George Dixon (1812 - 1904)

Born 10 Feb 1812 in Staindrop, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Swinburn) Dixon — married 11 Feb 1834 in Auckland, St Andrew, Durham, England

Husband of Eunice Hathaway (Congdon) Dixon — married 14 Nov 1866 in New Garden, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 16 May 1904 at age 92 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

George was a Friend (Quaker)

The name of George Dixon, is, like those of Jonathan Backhouse and Thomas Richardson, and other Quaker worthies, indissolubly linked with the history of Ayton School. Jonathan Backhouse saw with concern that the children of those connected with the Society of Friends in the North of England were drawing away from the Society instead of towards it. The scheme grew in his mind to establish such a school as had been already formed at Penketh and Rawdon, wherein such children might be suitably educated. Thomas Richardson set all financial difficulties to rest by his generous offer of a site and by his donation. George Dixon was the chosen man to superintend the new school. His early years had been passed in farming. This was in the future to stand him in good stead. After his marriage with Alice Swinburn he had developed and cultivated a taste for teaching, and had had six years' practice at Darlington and Shildon. In him the founders saw and chose a man who would carry out their designs in the spirit as in the letter. Accordingly George Dixon visited Brookfield, Penketh and Rawdon, and reported on the conditions of the life and work which he found there. On a basis similar to that on which these institutions were founded Ayton School was opened in 1841 with George and Alice Dixon as Master and Mistress respectively.

George Dixon was born on 10 February 1812 at Staindrop, Durham, England ^[1]

George passed away on 16 May 1904 at Great Ayton,Yorkshire,,England

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F78J-JMD : 11 December 2014), George Dixon in entry for Ralph Dixon, 04 Jan 1836, Birth; citing p. 73, Stockton upon Tees & Darlington, Durham, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.

• 1851 England Census: Ancestry.com - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Re Data Changed: Date: 12 Dec 2013 Time: 22:39:42 CREA Date: 12 Dec 2013 Time: 17:13:00 Quality or Certainty of Data: 1 Page: Class: HO107; Piece: 2376; Folio: 162; Page: 4; GSU roll: 87665.
• 1861 England Census: Ancestry.com - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Re Data Changed: Date: 14 Apr 2014 Time: 20:05:27 CREA Date: 14 Apr 2014 Time: 17:13:00 Quality or Certainty of Data: 1 Page: Class: RG9; Piece: 3658; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 543168.
• 1891 England Census: Ancestry.com - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Re Data Changed: Date: 06 Apr 2013 Time: 07:25:55 CREA Date: 06 Apr 2013 Time: 17:13:00 Quality or Certainty of Data: 1 Page: Class: RG12; Piece: 4022; Folio 108; Page 6; GSU roll: 6099132.
• 1901 England Census: Ancestry.com - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Data imaged from th Data Changed: Date: 14 Apr 2014 Time: 20:22:49 CREA Date: 14 Apr 2014 Time: 17:13:00 Quality or Certainty of Data: 1 Page: Class: RG13; Piece: 4591; Folio: 108; Page: 7.

Acknowledgements

Dixon-3745 was created by Steven Ringer through the import of Ancestors of Gulielma Clark & Walter John Ringer.ged on Apr 16, 2014.