Notes:

Noah was born to a single mother, Mary Barnsley. His father is not listed in his baptismal record.

Noah married Nancey (Nanny) TAYLOR, * on 18 Oct 1779 in Rowley Regis, Stafford, England. Nancey was born on 6 Jun 1760 in Port Way, Staffordshire, England; died in Dec 1853 in Of Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, ENG; was buried on 11 Dec 1853 in Rowley Regis, Stafford, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Ann HIPKISS, * on 19 Sep 1803 in Halesowen, Worcestershire, England. Ann (daughter of Joseph HIPKIS, * and Sarah ANDREWS) was born in 1774 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England; was christened on 6 Feb 1774 in Worcestershire, England; died in Jun 1871 in Worcestershire, England; was buried on 11 Jun 1871 in Stafford Co., England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph PREEST on 12 Apr 1803 in Staffordshire, England. Joseph was born before 1785; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Family/Spouse: James DIMMOCK, *. James (son of Benjamin DIMMOCK and Mary ROUND) was born in May 1806 in Musham, Dudley, Worcestershire, ENG; was christened on 26 May 1806 in Park Lane Presbyterian, Cradley, Worcester, England; died after 1851 in Of Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married John WOODCOCK on 4 Jun 1827 in St Marys, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. John was born in 1808 in Madeley, Shropshire, England; died in 1862 in Dudley, Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Herbert HIPKISS. Herbert was born about 1826 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England; and died. [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 my theory that Mathias Dimmack of Bilston, Wolverhampton Parish, England was the one who was a brother to my Benjamin. I state this because he was of the right age and named a daughter Keturah Ann who was almost the same age as my gr. grandmother Keturah Dimmack. He lived on the same street, St. No. 53 in Bilston as his likely son Thomas in the 1881 census. In the 1861 census, their surname was spelled Dunmack by the census taker. They lived in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England at the time. This is the same Parish where my great grandmother Keturah was born in 1855. The 1841 and 1861 census says that Mathias was born in Rowley, Staffordshire, England in this census whereas the 1881 census lists him as being born in Netherton, Staffordshire, England. He lived in Bilston, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, England at the time.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth UNKNOWN. Elizabeth was born in 1831 in , Worcestershire, ENG; died after 1881 in Of Bilston, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton Parish, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph is a brother to Benjamin in the 1841 census. In the 1851 census, Joseph is age 20, and was a grocer by trade, not a coal miner like his father. Like brother Benjamin, he also later became an Iron Dealer and had a nephew Albert Mathias, age 11, visiting him in the 1871 census. Albert Dimmack is a name picked up in our side of the family. He and his wife also had niece Martha Bunn visiting them, age 7. If memory serves, the Civil Parish of Dudley was in parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire, England where Joseph was born. According to the 1841 census, he was Born in Staffordshire and in later census records his birthplace is listed as Worcester. I expect the later to be true as the 1841 census only listed a checkmark if they were born in the current county of Staffordshire. The census taker simply checkmarked the whole family at that point in time.

The 1881 census does give support to another theory. 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 Mathias Dimmack's son Albert who was born in 1860 but in a different place 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.

Family/Spouse: Ann UNKNOWN. Ann was born about 1829 in Quinton, Worcestershire, England; died after 1881 in Of Ridgacre, Worcestershire, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that there is only one James Dimmack who matches by birthdate and place of birth with the James Dimmock who was the son of James Dimmock in the 1851 census. He worked in a warehouse. His wife was Sarah. They lived on 1 Thompson St. in Manchester, England in the 1881 census. In 1875, he might have been the James Dimmock that was a Lancashire county magistrate living at Radfield Hall. He was not living in his families home in the 1841 census when he would have been about age 2 but he's not showing up in any other household in the area either. If we can find him living with his grandparents, that would be a great clue. It is possible they had so many children at this point in time that they just forgot to list him.

