Honor PALMER
Honor PALMER
Stephen & Maria's 6th child and 3rd daughter, Honor, was baptised at St Mary's Church, Burwell
on 24 March 1822.
On 11 May 1843, at the same church, she married John DAWSON, widower, of Exning, near Newmarket.
Her brother, Emmanuel Palmer was a witness on the marriage certificate; her father, Stephen, is listed as
Pensioner, Chelsea Hospital.
John & Honor had at least 5 children:
| Philip
| born
| 1844
| in
| Exning, Suffolk.
| Delphina
| born
| 1846
| in
| St Ives, Hunts.
| Henry
| born
| 1848
| in
| St Ives, Hunts.
| **Maria
| born
| 1850, St. Ives
| died
| 1850.
| William
| born
| 1852
| in
| St Ives, Hunts
| Mary Anne
| born
| 1852, St. Ives
| died
| 1873, St. Ives
|
| | | | | |
** still to be verified
On the 1851 England Census, we find John & Honor in St. Ives, Huntingdon with their young family:
Dwelling: Greens Yard
Census Place: St. Ives, Huntingdonshire
Source: PRO Ref HO107/Piece 1749 /Folio 554/Pg 32
| FOLIO/SCH.
| NAME
| RELN
| COND.
| AGE
| OCCUPATION
| WHERE BORN
| 554/117
| John DAWSON
| Head
| M
| 31
| Carpenter Journeyman
| Swaffham, Cambridgeshire
| .
| Honor DAWSON
| Wf
| M
| 28
| .
| Swaffham, Cambs
| .
| Philip DAWSON
| Son
| S
| 7
| Scholar
| Exning, Suffolk
| .
| Delphener DAWSON
| Daughter
| S
| 5
| Scholar
| Swaffham, Cambs
| .
| Henry DAWSON
| Son
| S
| 3
| .
| St. Ives, Hunts
|
| | | | | |
My thanks to Jan Robb, in New Zealand, who found this reference for me.
By the time of her father's death in February 1865, Honor [aged 43] was a widow, John having died in 1852.
She, along with her youngest brother Louis, were executors of their father's will.
On the 1861 England Census,
Dwelling: 4 Meetings Lane
Census Place: St. Ives, Huntingdonshire
Source: PRO Ref RG09 / Piece 979 / Folio 35 / Pg 30
| FOLIO/SCH.
| NAME
| RELN
| COND.
| AGE
| OCCUPATION
| WHERE BORN
| 35/151
| Honoria DAWSON
| Head
| Widow
| 39
| Seamstress
| Cambridgeshire
| .
| William DAWSON
| Son
| S
| 9
| Scholar
| St. Ives, Hunts.
| .
| Mary Anne DAWSON
| daughter
| S
| 8
| Scholar.
| St. Ives, Hunts
|
| | | |
Philip, aged 18, was in an Army Barracks in Chatham, Kent, with the rank of Private; Delphener, aged 15, was working as
a servant for a Professor of Music Arthur D. Holloway, in St. Ives, and Henry, aged 13 was with his Uncle & Aunt,
Louis & Amelia PALMER at Ramsey.
By the 1871 England Census, we have a completely different story - Honor has remarried:
Dwelling: [?] Pirks or Pecks Yard
Census Place: St. Ives, Huntingdonshire
Source: PRO Ref RG10/Piece 1531/ Folio 10/ Pg 13
| FOLIO/SCH.
| NAME
| RELN
| COND.
| AGE
| OCCUPATION
| WHERE BORN
| 10/64.
| Samuel NEWMAN
| Head
| M
| 65
| Cordwainer
| St. Ives, Hunts
| .
| Honor NEWMAN
| Wife
| M
| 49
| Seamstress
| Burwell, Cambs.
| .
| Philip DAWSON
| Step-son
| S
| 29
| Carpenter
| St. Ives, Hunts.
| .
| Mary Anne DAWSON
| Step-daughter
| S
| 18
| Seamstress
| Exning, Suffolk
| .
| Edith Annie NEWMAN
| Grand-daughter
| S
| 2
| .
| Lower Lemington, Lambeth
|
| | | | | |
It was on finding this record during one of Ancestry.co.uk's freebies, that I was able to trace Honor & Samuel's
marriage in 1867 - in Marylebone, London!
Honor NEWMAN died in 1883 in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire - I can only assume she is also buried there.
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From Unather D. Palmer, Tasmania to Jean Matthews - Nov 11, 1983 -
By chance on the back of the copy of this will you have written that Honor DAWSON lived at St. Ives. This has
solved a puzzle for me which I had forgotten. About 1935, my mother used to travel around giving demonstrations
of canework, baskets, chairs, trays etc., to the Women's Institutes & Mother's Union. One day she told me that
she had met a lady at St Ives, a school teacher (or her husband) whose family had the same PALMER christian
names........."
Well, it seems I've found them!
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