Triggs (see table 1 above)

Mary Selina Dawe
Born 1844 (Mar 24) Ashburton, Devon
Married 1864 (Aug 11) Devonport, Devon
  (children listed in table 4a below)
Married 1871 (Nov 26) Liverpool, Lancashire
  (children listed in table 4b below)
Died 1924 (Jul 7) Liverpool, Lancs


George Ashiel Bright (or Dawe)
Born 1832 (Feb 22) Wells, Somerset
George Thomas Dawe (or Bright)

Died 1920 (May 25) Liverpool, Lancs
Lucy Ann Dawe
Born 1851 (4th Qtr) Devonport, Devon
Living in Devonport, Devon at 1871 census

3. Children of George Dawe and Eliza Alford Julian (see table 1 above)

William Henry Dawe
Baptised 1844 (Jun 30) Ashburton, Devon
Living in Plymouth, Devon at 1861 census
Charles Dawe
Born 1850 (Aug 8) Plymouth, Devon
Buried 1874 (Jun 10) Plymouth, Devon
Frederick George Dawe
Born 1856 (1st Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Buried 1877 (Mar 14) Plymouth, Devon
Fanny Susan Dawe
Born 1858 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Living in Plymouth, Devon at 1871 census
Elizabeth Dawe
Born 1861 (1st Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Married 1880 (Mar 21) Devonport, Devon


Married 1907 (Dec 24) Plymouth, Devon

Living in Plymouth, Devon at 1911 census


Walter Ernest Lethbridge
Born 1860 (Jan 1) Plymouth, Devon
Died 1905 (4th Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
William Henry Stephens
Born 1858 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Living in Plymouth, Devon at 1911 census
Samuel Edwin Dawe
Born 1864 (May 15) Plymouth, Devon
Married 1897 (1st Qtr) Devonport, Devon
  (children listed in table 6 below)
Died 1912 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon


Clara Rachel Lintern
Born 1869 (Nov 14) Plymouth, Devon
Died 1936 (1st Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Mary Ann Dawe
Born 1868 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Married 1889 (4th Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Living in Plymouth, Devon at 1891 census


Alfred William Ashcroft
Baptised 1869 (Feb 3) Chatham, Kent

4a. Children of George A Bright and Mary Selina Dawe (see table 2 above)

Lucy Ann Dawe (Bright)
Born 1869 (Mar 11) Devonport, Devon
Married 1887 (Aug 9) Liverpool, Lancashire

Died 1947 (Feb 24) Tremadoc, Caernarvon


Thomas Edward Rea*
Born 1865 (Nov 25) Liverpool, Lancashire
Buried 1950 (Dec 2) Liverpool, Lancashire

4b. Children of George T Dawe and Mary Selina Dawe (see table 2 above)

Robert Edward Dawe
Born 1872 (Oct 16) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1893 (Nov 13) Liverpool, Lancs
  (children listed in table 5 below)
Died 1954 (Dec 11) Southport, Lancashire


Jane Poland
Born 1873 (Aug 11) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1941 (Sep 13) Halifax, Yorkshire
George Thomas Dawe
Born 1874 (Sep 15) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1899 (Oct 4) Liverpool, Lancashire
  (children listed in table 7 below)
Buried 1929 (Feb 16) Liverpool, Lancashire


Mary Catherine Connor
Born 1878 (Feb 19) Kinsale, Cork, Ireland
Buried 1956 (Nov 20) Liverpool, Lancashire
William James Dawe
Born 1878 (Jul 29) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1903 (Apr 13) Liverpool, Lancs
  (children listed in table 8 below)
Buried 1961 (Nov 10) Liverpool, Lancashire


Elizabeth Crowder*
Born 1882 (Mar 9) Liverpool, Lancashire
Buried 1945 (Mar 6) Liverpool, Lancashire
Mary Selina Dawe
Born 1881 (Mar 6) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1900 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs


Married 1911 (Mar 12) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1968 (Mar 29) Rhyl, Flintshire


David Scanlon*
Born 1873 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Buried 1907 (Sep 30) Liverpool, Lancashire
John (Andrew) Crozier*
Born 1879 (Aug 15) Dromore, Tyrone, Ireland
Died 1957 (May 9) Holywell, Flintshire
James Dawe
Born 1885 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1917 (Aug 7) Estaires, France

5. Children of Robert Edward Dawe and Jane Poland (see table 4 above)

Janet Poland Dawe
Born 1895 (Mar 25) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1912 (Dec 25) Liverpool, Lancs

Buried 1915 (Jan 20) Liverpool, Lancashire


Samuel Henry Pye*
Born 1892 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1918 (Mar 1) Somme battlefield, France
John Edward Dawe
Born 1896 (Nov 10) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1918 (Feb 2) Bootle, Lancashire
  (one daughter born in Liverpool)
Living in Halifax, Yorkshire in 1941


Ellen Beynon*
Born 1894 (Oct 12) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1963 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Jane (Jean) Dawe
Born 1900 (Nov 23) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1923 (Dec 17) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1963 (Dec 30) Liverpool, Lancashire


George Roberts*
Born 1899 (Aug 13) Bootle, Lancashire
Died 1956 (Nov 20) Liverpool, Lancashire
William Arthur Dawe
Born 1903 (Dec 17) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1933 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs
  (children born in Liverpool and Bootle)
Died 1944 (Jun 7) at sea off Normandy


