Dadswell Family History

Norwood family

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Norwood/Dadswell connection
Joseph and Fanny Norwood & family
Further information

Norwood/Dadswell connection

Sidney* Herbert Norwood (1866-1936), one of four children born to Joseph and Fanny (Mears) Norwood, married Helena Matilda Dadswell (1867-1945), daughter of Thomas William and Helena Aurora (Scheer) Dadswell, at Deniliquin, NSW, on 21 May 1891.

This page contains brief details of Sidney's parents, Joseph and Fanny Norwood, and their family.

* Note: A number of family members had the name 'Sidney'; it is sometimes shown in official and other documents as 'Sydney'.

Joseph and Fanny Norwood & family

Joseph Norwood was born about 1829 at Tamworth, in Warwickshire, England. In about 1852 he married Fanny Mears, born about 1828 at Etwell, in Derbyshire.

Their children were:

Joseph John Norwood, born 16 February 1853 at Birmingham. Joseph is listed in the 1881 census as a widow with a two-year-old child Ellen. His occupation was dairyman. Shortly after this he married Mary Lawless, and the couple - both aged 30 - sailed from Plymouth, England aboard the Almora on 25 April 1883, arriving in Brisbane on June 15. Travelling with them were Ellen (4 years old) and Walter. Their later family, born in Queensland, included Mary Alice Norwood, born on 21 November 1883, and Sidney Herbert Norwood, born on 2 May 1886. Joseph died in Queensland on 13 August 1901.

Fanny A. Norwood, born about 1855 at Birmingham

Elenor M. Norwood, born about 1857 at Birmingham

Sidney Herbert Norwood, born on 15 October 1866 at Birmingham. He left England at the age of 21 aboard the ship Waroonga, sailing from London on 23 August 1887 and arriving in Brisbane on 17 October 1887. At the time his occupation was listed as barman. Sidney was living at Deniliquin, NSW, as a billiard marker in 1891 when he married Helena Matilda Dadswell. The family managed hotels at Deniliquin, Shelbourne and Tarnagulla but in the early 1920s Helena went to Melbourne and Sidney eventually was listed as a labourer living at Yallourn. Later he also went to Melbourne, becoming a caretaker, living at Orrong Road, Balaclava. For more details, see the story of Helena Dadswell.

Further information

Information on children of Sidney and Helena Norwood
Information on Helena Matilda Dadswell, wife of Sidney Herbert Norwood