David Dixon
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David Dixon
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Epitaph
DAVID DIXON
1841 - 1928 Loved Husband Of Mary And Fanny In Loving Memory Of FANNY DIXON Who Died Sep 18th 1906 Aged 64 Years
___ ALSO ___ MARY DIXON Who Died Sep 14th 1867 Aged 24 Years
"Call Not Back The Dear Departed Anchored Safe Where Storms Are O'Er On The Borderland We Leave Them Soon To Meet And Part No More"
Description
David Dixon And His 2 Wives Mary Jones Was Born In Te Aro Wellington She & David Had 4 Children Fanny Hessey Was Born In Nottinghamshire Married William Kay In Melbourne & Had 3 Children Then 1 In NZ Where Her Parents Lived After Mary'S Death David'S Cousin Frances May Kay Hessey Left Became David'S Housekeeper And Helped To Raise His Children From His First Marriage David And Frances Lived As Husband And Wife And Had 6 Daughters Before She Was Able To Get A. Divorc E. Then A. Son In 1886 A. Total Of 11 Children For David David'S Mary Kirton And Fanny'S Jane Kirton Were Sisters