Dadswell Family History
Generation 8
Charlotte Martha Dadswell (1858-1875)
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Ancestors of Charlotte Martha Dadswell
Charlotte Martha's story
Key family dates
Further information
Ancestors of Charlotte Martha Dadswell
Robert Doudeswell 1560 > Robert Doudeswell 1606 > Edward Dodswell 1659 > Alexander Dodswell 1686 > Thomas Dadswell 1732 > James Dadswell 1786 > Thomas William Dadswell 1828 > Charlotte Martha Dadswell 1858
Charlotte Martha's story
Charlotte Martha Ulricke (Martha) Dadswell was the first child of Thomas and Helena Dadswell.
She was born on 12 July 1858 at Vere Street, Collingwood, an inner-Melbourne suburb. Thomas registered the birth at Collingwood, indicating that this was the family home at the time.
Martha would have been with her parents as they moved around Victoria - firstly to Geelong, and then to Pleasant Creek (now known as Stawell) and to Ledcourt (now known as Dadswells Bridge).
At the age of 16, Martha contracted measles and after a five-day illness died at Ledcourt on 21 May 1875.
Henry Dadswell of Red Cliffs (1894-1978) believed Martha had been nursing other members of the family, most likely her brother Otto who had been seriously injured when horse riding, when she became ill.
She was buried two days later in the Stawell Cemetery. Her grave is alongside the grave of her mother, who had died two years earlier, and one of her sisters.
Key family dates
Abbreviations: b = born; d = died.
| Charlotte Martha Ulricke Dadswell b 12 July 1858 - d 21 May 1875 |
Further information
Information on brothers/sisters of Charlotte Martha Dadswell
Information for Thomas William Dadswell (generation 7, father of Charlotte Martha)