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There is an Alfred Dimmack who married in 1866 in West Bromwich, Shropshire/Staffordshire/Worcestershire, England who is likely to be this Alfred. His record needs ordered from the GRO in England. V6B, p.871.

He is also likely the Alfred visiting his Aunt Ann Dimmack, wife of Joseph Dimmack in the following 1881 census record. "An Ann Dimmack, head of household, who was born in 1829 in Quinton, Worcestershire, England where Joseph Dimmack lived in the 1871 census with his wife, has a servant, a gardener and 2 nephews living with her. One of them is my Alfred, b. abt 1848 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England. He was listed as married and a Dairy farmer at the time. Another nephew is also helping her on her farm. His name is Albert Dimmack, b. abt 1861 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England."

He might be the son of Mathias Dimmack who was born in 1860 but who has a different birthplace listed in the 1871 census for him or he could be a brother to my Alfred and was simply born after the 1861 census. It would mean that my Dimmack family moved right after the census to Birkenhead, Cheshire, England if this is an accurate birthplace.

Alfred is not in the 1891 census for England. He might be the Alfred Dimmack living in Wheeling West, Virginia who lists his birthdate as 1845 instead in a U.S. census. If his wife's name turns out to match the wife in America, then this would make it rather likely as several of his siblings came to America after the 1881 census.

If this is the Alfred married to Harriet in Wheeling, West Virginia, then they had a daughter named Bessie in 1891 in Wheeling. If this is Fred who had a son named Ralph Eugene Dimmick in 1885 in Ansonia, Tioga Co., PA which was registered in the Roane, WV birth records than his wife's name was Myrtle Jessemin Dimmick instead.

Alfred married Louisa PALMER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The name Dimmack probably originated from Sir Robert Dymoke who was King's Champion of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Many descendants of Sir Robert also held this title. According to Marsters', "A Genealogy of the Dimock Family," all the Dimock family in the U.S. are descendants of Sir Robert. There is an ancient town in England whose name is recorded as "Dimoch" in the Doomsday Book where the knightly English family of Dymoke resided in a castle until the 14th century when they moved to Scribelsby. It was a viable town through Celtic, Saxon and Roman eras. (C-2094, 2278)

We know that Keturah's father is Benjamin from her marriage record and the 1851 census. In the 1851 census, he and his wife, Martha are living in Dudley, Staffordshire, England. He is listed at age 27 and his wife at 28. Their birthplaces respectively were Rowley, Staffordshire and Morley, Salop, England. They had 2 children, Alfred and Charles, age 3 and 3 months born in Rowley and Dudley respectively. Benjamin is listed as a coal miner. They are living with Mary Wilson, who is a widow with children in the 1861 census. (C-2574) Mary was born in Scotland so I don't believe she was a relative. The 1861 census includes our ancestor Keturah as the child of Benjamin. Benjamin's birthplace is listed as Dudley, Staffordshire, England but the earlier 1851 gives his birthplace as Rowley where most of his siblings were also born. It is the one more likely to be accurate. In the 1861 census, Benjamin's wife is still Martha. The only Benjamin/Martha marriage I've been able to locate is for a Benjamin Dimmock and Martha Austin on Mar. 25, 1844 in Clent Parish, Stafford/Worcester, ENG.

Both their father's names were James. Clent is near Halesowen Parish which is also partially in West Bromwich. I've found a James Dimmock living in Rowling Regis, co. Worcester, England in the 1861 census who has a son Jospeh, Ephraim and Alfred that match persons I had already theorized were related to Benjamin from evidence suggested under each of their names. (C:Doc, EL)

I can find no listing for any child except Benjamin or Martha in the 1871 listing under any spelling that belongs to this family. I can find son Alfred and daughter Keturah in the 1881 census. We know that Benjamin is still alive when he witnesses his daughter, Keturah's marriage in 1875, but he does not show up in the census records that I've found.

