Frederick Edward Harry was an absolutely amazing personality. So amazing that I've decided to write a book about him. I've put together a mass of information, and have a great idea of the life he led and the views he had, using newspaper articles, books, minutes of meetings, and personal letters. It is really interesting to examine someone's life in depth and try to analyse it through looking at the social and political situation at the time. I'm finding the research really good fun! I'd originally thought it could be completed by June 2014 - which would mark the 150th anniversary of his birth! But there is so much information and so many things to do in preparation, that this timeframe was always going to be a pipe dream. Hopefully soon...
Relationship to SNR = Great-great-grandfather.
Sunday 28 October 2012
Thursday 4 October 2012
Zoe Dixson / Carson
Part of the reason I started this blog is so if someone happens to be desperately seeking a particular name, they might see one of my blog entries and a 'connection' can be made. This is the case with Zoe F Craig Dixson. Her name registered at her birth in 1889 was Zoe F Dixson (Zoe Fenella Dixson). She was the third daughter born to Craig Dixson and Rachel Theresa Harvey who had married in Victoria in 1882. Craig and Rachel's first child had died, so once their fourth daughter, Ray, was born, Zoe was the middle child! Craig Dixson was a Doctor who died in 1894 when Zoe was 5. The only other things I have found about Zoe is that:
(1) she studied Dentistry at Melbourne University - relatively uncommon action for a women in the 1910s
(2) at some stage she added in the name Craig - so she was known as Zoe Craig Dixson
(3) she married William Stanley Carson in 1923, and had one child, Anne / Annie!
In fact, it appears that she was the only of her sisters to have any children. Evelyn Dorothy Irene Dixson married Thomas Greenaway in 1920 in Sydney and Ray E C H Dixson somehow became Mrs Mitchell and went to Kenya.
Rachel Theresa Dixson died on 8 March 1941 age 83. She had been a widow for 47 years (she had three sisters that she remained close to. So she had company!).
A few years ago I discovered that Craig Dixson's Medical Box was for sale on eBay! I couldn't resist - so I bought it. When I told the seller my interest, she advised that when she purchased the box it was full of odds and ends plus a lock of hair! Say what!!! Yep. A lock of hair! It was wrapped in a notice of dividend payment to Zoe C Carson. On the outside, written in pencil, is the name Annie! Annie would have been born sometime after 1923, so it's possible she's still alive (which means I'm breaking my rule about not putting anyone in this blog who has a child still alive), but I figure in this case, it might be OK.
[Relationship to SNR = cousin of great-great grandmother]
(1) she studied Dentistry at Melbourne University - relatively uncommon action for a women in the 1910s
(2) at some stage she added in the name Craig - so she was known as Zoe Craig Dixson
(3) she married William Stanley Carson in 1923, and had one child, Anne / Annie!
In fact, it appears that she was the only of her sisters to have any children. Evelyn Dorothy Irene Dixson married Thomas Greenaway in 1920 in Sydney and Ray E C H Dixson somehow became Mrs Mitchell and went to Kenya.
Rachel Theresa Dixson died on 8 March 1941 age 83. She had been a widow for 47 years (she had three sisters that she remained close to. So she had company!).
A few years ago I discovered that Craig Dixson's Medical Box was for sale on eBay! I couldn't resist - so I bought it. When I told the seller my interest, she advised that when she purchased the box it was full of odds and ends plus a lock of hair! Say what!!! Yep. A lock of hair! It was wrapped in a notice of dividend payment to Zoe C Carson. On the outside, written in pencil, is the name Annie! Annie would have been born sometime after 1923, so it's possible she's still alive (which means I'm breaking my rule about not putting anyone in this blog who has a child still alive), but I figure in this case, it might be OK.
[Relationship to SNR = cousin of great-great grandmother]
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