The WYATT Line "Going Back"

Jesse Elizabeth Ann WYATT (1879-1942) married Albert Henry DAWES (1882-1944) in Brighton, Sussex. Her line back to Joseph WYATT b. about 1782 in Plymstock, Devon is detailed in the chart at left.

Photos of Jesse and Albert are included under my original blog on Albert Dawes accessible here.

An interesting side story about this family involves Jesse's parents Robert WYATT (1855-1905) and Fanny Louisa HOYLE (1855-1885). Jessie's birth in 1879 was followed by a brother, George, in 1884 and a sister, Lily, in 1885. Jessie's mother, Fanny, died a few weeks after Lily's birth leaving Robert WYATT with three small children. His brother and sister-in-law, William and Anna, took over the raising of Lily and since their last name was WYATT , no one was any the wiser. In fact, I believe that even Jessie didn't know that Lily was her sister and thought of her as a cousin. I am in touch with the grandchildren of Jessie and Albert and none of them knew that their grandmother had a sister.

This new relationship came to light through a contact I made on GenesReunited and resulted in the following photo of Lily's daughter's wedding. Lily married Alfred Ernest STOFFELL in 1910 and they had one child, a daughter Phyllis Ellen, born in 1912. Phyllis married Donald Edward BURLEY shown below. There might be some WYATT cousins in the wedding party.

The Albert Henry DAWES Family

Albert Henry DAWES (1882-1944) and Jessie Elizabeth Ann WYATT (1879-1942) had two children, Winnifred Mabel born 27 July 1906 and Albert Cyril born 9 June 1909 both in Brighton. Winnifred married Thomas Alphonse RHODEN (1902-1944) of the Doncaster pork butcher's family famous for their pork pies. Albert Cyril known as Cyril married Molly REINER (1909-) in 1933 but later divorced her and married Doris Brenda Joan HAWLEY (1917-2000) known as Joan in 1946. Winnifred and Thomas had one child and Cyril and Molly had two all of which I am in contact with today.

Wedding of Winn DAWES & Thomas RHODEN

Wedding of Cyril DAWES & Molly REINER

The Albert Henry DAWES Line

Albert Henry "Bert" DAWES (1882-1944) was the last child born to Thomas DAWES and Sarah BOXALL. He was born in Brighton on 16 October 1882 and became a commercial traveler (salesman?) according to the census returns. On 31 Oct. 1903, he married Jesse Elizabeth Ann WYATT (1879-1942) in Preston, Sussex.

Bert and Jesse had two children, Winifred Mabel (1906-1994) and Albert Cyril (1909-1989) both of whom had families with who I am in contact today.

An interesting development in doing the research on this family is that, through GenesReunited, I discovered that Jesse had a younger sister who was raised by her uncle because her mother died shortly after giving birth leaving her father with two young children and a baby. This sister was raised as part of her uncle's family and having the WYATT surname no one was any the wiser about it until now. As a result, a new second cousin to the descendants of Albert and Jesse has been reunited with the family although this has no impact on the other Dawes family members.

(L-R) Albert Henry Dawes and Jesse Elizabeth Ann WYATT