Individual Details
Alexander Dixon
(1759 - )
Events
| Birth | 1759 | Hart, Durham, England | |||
| Marriage | 23 Nov 1785 | Brancepeth, Durham, England, United Kingdom - Mary Pyburn |  | ||
| Census-shared | 1841 | (George Dixon) Auckland St. Andrew, Durham, England, United Kingdom |  | | |
| Death | |||||
| Occupation | Potter | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Pyburn (1763 - ) |
| Child | James Dixon ( - 1786) |
| Child | Jane Dixon ( - 1791) |
| Child | Elisabeth Dixon ( - 1799) |
| Child | Ann Dixon ( - ) |
| Child | George Dixon (1798 - 1860) |
| Child | Alexander Dixon (1803 - ) |
Notes
Census-shared
ShoemakerOccupation
The Dixons' were evidently originally potters. Sunderland, in particular, is known for its' potteries. And in the 19th century, there were many family potteries.Rebecca told me that one of the few things that had been told to her about the Dixons, was they went around the area in a wagon selling pots that they had made. Marion Joyce once told me that she had a piece of pottery that came from that family. (I haven't seen it.)
But, I do have some evidence that the Dixons were potters, or at least some of them were, because a lucky change of curates (ministers), in the church that the family attended in Coundon, listed the occupation of his congregation. Alexander Dixon, the earliest Dixon I was able to find, was listed as a "potter by trade."
Endnotes
1. England Marriages 1538–1973, http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30043/england-marriages-1538%E2%80%931973?s=145215961&itemId=5648793-S&action=showRecord&indId=individual-145215961-1004543&mrid=d752d65595d805f4e945f3eaab51309f.
2. England Census for 1841, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBX-BXP.
3. Selina Pendergrass Woods.