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Lenora & John Dykens

Lenora,¹ the fourth daughter of John & Jenny Dickson, was born 28 October 1833.² She married John Dykens in July 1856.³ They had these children:^4-7

• Elizabeth or Betsy, born about 1856, married Henry Rae or Rea on 26 July 1881.
• John, born about 1858, appears last in the 1881 census.
• Mary Ann, born about 1860, married Joseph Terris on 28 August 1881.
• Alexander, born about 1860, appears last in the 1891 census.⁸
• Robert, born about 1861, married the widow Bessie Dyken on 17 January 1888. ⁹
• Emma Frances, born about 1863, married Ole Olsen on 14 June 1884. ¹⁰
• Thomas, born about 1866, appears last in the 1881 census.
• Jane, born about 1869, married Charles P. Roberts on 3 April 1889.
• Ellen, born 1870,¹¹ married Charles A. Brown on 16 April 1890.
• Oressa, born 5 March 1872, married Robert P. Clark on 13 December 1891.
• Daniel, born about 1877, married Elizabeth Jane Aldcroft on 12 November 1900.
• Orener May, 31 March 1878 to 10 August 1878.¹²

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[1] Her name is variously spelled Lenora, Leonora, Leonara, Linna, Helena, Lena, and possibly Alma.
[2] Date from Thomas Dickson's family bible.
[3] Marriage date from birth records for Sarah (which gives 14 July) and Orissa (15 July).
John's surname is variously spelled Dykens, Dyken, Dikens, Deykins, Dakins, or Dickens.
[4] 1871 Census, River Philip A district, household 41.
[5] 1881 Census, River Philip B district, household 35.
[6] 1891 Census, River Philip district, household 134.
[7] Marriage dates and names are from county records unless otherwise noted.
[8] I had previously thought Alex married Lilla Mae Ward, but I recently determined that Lilla Ward's husband was another Alex Dykens, son of Joseph and Isabel Dykens. The fate of Alex son of John is unclear; I cannot locate him in the 1901 census.
[9] Doug Blue suggests her maiden name was "Bugley" or possibly "Pugsley" and her first husband was John Dykens but I have found no support for this yet.
[10] "Frances" in the 1871 and 1881 census returns, "Emma F." in her marriage record. I infer they're the same person by proximity of birth dates, and elimination of others.
[11] A birth record exists for a Sarah, born 11 July 1870 to John & Leonora Deykins, which seems to match the Ellen appearing in later records.
[12] From her gravemarker in the Hillside Cemetery, Springhill.

Census, birth, marriage and death records are from Don Lewis's transcriptions, generously made available at the Cumberland County GenWeb site. Thanks also to Douglas Blue for sharing his research on this family.

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