Benjamin is listed as an Iron dealer in his daughter, Keturah's wedding certificate, but as a "Butty Collier" (or chartermaster for the mines) in the 1861 census records. His wife, Martha, was a Milliner in the 1861 census. A likely brother or cousin is named Joseph Dimmack in the 1871 census records for Ridgacre, Worcestershire, England who was age 42, born in Springfield, Dudley, Worcestershire, England who was also an Iron Dealer. Joseph's wife's name was Ann. His nephew, age 11 was Albert Mathias who was visiting and born in West Bromwich which is located in Wolverhampton Parish. Albert's sister, Martha Bunn, age 7, was born in Bilston, (Wolverhampton Parish) and was also visiting. There were however, likely to be other Dimmack families in Dudley at the time, as there is a Benjamin Dimmack born about 1753 in Dudley at the same time our elder Benjamin is having children there and he does not list a son Benjamin in his household.

My father also remembered what he called 2nd cousins, Ephriam and Albert Dimmack. My father would have called a first cousin, once removed a 2nd cousin in his day too. Possible relatives are of similar peerage to Keturah who moved to the places Keturah had relatives: Wheeling, West Virginia, Dayton and Middletown, Ohio. A possible brother or relative of Benjamin that also emigrated is a Russell F. Dimmick who was born about 1840 and died in Sep. 1896 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Montgomery Co., Ohio (C-2454). There are two Albert Dimmicks in Wheeling West Virginia, one born in 1760 who was the son of Mathias and one who was born in Dec. of 1857 in West Virginia who was living in Wheeling, WV in the 1900 census records. There is a Benjamin Charles Dimmack who was married in Shropshire, co. Staffordshire, Wolverhampton Parish, England in 1873 that could be another of Keturah's cousins.

Benjamin married Martha AUSTIN on 25 Mar 1844 in Clent, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain. Martha (daughter of James AUSTIN and Caroline UNKNOWN) was born about 1821 in Madley, Shropshire, ENG; died after 1861 in Of Tranmere Parish, Cheshire, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is theory on my part that Martha's surname was Austin. The only Benjamin I have found in Parish records near West Bromwich, Worcestershire, England married to a Martha is for a Martha Austin. In this record they were both of age. Benjamin's father was James Dimmack, a miner by trade and her father was James Austin, a shoemaker. The trades fit their 1851 census records for the fathers. It should be noted that Martha's place of birth is listed as Madley, Salop, England in the 1851 census and Madley, Shropshire, England in the 1861 census. This is because the town was given to another county by it's owner as it was on the border between 2 fluctuating counties.

Notes:

James is the son of Benjamin and Mary according to English baptismal records. He was baptized on May 26, 1805 or 1806 depending upon which translation is read. He was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England according to the 1851 census. What the researcher needs to know is that Dudley, Staffordshire, England was part of the county of Worcestershire, England for many years meaning that his parents still lived near Rowley Regis, Dudley, Staffordshire, England where they grew up when James was born. He likely has siblings or cousins named Benjamin (b.1804) m. Fanny, Samuel (b. bef 1810) m. Elizabeth, Benjamin (b. 1803) m. Sarah, and Josh (b. 1802) m. Ann who all gave their birthplace as Dudley, Worcestershire, England in this census. There is a John Dimmack in Dudley, Worcestershire, England that might be a brother of this James who was having children in 1824 in Dudley. In that same town, a Mary Ann Dimmack married in 1848 who could be a daughter of this James also. (C-2580)

As for his parents, there is a John Dimmock, b. abt. 1777 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England who was still in residence in Dudley in the 1851 census, though it's county location was now listed as Staffordshire, England. His wife's name was Ann. If John is James' father, it's not a name carried down in the family. Any of the following newspaper entries might apply to this James. There is only 1 James Dimmock anywhere in Staffordshire in the newspapers. Though he appears to be of higher standing than that of a coal minor it still might be the 1 James Dimmock who is in the 1841 and 1851 census records as well as the news for Staffordshire.

