Sarah Agnes (Henderson) Dawson (1892 - 1973)

Born 23 Mar 1892 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Daughter of Alexander David Henderson and Margaret Ann (Burnett) Henderson

Wife of William Beck — married 23 Sep 1916 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Descendants

Died 21 Aug 1973 at age 81 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Name

Name: Sarah Agnes /Henderson/ ^[1][2][3]

Birth

Date: 23 MAR 1892

Place: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England^[4][5][6][7]

Death

Date: 21 AUG 1973

Place: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Note: Reg. Number:1973-09-015109: Sarah Agnes DAWSON of 3773 Nithsdale St, Burnaby. B.C., died at Burnaby General Hospital. Length of stay in Municipality - 1 yr; in Province - 57 yrs; in Canada - 57 yrs. Female; citizenship Canadian; racial origin white; widow, born England, Mar 23 1892; age last birthday 81; trade/profession: housewife; Husband's name: John DAWSON. Father's name: HENDERSON, forename unknown; Mother's maiden name: Margaret BURNS (sic - should be BURNETT), both born England. Info certified as correct at Vancouver, 22nd Aug 1973 by Harold BECK, son of deceased, of 2033 East 23rd Ave, Vancouver, B.C. Registered New Westminster Aug ?29th?.^[8][9][10]

Marriage

Husband: William Beck

Wife: Sarah Agnes Henderson

Child: Edward Morris Beck

Marriage:

Date: 23 SEP 1916

Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Note: Entry #840: William BECK, 28, bachelor, machinist, resid. Nanaimo, B.C., born Kells, Cumberland, England, s/o John BECK, engineer, and Sarah Ann Burns, C of E religion. Sarah Agnes HENDERSON, 24, spinster, rank/profession: home - daughter, resid. Kells, Cumberland, England, born Kells, Cumberland, England, dtr/o Alexander HENDERSON, cartwright and joiner, and Margaret Ann BURNETT, religion C of E. According to the rites and ceremonies of Pres. church by license #88/03. Signed by William BECK and Sarah Agnes HENDERSON, witnesses Robert Morris BECK and Mary Elizabeth McCOURT, minister J R ROBERTSON^[11]

Husband: John DAWSON

Wife: Sarah Agnes Henderson

Marriage:

Date: AFT 1935

Place:  ?British Columbia, Canada

Note: date assumed as no obvious remarriage in Brit. Columbia archives index to 1926, and 1st husband didn't die until 1934^[12]

Immigration

Date: ABT 1916

Place: British Columbia, Canada

Note: 1973 dth cert has length of residence in Canada and in British Columbia as 57 yrs, so emigrated c. 1916.^[13][14][15]

Census:

Date: 1901

Place: Kells, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Note: Alexander D HENDERSON, head, mar, 37, joiner carpenter, worker b Scotland, wife Mary (sic) A HENDERSON, 37, b Cumberland, Great Clifton. Children: John B, 11, Sarah A, 9, James H, 6, David, 1 all b Whitehaven, CUL.^[16]

Date: 1911

Place: Kells, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Note: HENDERSON: Alexander David 47 colliery rope splicer (below ground) b Carnwath, LKS; wife Margaret Ann 47 marr. 23 yrs 5 children, 4 living b Gt Clifton, CUL; Children: John Burnett 21 cloggers shop worker; Sarah Agness 19 gen. serv. at home; James Archibald 16 apprentice plumber; David 11 at school - all unm, b Whitehaven; Father Archibald 74 blacksmith freestone quarry, b. Bridge of Allan, STI;^[17]

