Shep's Place Family Tree

Also in the household was Annie Johnson, a domestic servant from Yorkshire. She was 28 years old.

In the 1881 English census we find James 13 years old and Edwin Dakin 15 years old attending the Blackheath Village School for Sons of Ministers in Blackheath, West Kent. Both boys had been born in Calcutta, Bengal. Their cousin Nicholas Davey was not there.

It was interesting to note the various backgrounds of the boys who attended the school. A few of the birthplaces of some of the boys included Canton, China; Kandy, Ceylon; Peeltown, Cape Colony; Nova Scotia, Canada; Jerusalem; and Jamaica. It must have been a stimulating environment. I hope that they were well fed.

In 1891 Edwin is a young ‎(25)‎ civil engineer in a town or village with an amazing name--Frodsham Lordship--in Cheshire. He is sharing accommodation with another young civil engineer. The name of their cottage is "Five Crosses."

Early in 1893 Edwin married Sarah Fermor, who died about eight months later, probably from complications of pregnancy or childbirth. A baby daughter was born at that time whose name on the 1901 census form is Marian E. The Carey Family Association gives her name as Mabel.

By 1901 Edwin was married to Sarah Piggott , the couple has a daughter aged seven. This is Marian E. whose mother Sarah died at the time of her birth seven years before.

The Dakins live in Haddenham where Sarah was born. Edwin's occupation is a civil engineer who works on the municipal railway board. Sarah's mother Ann Piggott, a lace pillow maker, lives nearby.