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- 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.
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Abt 1826 - Aft 1875 (~ 50 years)
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