Date: 1921

Place: Cramberry, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Note: BECK: William 31 coal miner b. England F/M b. England emig 1912; wife Sarah A 29 b. England F/M b. England emig 1918; Son Harold 3 b. BC F/M b. England^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S921 Oct 2001 ex letter from Isa CHITTOCK to Hone HENDERSON 28 Jul 1966
2. ↑ Source: #S1740 Aug 2002 ex 1901 Kells census (Ref RG/13/4893 page 28 Folio 73)
3. ↑ Source: #S1739 Marr. cert 1916 William BECK & Sarah Agnes HENDERSON copy received Aug 2002
4. ↑ Source: #S1739 P/copy of 1973 death cert 73-09-015109 of Sarah Agnes DAWSON nee HENDERSON received from Gwen S Oct 2002. B.C.Archives Microfilm #B13328 GSU Microfilm #20501-41
5. ↑ Source: #S2120 British Columbia Archives death index searched Aug 2002
6. ↑ Source: #S1740 Aug 2002 ex 1901 Kells census (Ref RG/13/4893 page 28 Folio 73)
7. ↑ Source: #S2002 Birth 1892 Q2 Sarah Agnes HENDERSON, reg. Whitehaven, CUL, 10b/634, extracted Aug 2002
8. ↑ Source: #S1739 P/copy of 1973 death cert 73-09-015109 of Sarah Agnes DAWSON nee HENDERSON received from Gwen S Oct 2002. B.C.Archives Microfilm #B13328 GSU Microfilm #20501-41
9. ↑ Source: #S1858 Oct 2001 ex letter from Isa CHITTOCK to Hone HENDERSON 28 Jul 1966
10. ↑ Source: #S2120 British Columbia Archives death index searched Aug 2002
11. ↑ Source: #S1739 Marr. cert 1916 William BECK & Sarah Agnes HENDERSON, Vancouber, copy received Aug 2002
12. ↑ Source: #S921 Oct 2001 ex letter from Isa CHITTOCK to Hone HENDERSON 28 Jul 1966
13. ↑ Source: #S1739 Marr. cert 1916 William BECK & Sarah Agnes HENDERSON copy received Aug 2002
14. ↑ Source: #S1858 Oct 2001 ex letter Isa CHITTOCK to Hone HENDERSON 1966
15. ↑ Source: #S1739 P/copy of 1973 death cert 73-09-015109 of Sarah Agnes DAWSON nee HENDERSON received from Gwen S Oct 2002. B.C.Archives Microfilm #B13328 GSU Microfilm #20501-41
16. ↑ Source: #S1740 Aug 2002 ex 1901 Kells census (Ref RG/13/4893 page 28 Folio 73)
17. ↑ Source: #S215 Kells, Whitehaven, CUL RG14; Piece: 31502.ED 10 Reg. 577, hsehold of Alexander David & Margaret Ann HENDERSON, copy d/loaded Dec 2011
18. ↑ Source: #S411 Morden, Cramberry, Sub Dist New Castle, Dist Nanaimo, BRC RG 31; Folder Number: 16; Page Number: 19, hsehold of William & Sarah A BECK, extracted Jan 2015

• Source: S1739 BDM British Columbia Archives, Certified copies or images fromweb, Number: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/
• Source: S1740 EMails Whitehaven research ex B HALL (ENG), Recipient: L McIntosh (NZ)
• Source: S1858 I'VIEW: HENDERSON, Joscelin, Mrs Hone, Interviewer: L McIntosh, Informant Address: Mangatarata, Hauraki Plains, New Zealand
• Source: S2002 BTH INDEX: St Caths Publication: PRO, London, England
• Source: S2120 HENDERSON: www & misc. correspondence
• Source: S921 I'VIEW: HENDERSON, Hone James (Mangatarata, WKT) Interviewer: L McIntosh (Waikanae)
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Anne Beck and Ronnie Barrie, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Archibald Henderson and Agnes Todd, the great great grandparents of both Anne Beck and RB. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3rd-4th cousins, based on sharing 67 cM across 3 segments.Theory of Family Relativity suggests third cousins

• Henderson-6959 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of BeckFairbairnWalterGrace4WTJan2015.ged on Jan 18, 2015 (Reference: 26839)