Person Sheet


Name William Frances DAWSON
Birth April 13, 1914, Tignish, PEI, Canada32
Death September 1, 1976, Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY32 Age: 62
Burial Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, NY32
Emigration 1936-1940, From PEI, Canada to NY32 Age: 21
Occupation Welder32
Education Primary Schooling32
Religion Catholic32
Father Henry DAWSON (1883-1969)
Mother Mary Frances PHEE (1890-1977)

 

  
Spouses:
1 Rita Helen HAGGERTY
Birth April 7, 1914, Drew St., Brooklyn, NY32 Age: 86
Baptism April 19, 1914, St. Elizabeth's, Woodhaven, NY32,33,34
Occupation 9/1932-9/1944 Phillip A Hunt. Company Secretary32
Education St. Patrick's Grade School graduation 1928; Bishop McDonald high school graduation 193232,35,34
Religion Catholic32
Father Thomas Steven HAGGERTY (1885-1976)
Mother Mary Magdelen DUNNIGAN (1884-1963)

 

 
Marriage October 30, 194336
   
Children: Mary Anne (1950-)
William Dawson
   
Notes for William Frances DAWSON
-Lived in Canarsie when first came to U.S.; Grant Ave, 189-12 11th st. Ozone Park, Brooklyn (1943-1947), 1319 6th Ave. New Hyde Park, NY (1952 until his death)
-Birth Certificate registration date 12/10/1948
-Grandparents helped bring him up.
-History of Diabetes
-Nickname was Willy
-Liked to play golf & bridge
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Notes for Rita Helen (Spouse 1)
3732-Residences: Birth-1928, Drew St. Brooklyn; 1928-1936 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn; 1940-1943 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn; 1943-1947 Grant Ave, Ozone
Park; 1947-1952 189-12 11th st. Ozone Park; 1952-present 1319 6th Ave.
New Hyde Park New York
-Had diptheria as a child and family was quarenteed.
-With cousin Genivive as a child would play games on the stoop or buy malteds down the street.
-Remembers Bedford Ave. house having no electricity but a gas burner & stove. Bathtub shared by 3 apartments, and facilities were like an outhouse. Kids had little wood playhouse in the back.
-Remembers getting pennies from a brown jug at Grandmother's, and Grandpa would give her a gold coin at Christmas... most she gave to mother.
-Studied piano and dance
-Avid reader
-Remembers dancing to "Goodnight Sweetheart" at dances as a teen.
-Grandma Martha had a cat named "Deer-kiss"
-Childhood friends included Ana Marie Costella, Evelyn White, & Rita White.
-Saw first silent picture on DeKalb Ave. in Brooklyn for 10 cents.
-Started at Phillip Hunt Co. @ $18 a week, ended @ $45 a week. But dropped during depression to $16 a week.
-Remembers rent @ Franklin Ave. was $40 month.
-Liked Rudolph Valentino
-Met husband living next door on Grant Ave.
-1st car 1936 Plymouth w/ rumble seat in the back. $345.
-Liked Radio, Abbot & Costello, Laurel & Hardey, Amos & Andy, and Arthur Godfroy.
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