Robert Dodds

Robert Lawson Dodds 1867-1904
Robert was born about 1867, in Sunderland, the son of Matthew Dodds and Martha Ann Lowes Thompson. He married Eliza Dixon.
Eliza Dixon 1863-1935
I have no solid information on Eliza.
I have identified the following children:

Elizabeth	Born abt 1893	Fulwell, County Durham	Married Joseph "Harry" Fulwood
Mary	Born abt 1895	Fulwell, County Durham	Never Married
Frederick Lowes	Born 27 Aug 1897	Fulwell, County Durham	Married Lillian Wilson
Harry	Born abt 1900	Fulwell, County Durham	Married Amy Caroline Kirsup
Robert Thompson L.	Born abt 1902	Fulwell, County Durham	Never Married
Charles Edward S.	Born abt 1904	Fulwell, County Durham	Died at Age 10

Birth of Parents

Robert Dodds

b: abt 1867 Sunderland 1867 2Q Sunderland 10a 578
son of Matthew Dodds and Martha Ann Lowes Thompson

Eliza Dixon

b: abt 1863 Sunderland, County Durham

Marriage

2 May 1893
Robert Dodds
Eliza Dixon

Registrar Office, Sunderland, County Durham 1893 2Q Sunderland 10a 857

Children

Elizabeth Dodds

b: abt 1893 Fulwell, County Durham 1893 4Q Sunderland 10a 569
daughter of Robert Dodds and Eliza Dixon, 47 Osbourne Street, Fulwell

Mary Dodds

b: abt 1895 Fulwell, County Durham 1895 3Q Sunderland 10a 632
daughter of Robert Dodds and Eliza Dixon, 13 Osbourne Street, Fulwell

Frederick Lowes Dodds

b: 27 Aug 1897 Sunderland, County Durham 1897 4Q Sunderland 10a 589
son of Robert Dodds and Eliza Dixon, 29 Charles Street, Sunderland

Harry Dodds

b: abt 1900 Fulwell, County Durham
son of Robert Dodds and Eliza Dixon, 47 Osbourne Street, Fulwell

1901 Census	RG13-4722	1 April 1901	Sunderland, County Durham
47 Osborne Street, Roker
Robert Dodds Eliza Elizabeth Mary Frederick Harry	Age 32 Age 35 Age 7 Age 5 Age 3 Age 1	Shipyard Labourer	Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth	Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham	abt 1867 abt 1863 abt 1893 abt 1895 27 Aug 1897 abt 1899

Robert Thompson L. Dodds

b: abt 1902 Fulwell, County Durham 1902 1Q Sunderland 10a 757
son of Robert Dodds and Eliza Dixon, 13 Osbourne Street, Fulwell

Charles Edward S. Dodds

b: abt 1904 Fulwell, County Durham 1904 3Q Sunderland 10a 737
son of Robert Dodds and Eliza Dixon, 13 Osbourne Street, Fulwell Died at Age 10

Death

Robert Dodds

Died 31 Aug 1904, Age 37, at the Robert Thompson Shipbuilding Yard, Southwick

1904 3Q Sunderland 10a 402

ERECTED
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT LAWSON
THE YOUNGEST AND BELOVED SON OF THE LATE
MATTHEW DODDS
AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE
R. THOMPSON
WEST HOUISE, FULWELL
WHO DIED AUG 31ST 1904
AGED 37

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH

DURHAM 17 Sep 1904 Probate

DODDS, Robert Lawson, of 47 Osbourne-street, Sunderland, died 31 August 1904, at Southwick, county Durham, Administration Durham, 17 September, to Eliza Dodds, widow. Effects £24 11s.

1911 Census	RG14-199	3 April 1911	Sunderland, County Durham
13 Osborne Street (4 Rooms)
Eliza Dodds (Widow) Elizabeth (Dau) Mary (Dau) Frederick Lowes (Son) Harry (Son) Robert Thompson Lawson (Son) Charles Edward Steven (Son) Edward Dixon (Brother) Jane Dixon (SisLaw)	Age 48 Age 18 Age 16 Age 14 Age 12 Age 9 Age 7 Age 39 Age 39	Cleaner Domestic School School Shipwright	Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland Sunderland	Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham	abt 1863 abt 1893 abt 1895 abt 1897 abt 1900 abt 1902 abt 1904 abt 1871 abt 1871
Eliza had Six children, and all are still living.

Death

Eliza (Dixon) Dodds

Died June 1935, Age 71, at 13 Osbourne Street, Fulwell 1935 2Q Sunderland 10a 725

SPECIAL THANKS to Albert Richmond Jones for many of the details provided above.