Staffordshire Advertiser Staffordshire, England 31 Oct 1835NEWCASTLE AND THEATRE. Mondra/ Evening, Nov. 2, 1835. MR. STANTON, jun. and Mr. F. STANTON most respectfully solicit the patronage Jones, James Warner, Thomas Wilde, Edward Benjamin Biddle, Edward Swmncrton, J. B. Dimmock, James Wallers, John Hadley. Win. Robertson, James Sumner, Joseph Clewlow, W. S. Woolfe, Henry Wallers, Randail Lunt, Richard Alsop, Wm. Cordwall, Thomas Smith. Staffordshire Advertiser Staffordshire, England23 Dec 1837TAMWORTH Annual BALL and SUPPER will be at the Town Hall on Friday, the 8th of January next. / CHARLES- - - James Dimmock. Latin, (Ist Prize) - -J-J- Oooppta. Greek - - - - Cooper. English Ingle. Arithmetic, (lstprize,) - - - Ingle. Geography ------ Ingle. Writing ------ Edmund Wood. Latin, (2nd Prize,) - - - - James Thompson. Arithmetic, (2nd Prize,)Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial & General Advertiser Staffordshire, England28 Jul 1855LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Auditor, Mr. James Dimmock ; Committee, Messrs. B. Lazarus, R. Hordley, E. Powell, C. Alfieri, J. Bromley, J. H. Powell,' Francis J. Emery, J. Scarratt, W. Timmis, and L. Stanway. Cattle MARKET,'>Tuesday.'97 ln consequence of the scarcity of stock, the demand rather...Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial & General Advertiser Staffordshire, England8 Dec 1855POTTERY MECHANICS' INSTITUTION Timothy Dimmock, Esq.; E. J. Ridgway, Esq.; the Rev. J. W. C. Drane; the Rev. T. Cartwright; the J Hill; Mr. Forbes, and Mr- Forbes, juu.; Mr. J. Livesley, Mr. C. Jones, Mr. Jas. Dimmock, Mr- 11. Macdonald, Mr. W. Scott, Mr. E- Powell, Mr. E. F. Bodley...Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial & General Advertiser Staffordshire, England 15 Dec 1855 TO OUR READERS BAT Mr. James Dimmock's speech, our last week's Sentinel, an odd blunder, ? 100 was put instead of ? 1. in the suggested scheme for raising the funds for a new building for the Pottery Mechanics' Institute.

James married Sarah BARNSLEY, *. Sarah (daughter of Thomas BARNSLEY, * and Ann HIPKISS, *) was born about 1806 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England; was christened on 6 Oct 1805 in Rowley, Staffordshire, England; died in Apr 1871 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Males named Barnsley who lived in Rowley Regis of an appropriate age to be Sarah's father are James, b. abt. 1785, Joseph, b. abt. 1771 and Noah, b. abt. 1784. A Benjamin Barnsley, b. abt 1771 lived in Kingswinford in Staffordshire, England in 1841. Children of Sarah bore the names of Benjamin, Joseph and James in that order suggesting one of them could be her father.

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In his daughter, Martha's marriage record, he is listed as a shoemaker. Therefore, it is likely that the following 1851 census record applies to this James Austin. He and his wife, Caroline, lived in Biddenton, Kent Co., ENG. He was 45, born in Heybridge, Essex Co., England and his wife, also age 45, was born in Linkan, Kent Co. England. He is listed as a shoemaker and mason. He is the only shoemaker named James Austin born between the years 1790 and 1810 in the 1851 census records for all of England. In the 1861 census, he is listed as a shoemaker. His age is 55 and his wife, Caroline, is 57.

This time it gives his birthplace as Maldon, Essex Co., England and hers remains the same. They lived on #2 Woodside Dr. in Chatham Parish, co. Kent, England. In the 1871 census, he is listed at age 65, born Malden, co. Essex, England but his profession has changed and is unrecognizable to me, "Klotkelden". He is listed as married but his wife is not listed with him. He lived with his 2 nieces, Ruth and Alice Gibson, age 23 and 15 respectively. They were both born in Kent. He seemed to have lived on Greenstreet in Kent Co., England.

I researched Alice and Ruth Gibson to find out who their parents were as their mother would have been a sister of James or his wife Caroline. It appears that Ruth was already out on her own in the 1861 census as a servant, but Alice still lived with her family. Their mother was Elizabeth (married name of Gibson). Elizabeth was born in Lenham, co. Kent, England about 1810.

He could easily be the James Gardner Austin who was age 71 when he died in Tendring, Essex, England from Oct.-Dec. of 1880 according to the England and Wales, Free BMD Death Index: 1837-1983. In the 1841 census, I've found one James Austin, age 25 living in a community quarters as an agricultural laborer along with a Samuel Austin (possible brother) both living in St. Osyth Church?, District 12, Essex England.

There is also another James Austin who was born in 1807 and died at age 78 in 1885 in Faversham District, co. Kent, England whom might be him instead.

James married Caroline UNKNOWN. Caroline was born in 1804 in Stuham, Kent, England; died after 1861 in Of Chatham Parish, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]