David Marr Dickson jute preparer

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• Birth*: David Marr Dickson jute preparer was born on 2 January 1901 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .^1,2
• He was the son of John Dickson cloth inspector and Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner.
• (Deceased) Death*: David Marr Dickson jute preparer died on 28 February 1916 at 27 Isle's Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 15 1916 deaths in the district of St Mary & St Peter in the burgh of Dundee, ref 76; David Marr Dickson, jute preparer (single) died 1916 February 28th 2h 35m PM, 27 Isle's Lane Dundee, 14 years; father John Dickson calender worker; mother Eliza Jane Dickson ms McManus; Lobar Pnuemonia as certified by J B Tierney MD; informant John Dickson father & occupier (present); registered 1916 February 28th at Dundee, T Y Miller registrar.³

• (Witness) Photograph: He is in this photograph taken circa 1913 along with John Dickson cloth inspector, Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner, Eliza Jane Dickson jute reeler, Euphemia Dickson jute reeler, John Dickson confectioner & fruiterer, Margaret Chalmers Dickson domestic servant, Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler, James D Dickson powerloom tenter, Peter Buick Dickson jute yarn dresser and Martin Fraser Dickson.⁴
  

  Dickson family : Standing L-R David Marr (b1901), Euphemia (b1891), John (b1893), Margaret Chalmers (b1896), Eliza Jane (b1888), Alexander Young (b1899)
  Seated on chairs : John Dickson (b1869), Eliza Jane McManus (b1869)
  Seated at front : Peter Buick (b1906), James D (b1904), Martin Fraser (b1908)
• (Witness) Photograph: David Marr Dickson jute preparer is in this photograph taken circa 1914 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , along with Eliza Jane Dickson jute reeler, Euphemia Dickson jute reeler, John Dickson confectioner & fruiterer, Margaret Chalmers Dickson domestic servant and Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler.⁴
  
• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: David Marr Dickson jute preparer is commemorated on the headstone erected in September 1915 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads In memory of Martin F Dickson who died 6th Sept 1915 aged 7 years, also David M Dickson who died 28th Feby 1916 aged 14 years, and their mother Eliza Jane McManus beloved wife of John Dickson who died 14th March 1939 aged 80 years, also Spr James Dickson RE killed in Bari Italy 9th April 1945 aged 41 years husband of Isabella Millar, also John Dickson who died 12th April 1954 aged 84 years, and their son Alex beloved husband of Annie Boag who died 9th January 1957 aged 57 years.⁵
  

  Headstone Dundee Balgay, Martin Fraser Dickson 1915

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

2 April 1911

They was listed as a member of the household of John Dickson cloth inspector and Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner in the 1911 census at 40 Taylors Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . David, son, 9, at school, b Dundee; John Dickson, head, 41, married, jute calander worker, b Dundee; Eliza J Dickson, wife, 41, married 23 years, 10 children born, 9 still living, b Edinburgh; 2 rooms with windows, 10 people in household.7