Looking for Amy DIXON born 1820 in Millbrook, Kildare

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

I cannot find any reference to a Millbrook in Co. Kildare. As her father may have been based in Kilkea parish however, it may be an idea to look into records there.

Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available.Kilkea civil parish falls under Castledermot Catholic parish.To see what is available there follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&churchid=468&CityCounty=Kildare&CityCounty=Kildare&parish=Castledermot

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. Records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, petitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

Some other websites that you may find helpful are:

Some other websites that may be helpful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/kildare/index.html

It may also be an idea to contact Kildare Genealogy for assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email: kildaregenealogy@iol.ie

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

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Hi Seeker

An Amy Dixon was d. of Henry Dixon, Captain of the 55th Regiment, and Amy Green. She was b. in 1816, so she seems to have 'lost' four years in her translation to Tasmania, if the correct Amy. A case of Mutton being dressed as Lamb perhaps?

Henry was one of the Kilkea Castle Dixon's. See:-

Henry B. Swanzy: Dixon of Kilkea Castle: Atricle Journal of the Kildare Arch. Soc. IX pp392-4

The late Anne Campbell will give you a flavour of the Dixon Family in her article in the

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/ireland/725190/Ir…

Mother Amy also came from a military family, her father being Capt. John Greene of the Castledermot Yeomanry 1751 - 28 Jul 1819, her mother was Mary Anne Cooper 9 Jan 1757 - 24 Aug 1822

Good Hunting

Michael

Michael Dixon is on the right track. Have a look at the http://www.thepeerage.com/p45842.htm#i458412 and you can search back for many generations.

Thank you for these ideas.

I have been to the UK National Archives and found Amy Dixon's father's (Henry Dixon's) army pension request in WO25/756 pages 182,183. This tells me he was married in the parish of Castledermot, Kildare in April 1805. It also lists all his children and when they were born, as well as the regiments he served in.

Thank you for these ideas. I have been to the UK National Archives and found Henry Dixon's pension form in WO 25/756 pages 182 and 183. This lists his marriage as being in the parish of Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland in April 1805 and lists their children with their birth month and year. Amy is shown as Sept 1817.

Plenty more ideas to look at.

If you go to ancestry.com and look at the Hopwood Family Tree you will find Captain Dixon (shown as John Henry Dixon) and his ancesters.

Also suggest you go to http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?q= and search Henry Dixon in the Tasmanian newspapers - there is enough there to make it interesting. Unfortunately he died in 1840.

Further, you can find more at "Colonial Tasmanian Family LInks" - you should be able to find it through Google.

Hi Seeker

Between the UK National Archives and the excellent sources which gjkr has provided I am sure you will have plenty of material to further your research.

Not being conversant with the Antipodes I can only offer one additional clue.

Henry Erasmus Dixon was born in 1870 in Hobart Town, Tasmania, and died just one year later. He was one of the children of Thomas Dixon [b.1819] & Laura Hardy [b.1835].

Henry Erasmus is certainly suggestive of the Kilkea Dixon's naming pattern. Although 'Henry' is common enough, when we consider its pairing with the rather less common Erasmus it suggests a possible family link with the Dixon-Borrowes family, who as Baron's Grangemellon, inherited Kilkea Castle when the Dixon male line failed.

Good Hunting

Michael

Thank you for these links. Captain Dixon seems to have moved around with the army: I understand that Amy was born in Ireland, John Mainwaring in Scotland and Henry in Liverpool. I don't know where William, Henry, Mary Anne and Elizabeth were born.