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Name
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Dawes, Eli
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Date of birth
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1861
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Location
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Southrop
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Notes
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Birth / baptism
Ely Dawes. Gloucestershire, Cirencester, 1860, Oct, Nov, Dec, Vol. 6a, p 293;
Dawes (or Daws) was baptized at Kempsford on 27 January 1861, son of John, a shoemaker from Hannington (Wilts), and Mary; Southrop, [AB]; Kempsford, Gloucestershire, 27 January, 1861 [AB]; Southrop, Gloucestershire, 1861, Census, 1901.
Marriage
Gloucestershire, Northleach, 1882, Oct Nov Dec, Vo. 6a, p 741; Eli Dawes married Mary Jane Taylor;
He married at Southrop on 28 October 1882 Mary Jane Taylor, when he was unable to sign his name, though his bride was literate.[AB]
Death / burial
Gloucestershire, Cirencester, 1951, Jan, Feb, Mar, Vol. 7b, p 609, age, 91;
Southrop on 13 March 1951, aged 91. [AB].
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 24/3/51 p.6 [Local News: Southrop]
Death of Mr Eli Dawes
The death occurred on Saturday, March 10, of Mr Eli Dawes, at the ripe old age of 91. During his later years he resided at Sunnyside, Southrop, the home of his son Mr Albert Dawes, where he was devotedly tended and cared for. Eli, as he was familiarly known, loved on fine days to be taken out in an invalid chair, along the country roads he knew so well, when he spoke with everyone he met and maintained a vigorous interest in rural affairs. Born at Kempsford, he came as a young man to Southrop, where he lived for 70 years. As an employee of the late Mr Edmonds and the late Mr T. Arkell, at Manor Farm, he was a good and conscientious worker. But he was also interested in pig breeding, and became a well-known figure at country markets, until advancing age caused his retirement about ten years ago.
[Funeral at Southrop on ‘Thursday of last week’. ‘Rock of Ages’ sung. Many floral tributes]
My particular thanks to Dr. C J Bearman who researched a number of Gloucestershire singers as part of the Singing Landscape Project, 2008 - 2010 with whose kind permission this obituary is reproduced.