Annie (Nancy) Bellew*
Born 1907 (Jun 21) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 2006 (Apr 11) Liverpool, Lancashire
Mary Millicent Dawe
Born 1906 (May 16) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1926 (Mar 20) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1998 (Nov 17) Southport, Lancashire


Thomas William Harper
Born 1905 (Aug 6) Bootle, Lancashire
Died 1974 (Oct 25) Southport, Lancashire
Ivy Dawe
Born 1908 (Jun 11) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1926 (Dec 25) Liverpool, Lancs


Married 1938 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1988 (Dec 1) Southport, Lancashire


William Griffiths Eaton
Born 1903 (Oct 10) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1963 (Feb 13) Liverpool, Lancashire
Nicholas John Miller*
Born 1911 (Sep 18) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1979 (Aug 15) Southport, Lancashire
Lucy Dawe*
Born 1914 (Jan 28) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1939 (Sep 4) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 2006 (Nov 29) Southport, Lancashire


Henry Schüler
Born 1913 (Jan 24) West Ham, London
Died 1991 (May) Liverpool, Lancashire
Harold Duncan Dawe
Born 1916 (Dec 19) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1938 (3rd Qtr) Wallasey, Cheshire
  (one child born in Wallasey, Cheshire)

Married 1947 (3rd Qtr) Southport, Lancs

Died 1990 (Jan) Liverpool, Lancashire


Mary (Molly) Predy-Hill
Born 1915 (Oct 16) Birkenhead, Cheshire
Died 1961 (3rd Qtr) Wallasey, Cheshire
Ethel Constance Scanlan (née Murphy)
Born 1917 (Nov 6) Southwark, London
Died 2002 (June) Southwark, London

6. Children of Samuel Edwin Dawe and Clara Rachel Lintern (see table 3 above)

Beatrice Maud Victoria Dawe
Born 1897 (Jun 5) Plymouth, Devon
Married 1919 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon


Married 1942 (2nd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon

Died 1979 (4th Qtr) Plymouth, Devon


Richard Llewellyn Palmer
Born 1896 (Nov 9) Bristol, Gloucestershire
Died 1941 (1st Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Francis (or Frank) William Knott
Born 1893 (Aug 7) Plymouth, Devon
Died 1976 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Samuel Edwin Dawe
Born 1898 (Dec 22) Plymouth, Devon
Married 1921 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
  (one child died in infancy)
Died 1930 (3rd Qtr) Tavistock area, Devon


Daisy Amelia Shute
Born 1894 (Jan 19) Devonport, Devon
Died 1982 (Dec 30) Plymouth, Devon
William Frederick George Dawe
Born 1904 (Jul 26) Plymouth, Devon
Died 1969 (Dec 2) Plymouth, Devon
Hilda Clara Rachel Dawe
Born 1906 (Sep 5) Plymouth, Devon
Married 1925 (Dec 19) Plymouth, Devon

Died 1949 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon


Frederick Archibald Weaver
Born 1902 (Aug 1) Dartford, Kent
Died 1977 (3rd Qtr) Millbrook, Cornwall
Owen George Dawe
Born 1911 (3rd Qtr) Plymouth, Devon
Died 1931 (1st Qtr) Plymouth, Devon

7. Children of George Thomas Dawe and Mary Catherine Connor (see table 4 above)

George Thomas Dawe
Born 1902 (Dec 16) Liverpool, Lancashire
Buried 1924 (Feb 15) Liverpool, Lancashire
James Dawe
Born 1905 (Nov 3) Liverpool, Lancashire
Buried 1925 (Apr 2) Liverpool, Lancashire
Bartholomew Dawe
Born 1912 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Buried 1935 (Sep 9) Liverpool, Lancashire

8. Children of William James Dawe and Elizabeth Crowder (see table 4 above)

William George Dawe*
Born 1905 (Feb 5) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1929 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1990 (Apr) Liverpool, Lancashire


Sarah Murray
Born 1903 (Aug 3) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1986 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
James Dawe*
Born 1906 (Oct 30) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1926 (2nd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs
  (children born in Liverpool)

Married 1941 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs
  (children born in Liverpool)
Died 1958 (Jul 15) Liverpool, Lancashire


Elizabeth Holebrook
Born 1907 (2nd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1933 (4th Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Ann Fee
Born 1917 (Apr 8) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1980 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
Lucy Dawe*
Born 1912 (Jun 10) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1930 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1964 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire


Michael Eward Jones
Born 1910 (Jun 28) Liverpool, Lancashire
Living in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1939
Ada Dawe*
Born 1915 (May 6) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1933 (4th Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1979 (3rd Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire


Stanley Lawrenson
Born 1908 (May 26) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1998 (July) Liverpool, Lancashire
Arthur Dawe
Born 1918 (Jan 16) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1939 (Apr 26) Liverpool, Lancs
Died 2003 (Apr 22) Liverpool, Lancashire


Details not held on-line
Martin Dawe
Born 1918 (Jan 16) Liverpool, Lancashire
Married 1940 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancs

Died 1944 (Jul 4) Normandy, France


Mary Alice Shaw
Born 1917 (Sep 17) Liverpool, Lancashire
Died 1984 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire

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