This page contains some notes on a family whose origins we are researching. Some families we know more about than others, but we hope that by publishing this summary here we can make contact and exchange data with people who can help to complete the picture.
The Dawe family which we are researching originated in Devon, but our ancestors had moved to Liverpool by 1870. We are interested in the following generations of people who bore this surname:
John Dawe (no details known) and Mary Adams (1787 - 1850)
Thomas Dawe (1815 - 1875) and Elizabeth Triggs (1815 - 1894)
Mary Selina Dawe (1844 - 1924) and George Ashiel Bright (1832 - 1920)
Robert Edward Dawe (1872 - 1954) and Jane Poland (1873 - 1941)
Ivy Dawe (1908 - 1988) and William Griffiths Eaton (1903 - 1963)
Thomas Dawe and his family moved from Ashburton in Devon to Devonport in the early 1840s when Thomas became a sailor. His daughter Mary Selina Dawe moved in 1869 or 1870 from Devonport to Liverpool, where the later generations were born. The surname is sometimes spelt Daw, especially in earlier records. We also have information on the related Triggs, Poland and Eaton families.
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 cannot find any trace of George Thomas Dawe before the 1871 census, and we think that his real surname was Bright. We suspect that whatever caused George and his family to leave Devonport also caused him to change his name.
Some of the names above are linked to the corresponding record in the on-line family tree. 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.
Please contact Chris and Linda Warren if you have a connection with this family