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John Gow Dickson

M, #5510, b. 19 December 1923, d. 11 May 2016
Last Edited: 6 Jul 2024
John Gow Dickson June 2010

Parents:

Father*: Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler b. 25 May 1899, d. 9 Jan 1957
Mother*: Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier b. 24 Mar 1902, d. 28 Dec 1978
Relationship:
  • Birth*: John Gow Dickson was born on 19 December 1923 at St Mary & St Peter, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • He was the son of Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier.
  • (Groom) Marriage*: John Gow Dickson married Williamina Forbes Caithness on 25 February 1944 at St Mary's Church, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; after banns according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church; signed John G Dickson electrical engineer apprentice wireman Royal Navy bachelor aged 20 residing 40 Guthrie Street Dundee now engaged in active service, parents Alexander Dickson jute calenderer & Mary Dickson now Nay ms Patterson; signed Wilhamina Forbes Caithness munition worker spinster aged 21 residing 5 Lundie Avenue Lohee parents William Caithness labourer & Elizabeth Caithness ms Curran; signed Jospeh Keenan parish priest St Mary's Church Lochee, witnesses signed John Caithness 5 Lundie Avenue Lochee & signed Eliza J Dickson 40 Guthrie Street Dundee; registered 1944 February 28th at Lochee signed John R Nicol registrar.2
  • (Deceased) Death*: John Gow Dickson died on 11 May 2016 at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, , at age 92.3
  • Burial*: He was buried on 19 May 2016 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .4
  • (Resident) Address: As of circa 1933, John Gow Dickson was living with Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier at at 19 Canon Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .5
  • (Resident) Address: As of circa 1935, John Gow Dickson was living with Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier at at 119 Nethergate, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .5
  • (Resident) Address: As of circa 1937, John Gow Dickson was living with Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier at at 10 Airlie Terrace, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .5
  • (Resident) Address: As of circa 1939, John Gow Dickson was living with Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier at at 40 Guthrie Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; During the earlier years (pre 1939) Mary and family moved house about every two years – and always in May. But during the war they stayed in Guthrie Street and it was while they were there that Margaret remembers her uncles visiting her mother.6
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: John Gow Dickson and Williamina Forbes Caithness was mentioned in a newspaper article about John Dickson on 28 May 1945. BIRTHS. DICKSON-AT DRI.on May 27. 1945 to Mina (nee Caithness, wife of W M. John Dickson RN - a son. (Both well.)7
  • (Informant) Death: John Gow Dickson registered the death of John Dickson on 1 February 1947 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1947 deaths in the ..; ref 98; John Dickson, 1947 February first 1h 40m am Royal Infirmary ur 5 Lundie Avenue Dundee; m, 1 year 8 months; John Gow Dickson electrical engineer Williamina Forbes Dickson ms Caithness; meningitis as cert by Leticia Bruce MBChB; John Gow Dickson father; reg 1947 February 1st at Dundee A C Marshall assist registrar Hl registrar.8
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: John Gow Dickson and Williamina Forbes Caithness and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier was mentioned in a newspaper article about John Dickson on 3 February 1947. DICKSON - At DRI on Feb 1 1947, John Dickson, beloved son of John and Mina Dickson, 5 Lundie Ave., and dearly beloved grandson pof Mrs Nay, 40 Guthrie Street. Funeral today (Mon) 2pm to Balgay Cemetery. Any friends desirous of attending please notify M'Hugh, undertaker, Brook St.9
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: John Gow Dickson and Williamina Forbes Caithness and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier was mentioned in a newspaper article about John Dickson on 3 February 1947. First name(s)     John
    Last name     Dickson
    Sex     Male
    Death year     1947
    Death date     01 Feb 1947
    Place     Dundee
    Periodical     Courier & Advertiser
    Publication Year     1947
    Publication date     3 Feb 1947
    Page     4
    Father's first name(s)     John
    Father's last name     Dickson
    Mother's first name(s)     Mina
    Mother's last name     Dickson
    County     Forfarshire (Angus)
    Country     Scotland
    Event Type     Obituary
    Record set     Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
    Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
    Subcategory     Parish Burials
    Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.9
  • Photograph*: John Gow Dickson and Williamina Forbes Caithness are in this photograph taken on 5 July 1972 at St Paul's Church, Nethergate, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , John G Dickson, Mina Caithness.10
  • Newspaper Article*: John Gow Dickson was mentioned in a newspaper article Originally printed on May 14, 2016 in the Dundee Courier.
    Viewed by 16 Visitors.
    DICKSON Peacefully, at Craighead Care Home, Newport-on-Tay, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, John (Johnny), retired Newport hotelier, beloved husband of the late Mina, dear dad of Billy, Brian, Alan and Joan, father-in-law of Sheila, Roslyn, Jacqueline, Fran and Phil, a much loved grandad, great-grandad and great-great-grandad. Funeral service in Newport Parish Church on Thursday, May 19, at 2.15 p.m., to
    which all family and friends are respectfully invited, thereafter to Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, arriving at 3.30 p.m. on 14 May 2016 at Dundee Courier.4

Military Service

Family:

Williamina Forbes Caithness b. c 1923, d. 2000
  • (Groom) Marriage*: John Gow Dickson married Williamina Forbes Caithness on 25 February 1944 at St Mary's Church, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; after banns according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church; signed John G Dickson electrical engineer apprentice wireman Royal Navy bachelor aged 20 residing 40 Guthrie Street Dundee now engaged in active service, parents Alexander Dickson jute calenderer & Mary Dickson now Nay ms Patterson; signed Wilhamina Forbes Caithness munition worker spinster aged 21 residing 5 Lundie Avenue Lohee parents William Caithness labourer & Elizabeth Caithness ms Curran; signed Jospeh Keenan parish priest St Mary's Church Lochee, witnesses signed John Caithness 5 Lundie Avenue Lochee & signed Eliza J Dickson 40 Guthrie Street Dundee; registered 1944 February 28th at Lochee signed John R Nicol registrar.2

Child:

John Dickson b. 27 May 1945, d. 1 Feb 1947

Citations

  1. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS ref 282/01 1055 [Feb 2010].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory marriages Dundee, Lochee, ref 282/04 0042 [Feb 2010] image held [June 2020].
  3. [S6] PCC via MNMD [May 2016].
  4. [S20] Unknown author, 'article', Dundee Courier & Advertiser, unknown date (DC Thomson, unknown repository reference) Originally printed on May 14, 2016 in the Dundee Courier [May 2016].
  5. [S6] From MNMD [Sept 2009].
  6. [S6] MNMD [Sept 2009].
  7. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Find My Past Newspapers Collection Dundee Courier & Advertiser Monday May 28th, 1945 [Nov 2013].
  8. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), image held: statutory deaths 282/02 0098 [Jan 2009].
  9. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) John Dickson in 1947
    Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
    Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [Sept 2021].
  10. [S43] PCC Wedding Album 1972.
  11. [S6] MNMD [Jan 2009].
  12. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation
    Peter Singlehurst; Year: 1945
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data:
    British Navy Lists. Marineschule Mürwick, Mürwik Flensburg, Germany.
    British Navy Lists. Peter Singlehurst. [Oct 2021]
  13. [S21] Headstone Photograph; , photograph used on Funeral Order of Service 2016 [Sept 2021].