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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 58 Send Message	Belinda	Report	7 Feb 2008 19:23
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 58 Send Message	Could anyone give me any information regarding Robert Dickinson please. I know he was living in a household with my gt. grandmother Margaret Howson in Ann Street Lancaster in the 1901 census.I believe he is my gt grandfather.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,208 Send Message	June	Report	7 Feb 2008 19:30
	1901 Name: Robert Hickinson Age: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Lancaster Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View Image Registration district: Lancaster Sub-registration district: Lancaster ED, institution, or vessel: 19 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 140 Household Members: Name Age Charles Clifton 37 Robert Hickinson 34 Agnes Howson 59 Agnes D Howson 8 Margaret Howson 31 Margaret Howson 1 Nancy J Howson 4 1891 Name: Robert Dickinson Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Relation: Boarder Gender: Male Where born: Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Lancaster Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary Town: Lancaster County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View Image Registration district: Lancaster Sub-registration district: Lancaster ED, institution, or vessel: 19 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Richard Alston 33 Annie P Berry 2 Emily Berry 44 Emily Berry 10 James Berry 55 Hannah Corless 62 Robert Dickinson 24 June x
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 58 Send Message	Belinda	Report	7 Feb 2008 19:32
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 58 Send Message	June thanks so much, that is the right one..although they spelt his name wrong on the census. Do you think it would be under hickinson in the other cenusus'?
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,208 Send Message	June	Report	7 Feb 2008 19:33
	1881 Name: Robert Dickinson Age: 14 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Gender: Male Where born: Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Woodplumpton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Moorside Lane Education: Employment status: View Image Registration district: Preston Sub-registration district: Broughton ED, institution, or vessel: 17b Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age James Alston 59 John Alston 27 Richard Alston 21 Robert Dickinson 14 Natural Son on image 1871 Name: Robert Alston Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Relation: Son Father's Name: James Mother's Name: Jane Gender: Male Where born: Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Woodplumpton Ecclesiastical parish: Woodplumpton Town: Plumpton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View Image Registration district: Preston Sub-registration district: Broughton ED, institution, or vessel: 17 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 40 Household Members: Name Age James Alston 50 Jane Alston 44 Inskip, Lancashire John Alston 17 Mary Jane Alston 1 ********Robert Alston 4 Thomas Alston 15 June x
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,208 Send Message	June	Report	7 Feb 2008 19:41
	heres the answer his mother married Marriages Sep 1868 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alston James Preston 8e 785 Dickinson Jane Preston 8e 785 June x
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 58 Send Message	Belinda	Report	7 Feb 2008 20:00
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 58 Send Message	Ahhh so Dickinson was his mothers maiden name! Thanks soo much June this has been baffling me for weeks! I've been on this site for ages but still feel like a newbie sometimes!
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,208 Send Message	June	Report	8 Feb 2008 21:03
	Belinda she could of been married before you need Roberts birth cert but there is 2 Births Jun 1866 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dickinson Robert Preston 8e 459 Births Dec 1866 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dickinson Robert Preston 8e 539 nudged to go with the other thread June x

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