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DIXON, Charles

DIXON, Charles

Male 1861 - 1939  (78 years)

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  • Name DIXON, Charles 
    Birth 1861  Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 7 Apr 1861  St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 7 Apr 1861  St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Penarth, St Clement, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Penarth, St Clement, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  Penarth, St Clement, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Grocer 
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  Penarth, St Clement, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Grocer 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  5 Nore Road, Portishead, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  5 Nore Road, Portishead, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  5 Nore Road, Portishead, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Commercial travellor 
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  5 Nore Road, Portishead, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Commercial travellor 
    Census 31 Mar 1901  22 Elliston Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 31 Mar 1901  22 Elliston Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  22 Elliston Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Commercial agent 
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  22 Elliston Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Commercial agent 
    Death 12 Jan 1939  Coaley Road; Shirehampton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Newspaper Article 28 Jan 1939  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Western Daily Press 
    Newspaper Article 28 Jan 1939  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Western Daily Press 
    • SHIREHAMPTON MAN KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
      Lorry Drivers' Evidence at Inquest
      JURY'S RIDER
      The Bristol inquest on Charles Dixon (78), of Coaley Road, Shirehampton, who was involved in an accident with a motor-lorry, at the junction of Station Road and Portway, Shirehampton, on January 12, and who died a few minutes after the accident, was held yesterday.
      Police Constable Tall said that when he arrived at the scene of the accident he found Dixon lying on the footpath, having apparently been moved. A doctor certified him to be dead.
      "The lorry involved was standing on the river side the road, about three feet from the kerb. Its weight unladen was three tons nine hundredweight,
      In a statement to the police the driver of the lorry said: —"I was driving my lorry along Portway towards Avonmouth about 15 feet from the kerb and gradually closing in. I was travelling about 23 miles an hour, and had all my lights on. with my headlamps dipped. The windscreen wiper was still working.
      "FELT SLIGHT BUMP"
      "I saw no one in the road, but felt a slight bump on the offside. It was so slight that it was hardly enough to cause me to pull up. I did pull up, however, and got out, went back, and saw a man lying in the road."
      Stanley Jenkins, of St. George, said that driving from Bristol to Avonmouth the lighting effect was terrible. He said the lights dazzled and glared—it was blinding in patches, but dark in others.
      George Martin, of Weston, Bath, a lorry driver, said that he was going along Portway when another lorry passed him.
      "We got to Station Road, when I saw something fall from the lorry in front, which I took to be a tarpaulin.
      "My headlights then picked up the object in the road, and I saw it was a human form. The other lorry then pulled up."
      The coroner: Before you saw the object falling had you seen anyone in the road at all? —No, sir, and I was only about 10 to 15 feet away before I realised what it really was.
      A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. The jury added that in their opinion the driver was not keeping a proper look-out.
    Person ID I14146  HalstedMaster
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2025 

    Father DIXON, George,   b. 28 Jan 1813, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1897, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother CHALK, Susanna,   b. 5 Jun 1826, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Jul 1921 and Sep 1921, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1844  Parish Church, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F4796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S12886] Census 1861 St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, England RG9/1558 Folio:018 Page:001, (RG9/1558 Folio:018 Page:001).

    2. [S19386] Census 1871 St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, England RG10/2282 Folio:012 Page:016.

    3. [S12884] Census 1881 Penarth, St Clement, Cornwall, England RG11/2310 Folio:119 Page:006, (RG11/2310 Folio:119 Page:006).

    4. [S19345] Census 1891 5 Nore Road, Portishead, Somerset, England RG12/1956 Folio:107 Page:001.

    5. [S19346] Census 1901 22 Elliston Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England RG13/2369 Folio:147 Page:017.

    6. [S3] GRO Deaths Indexes, (Available on many websites - This covers all Death registrations in England and Wales from July 1837. To obtain copies of certificates see https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/), 3.
      Q1 1938 - Ref 6a 327 - Bristol aged 78

    7. [S6923] British Newspaper Archive, (This is a single source that covers all entries in the British Newspaper Archive. Check each individual's entries for any articles that record more details and information. Website: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/), 31.
      Western Daily Press - Saturday 28 January 1939

    8. [S6923] British Newspaper Archive, (This is a single source that covers all entries in the British Newspaper Archive. Check each individual's entries for any articles that record more details and information. Website: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/), Western Daily Press - Saturday 28 January 1939, 31.

    9. [S78] GRO Marriages Indexes, (Available on many websites - This covers all Marriage registrations in England and Wales from July 1837. To obtain copies of certificates see https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/), 2.
      Q3 1844 - Ref 1 153 - St Marylebone


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