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8 August 1897 Prince Edward Island, Canada
Richard  married  Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT abt. 1820 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT  was born abt. 1805 in Augustine Cove, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  Elizabeth Margaret died 20 August 1848 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  Elizabeth Margaret was the child of James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLER .

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Richard  married  Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT abt. 1820 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT  was born abt. 1805 in Augustine Cove, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  Elizabeth Margaret died 20 August 1848 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  Elizabeth Margaret was the child of James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLER.






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Richard DAWSON married flag female ancestor Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT
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Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT was the child of James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLER

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BirthBirth — 1799
14 April 1799
Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
1824 Birth of Child
Thomas Richard DAWSON was born 27 December 1824, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Richard was 25 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT died 20 August 1848, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
DeathDeath — 1897
8 August 1897
Prince Edward Island, Canada
He died at the age of 98.
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