Family/Spouse: Sarah UNKNOWN. Sarah was born about 1846 in Whitchurch, Spropshrire, ENG; died after 1881 in Of Deansgate, Manchester, Lacanshire, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is highly likely that this Ephraim is the son of this James. I believe this to be true because my father said he had family in Wheeling, West Virginia because he had 2nd cousins in Ohio named Albert and Ephraim whom came from there. A DNA match on Ancestry is supporting this also between a person whom descends from Harriet, Ephraim's daughter, myself and 3 others all with matching DNA whom are descendants of Benjamin. Ephraim was a rag and junk dealer in the Wheeling town directories. He lived at 39 20th St. in 1888 and at 84 19th St. in 1890. He had Albert and Ephraim living with him in the 1888 diretory, suggesting that they were sons. Ephraim can be verified as the son of this Ephraim in his death certificate dated 1944. Albert can be verified as his brother in the 1920 census records for Montgomery Co., Ohio. He and his wife were born in England and had at least one child, Ephraim born in Bilston, England. According to their son, Ephraim's obituary, they emigrated to America when Ephraim was 11 calculating that to be about 1883/4. They are in the 1881 census for England before they emigrated with much of the information on this family coming from this source. He was a scrap iron dealer like his Benjamin Dimmack. According to this census he was born in Adenhill, England and had his children in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. This verifies that his son Ephraim was born in Bilston, and not Bristol as a family member reported in Ephraim Jr.'s death record. Ephraim Sr. and his family lived on 118 Pinfold St., Darlaston, Stafford, Eng in this 1881 census. I'm fairly certain that I have found Ephraim as a child living with his parents, James and Sarah Dimmock in the 1851 census. In it, it gives his birthyear the same as the 1881 census and his birthplace instead as Rowley, co. Worcestershire, England. I am unable to find either Adenhill in Staffordshire or Rowley Regis on current maps of Worcestershire, but I suspect that Rowley Regis would have been more accurate as that is where his parents were still living when Ephraim was a boy. Towns in that border area changed hands often as to what counties they were in. I believe this to be the same family because his brother Alfred was the next child born after him matching the age of his brother Alfred that moved to West Virginia and their likely brother Joseph that I had connected into this family earlier. It appears that Ephraim Sr. died before 1900 as Harriet Dimmick is in the 1900 census for Marshall Co., West Virginia with sons Ephraim, Frank and Arthur. Her eldest son, Albert and daughters are no longer living at home. Marshall is the county bordering Ohio County on the south and was originally formed from Ohio County, West Virginia. To summarize, we know the names of their children from various sources. Ephraim Jr. has his parents verified as Ephraim and Harriet in his death certificate. His brother is Albert in the 1920 census records for Ohio. Ephraim, Frank, and Aurthur are listed as Harriet's sons in the 1900 West Virginia census. Then two other daughters are listed by exact birth place in England in another descendants research. They were born just two miles from where Ephraim was born in England. These siblings names are mostly verified in Ephraim Jr.'s obituary.

Family/Spouse: Harriett BUCKNALL. Harriett (daughter of George BUCKNALL and Mary Ann CLARK) was born in Aug 1849 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, ENG; died after 1900 in Of Franklin District, Marshall, WV, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alfred was a bone dealer in the 1881 census for Darlaston, England. His parents are listed as James and Sarah Barnsley Dimmack in his death record in West Virginia. It says he was born in the same place as his likely brother, Ephraim which was listed as Hayden Hill, co. Worcester, ENG which was probably on the border of co. Worcestershire. I say this because his brother Ephraim by the same 1881 census says he was born in Aydenhill, Stafforshire, England which I believe is the same place, spelled phonetically. I haven't been able to find it's locality on the Internet but the border areas changed counties often according to my research. He and his family lived at Herbert Park, 2 House Jones Blds., Darlaston, Stafford, England.

His name was spelled Dimmack in his likely marriage record which occurred in Wolverhampton Parish, England though in the census it was spelled Dimmock. His wife and children immigrated in Nov./Dec. of 1881, so it is likely that he immigrated before them between the taking of the census and Nov. of 1881 when they are listed as passengers on the "City of Chester".

They are listed as brothers if they are the Alfred and Ephraim who were sons of James and Sarah Dimmock in the 1851 census for Rowley Regis, co. Worcestershire, England. They both were the older generation in the Wheeling, West Virginia directories by virture of the fact that they both owned a similar business and their own residences --- or at least they weren't boarders any longer.

Alfred is listed as a dealer in cotton rags, wrought and east iron scraps, old rope, bones, gum shoes, etc. In 1888, his location of his business and his home was the same at 2406-2408 Chaplline, Wheeling, WV. By 1892-3, his business included: metal refiner and smelter, mfr. plumbers' solder, babbitt metals... also dealer in cotton and woolen rags, tailors' clippings, rope, rubber, zinc, lead, heavy and light brass, coper, wrought and cast iron, stoves, heavy lump steel, heavy lump cast iron, steel scrap, bones, .... ect. He is listed as an Iron Dealer in his death record.

F. married Elizabeth Mary PALMER before 1871. Elizabeth was born in Feb 1847 in Bilston, Wolverhampton Parish, Staffordshire, ENG; died on 31 Dec 1906 in , Ohio, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]