John Charles Dawe (1885 - 1963)

Born 10 Oct 1885 in Coley's Point, Newfoundland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1963 at about age 77 in Pasadena, Newfoundland

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Biography

John Charles (Jack) Dawe was born in 1885 in Coleys Point or Port de Grave, Newfoundland. He is the son of Charles Dawe and Mary Jane Bishop^[1]

He married Etta LeDrew, and they had six children. In his wife's newspaper article when she was 106, she said they moved to the United States where he worked as a night watch at a lumber company while she was a cook.

He worked at the mill and then moved to Pasadena and became a farmer mid-1930’s.

In the 1935 Census, he was 50 years old living in Pasadena, Humber, Newfoundland with his wife, Ethel “Etta” and the following children:^[2]

1. Carrie
2. George
3. Mamie
4. Herbert
5. Charles
6. Hilary

In the 1945 census, he was 61 years old living in Pasadena, Newfoundland with his wife and three children.^[3]

He passed away in 1963 in Pasadena, Newfoundland at the age of 80 and is buried in the Jehovah Witness Cemetery in Pasadena, Newfoundland.

Sources

1. ↑ Canada, Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-FHWF : 23 February 2021), John Charles Daw, 10 Oct 1885; citing Birth, The Ponds, Port de Grave, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
2. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-SJDW : 8 March 2021), John Dawe, Pasadena, Humber, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Humber District, p. 66, household ID 5, reference ID , Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,822.
3. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1945", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-6RF3 : Tue Jul 11 03:44:04 UTC 2023), Entry for John C Dawe and Etta Dawe, 1945.