Rosamund Dawson

Birth Name Rosamund Dawson
Gender female
Age at Death about 83 years, 3 months, 16 days

Narrative

Rose Dawson married 1st Thomas Cunnington 25 Dec 1780 in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
He was buried 14 July 1783, Ely, age 25.
They had children christened in Ely:
Jonathan (11 Mar 1781 - bur 12 Mar 1783, Trinity, Ely*)
William (15 May 1783 - bur 10 Dec 1783, Trinity, Ely).

*one index at familysearch transcribes Jonathan's burial record incorrectly as occurring 12 Mar 1788, age 1. This is the right transcription, both came from the same image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6QCW-WN3Z

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1751     1a
Event Note

Birth year is based on her age at death, as recorded on her burial record.

Burial April 17, 1834 St Mary, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, England   1a 2a
Event Note

County Cambridgeshire
Place Doddington
Church name St Mary
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 876
Burial date 17 Apr 1834
Burial person forename Rix
Burial person surname CROPLEY
Person age 83
(from freereg.org.uk)

transcribed as Rise Cropley at familysearch.

Families

Family of Thomas Cunnington and Rosamund Dawson
Married Husband Thomas Cunnington ( b. about 1758 d. July 14, 1783 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage December 25, 1780 Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England   3a
Event Note

Holy Trinity, Ely, Camb, Marriages
Rose Dawson married 1st Thomas Cunnington 25 Dec 1780 in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Thomas Cunnington of Stuntney, bachelor, and Rose Dawson, spinster of this parish.
Jeffery Bentham, minister

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
William CunningtonDecember 10, 1783
Jonathan CunningtonMarch 12, 1783

Family of Robert Cropley and Rosamund Dawson
Married Husband Robert Cropley ( b. August 22, 1742 d. April 7, 1808 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage May 10, 1784 St Andrew, Witchford Parish, Cambridgeshire, England   1b
Event Note

Place Witchford
Church name St Andrew
Register type Other Transcript
Marriage date 10 May 1784
Groom forename Robert
Groom surname CROPLEY
Groom parish Witchford
Groom condition widower
Bride forename Rose
Bride surname CUNNINGTON
Bride parish Ely Trinity
Bride condition widow
Witness1 Francis CROPLEY
Witness2 John MEDBURY
Notes Bride & 1st witness signed X

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Elizabeth Cropley
Robert Cropley
Rosamund CropleyJanuary 27, 1850

Source References

  1. freereg.org.uk
      • Page: "Rix" Cropley, bur 17 Apr 1834, St Mary, Doddington, Camb
      • Page: Cropley-Cunnington marriage, 10 May 1784, St Andrew Witchford, Camb
  2. England: Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983
      • Page: "Rise" Cropley, bur 17 Apr 1834, St Mary, Doddington, Camb
      • Unknown:

        Unknown, created to replace a missing note object.

  3. Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983
      • Page: Cunnington-Dawson marriage 25 Dec 1780, Holy Trinity, Ely
      • Citation:

        "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6QWT-5BMM : 5 April 2021), Rose Dawson in entry for Thomas Cunnington, 25 Dec 1780; citing Marriage, Ely Holy Trinity, Cambridgeshire, England, Cambridge University Library, England; FHL microfilm .