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JOSEPH DINNIS

Birth: about 1784, Ormsby or South Ormesby, Lincolnshire

Baptism: unknown date and location

Parents: Robert Greaves

Death: before 21 November 1876, Alford, Lincolnshire

Burial: 21 November 1876, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

 

Occupation: labourer (1821, 1826, 1828, 1831, 1837), lab (1841), labourer (1851), formerly labourer (1871)

Addresses: Maltby le Marsh (10 October 1820), Alford (31 March 1821, 13 March 1826, 21 August 1826, 19 March 1828, 2 August 1837), South End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1841 census), West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire (1851 census), Cemetery Lane, Alford, Lincolnshire (1871 census)

 

Notes: When Joseph married Mary Armstrong, the parish register entry stated that his father’s name was Robert Greaves, which suggests that Joseph may have been illegitimate.

 

 

First Marriage: 10 October 1820, St. Botolph’s Church, Skidbrook, Lincolnshire

 

First Spouse: OLIVIA CURTIS

Birth: before 14 January 1793, Great Carlton, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 14 January 1793, St. John the Baptist, Great Carlton, Lincolnshire

Parents: John Curtis and Diana (or Dinah) Dennis

Death: before 26 February 1860, Alford, Lincolnshire

Burial: 26 February 1860, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

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Addresses: Skidbrook with Saltfleet (10 October 1820), Alford (31 March 1821, 13 March 1826, 21 August 1826, 19 March 1828, 2 August 1837), South End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1841 census), West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire (1851 census)

 

 

 

Children of JOSEPH DINNIS and OLIVIA CURTIS:

 

 

1. MILDRED DINNIS

Birth: before 31 March 1821, Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 31 March 1821, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Death: before 18 January 1859, Alford, Lincolnshire

Burial: 18 January 1859, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

 

Occupation: dressmaker (1851)

Addresses: Alford (31 March 1821), South End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1851 census), Alford (18 January 1859)

 

 

 

2. JOHN DINNIS (my great-great-great-grandfather)

Birth: before 13 March 1826, Oxcomb or Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 13 March 1826, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Death: about June 1919, Southwell registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: farm labourer (1851, labourer (1859) agricultural laborer (1861) ag lab (1871) farm labourer (1881) farmer (1891, 1901, 1911)

Addresses: Saltfleetby All Saints, Lincolnshire (1851 census), Alford (21 June 1853), Burwell (24 April 1859), Farforth, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Apley, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Village, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Little Durdham, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census, 1911 census)

 

Note: John’s surname is variousy spelt as Dinnis, Dennis, Dinniss and Denniss on different records.

 

Marriage: 6 October 1851, Louth Register Office

 

Spouse: ELIZA CLARK (my great-great-great-grandmother)

Birth: before 19 July 1829, Ludford or Towes, Lincolnsghire

Baptism: 19 July 1829, St. Mary and St. Peter’s Church, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire

Parents: George Clark and Anne Holtby

Death: about December 1902, Southwell registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Please follow the link for details of John Dinnis and Eliza Clark’s family.

 

 

 

3. MARY DINNIS

Birth: before 21 August 1826, Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 21 August 1826, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Death: about December 1885, Spilsby registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: charwoman (1851)

Addresses: Alford (21 August 1826), South End, Alford (28 August 1842), Alford (9 January 1848), South End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1851 census), Alford (11 March 1855, 28 December 1859, 16 April 1860), Railway Terrace, Alford. Lincolnshire (1861 census), Alford (26 June 1864), West End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1871 address)

 

Marriage: 28 August 1842, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: WILSON RHODES

Birth: about 1823, Fordington, Lincolnshire

Death: 11 June 1893, Alford, Lincolnshire

 

Occupation: labourer (1848), ag lab prisoner (1851), labourer (1855, 1858), agricultural labourer (1861), ag lab (1871), agricultural labourer (1891), woodman (1893)

 

Addresses: South End, Alford (28 August 1842), Alford (9 January 1848), House of Correction, East Gate, Louth, Lincolnshire (1851 census),  Alford (11 March 1855, 28 December 1859, 16 April 1860), Railway Terrace, Alford. Lincolnshire (1861 census), Alford (26 June 1864), West End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1871 address), West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire (1891 census)

 

 

 

4. DIANA (or DINAH) DINNIS

Birth: before 19 March 1828, Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 19 March 1828, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Death: before 30 January 1850, Alford, Lincolnshire

Burial: 30 January 1850, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

 

Addresses: Alford (19 March 1828), South End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1841 census), Alford (30 January 1850)

 

 

 

 

5. WILLIAM CURTIS DINNIS

Birth: about 1833, Alford, Lincolnshire

Baptism: 2 August 1837, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

Death: about December 1918, Louth registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: ag lab shepherd (1861), tea dealer (1871), ag lab (1881), agricultural labourer (1891), Labourer (agricultural) (1901), formerly farm labourer (1911)

Addresses: Alford (2 August 1837), South End, Alford, Lincolnshire (1841 census), Covenham Street, Covenham St Mary, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Covenham St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Covenham St. Mary, Lincolnshire (1881 census), Fen Lane, Covenham St. Mary, Lincolnshire (1891 census, 1901 census), Fotherby, Louth, Lincolnshire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: about December 1856, Louth registration district

 

Spouse: SUSANNAH WEBSTER

Birth: about 1832, Covenham St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire

Death: about March 1901, Louth registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: ag lab shepherd wife (1861), dress maker (1871)

Addresses: Covenham Street, Covenham St Mary, Lincolnshire (1861 census), Covenham St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Covenham St. Mary, Lincolnshire (1881 census), Fen Lane, Covenham St. Mary, Lincolnshire (1891 census)

 

 

 

Second Marriage of Joseph Dinnis: 21 January 1861, St. Wilfrid’s Church, Alford, Lincolnshire

 

Second Spouse: MARY ARMSTRONG

Birth: 1832, Rigg, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Baptism: unknown date and location

Death: about December 1898, Spilsby registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: housekeeper (1881)

Addresses: Cemetery Lane, Alford, Lincolnshire (1871 census), Trusthorpe Road, Lutton, Lincolnshire (1881 census), West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire (1891 census)