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The Descendants of George Dixon and Mary Aitken

Generation One

1. George Dixon, b. February 18, 1797, (son of Alexander Dixon and (unknown) Carr) d. circa 1840. He married Mary Aitken, married September 18, 1836, (see note 1) b. November 3, 1811 in Fortune Bridge, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, (daughter of James Aitken and Elizabeth M'Kie) d. December 23, 1888 in Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

2. i. Alexander "George's Alexander" Dixon b. December 30, 1836.

Generation Two

2. Alexander "George's Alexander" Dixon, b. December 30, 1836, d. August 31, 1910 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune Presbyterian (United) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Margaret Fisher, b. October 26, 1841, (daughter of Joseph Fisher and (unknown) MacDonald) d. December 24, 1927 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

3. i. George Richard Dixon b. January 27, 1860.

4. ii. William Warren Dixon b. circa 1864.

5. iii. Nathan Lemuel Dixon b. circa 1868.

iv. Elizabeth F. "Lizzie" Dixon, b. August 27, 1869 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. May 6, 1900, buried in Bay Fortune Presbyterian (United) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. She married John M. MacPhee, b. September 10, 1860 in Nova Scotia.

v. Melissa Ida Dixon, b. circa 1873 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. August 23, 1921 in Brudenell, Kings County, P.E.I. She married David H. Cobb, b. February 5, 1872 in Union Road, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, (son of Henry Cobb and Elizabeth Alexander) d. August 25, 1949.

vi. James Arthur Burton Dixon, b. August 1875 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island.

6. vii. Mary Jane "Mollie" Dixon b. circa 1875.

viii. John Franklin "Frank" Dixon, b. circa 1877 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island.

ix. Margaret "Maggie" Dixon, b. November 3, 1879 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island.

7. x. Robert Webster Dixon b. August 8, 1882.

xi. Minnie Blanche Dixon, b. June 20, 1887 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. May 14, 1949 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. She married James Daniel "Jim Dan" Coffin, b. August 20, 1881 in Fortune Bridge, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, (son of John Reilly Coffin and Marjorie Smith) d. April 17, 1953 in Fortune Bridge, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Generation Three

3. George Richard Dixon, b. January 27, 1860 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. circa 1944 in Fortune Bridge, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Annie McCallum, b. March 18, 1862 in Iles de la Madeleine, Quebec, (daughter of Muir Campbell McCallum and Elizabeth Burke) d. circa 1946 in Fortune Bridge, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

i. Elizabeth Dixon, b. October 1882.

8. ii. Frank H. Dixon b. April 1885.

iii. Joseph Milburn Dixon, b. June 2, 1887, d. February 24, 1984, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

iv. Margaret Dixon, b. July 31, 1889.

v. Vernon E. Dixon, b. March 1892, d. 1960, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

vi. Lila Mary Dixon, b. August 22, 1893.

vii. Eric B. Dixon, b. May 1895, d. circa 1964, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Sally (unknown), d. October 21, 1998 at Souris Hospital, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I.

viii. Georgie Dixon, b. June 22, 1898.

ix. James Dixon., b. April 1905.

x. George Mason Dixon, (details excluded).

4. William Warren Dixon, b. circa 1864 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. circa 1938 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Emily M. Webster, b. circa 1869, (daughter of Alexander Douglas Webster and Isabelle MacCallum) d. circa 1919, buried in Bay Fortune Presbyterian (United) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

i. Laura Dixon.

ii. Arthur Dixon.

iii. Alex Dixon, b. June 1898, d. December 21, 1902, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

iv. Georgie Dixon, b. April 1901, d. July 26, 1903, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

9. v. Roy Dixon b. circa 1903.

10. vi. Howard Goodwill Dixon b. July 6, 1912.

vii. Harold E. Dixon, b. July 6, 1912, d. circa 1979, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Catherine MacDonald, b. circa 1913, d. circa 1944, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

5. Nathan Lemuel Dixon, b. circa 1868 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island. He married (1) (unknown) (unknown). He married (2) Elizabeth Mabel McKie, b. February 11, 1868 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, (daughter of Alexander McKie and Agnes Elizabeth Underhay) d. January 9, 1954.

Children by Elizabeth Mabel McKie:

i. Dorothy Dixon, b. circa 1893 in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

ii. Arthur Dixon, b. circa 1896 in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

iii. Agnes L. Dixon, b. circa 1900 in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

iv. Stephen M. Dixon, b. circa 1903 in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

v. Jane D. Dixon, (details excluded).

6. Mary Jane "Mollie" Dixon, b. circa 1875 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. circa 1946, buried in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cardigan, Kings County, P.E.I. She married James MacDonald, b. circa 1860, d. circa 1949, buried in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cardigan, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

i. John MacDonald.

ii. Annie MacDonald.

iii. Ina Belle MacDonald, b. circa 1900, d. circa 1984, buried in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cardigan, Kings County, P.E.I.

iv. George Allan MacDonald, b. circa 1903, d. circa 1994, buried in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cardigan, Kings County, P.E.I.

v. Margaret MacDonald.

7. Robert Webster Dixon, b. August 8, 1882 in Rollo Bay West, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, d. November 10, 1961 in East Baltic, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Annie Melvina Francis, married July 27, 1904, b. March 4, 1883 in Fortune Bridge, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, (daughter of John Summerfield Francis and Jane Elizabeth Craig McKie) d. June 10, 1969 in East Baltic, Kings County, P.E.I., buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

11. i. John "Colin" Dixon b. February 15, 1905.

ii. Robert Alexander Dixon, b. June 10, 1907 in Scotstown, Quebec, d. September 15, 1907 in Scotstown, Quebec, buried in Scotstown, Quebec.

12. iii. Muriel Margaret Dixon b. September 6, 1908.

13. iv. Walter Eugene Dixon b. May 13, 1910.

14. v. Frederick Arnold "Fred" Dixon b. June 30, 1911.

15. vi. Elsie Mildred Dixon b. December 5, 1914.

vii. Albert Francis Dixon, b. September 20, 1915, d. November 13, 1991, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Rita Rose, (daughter of Wallace Rose and Olive Robertson).

16. viii. Arthur Earle Dixon (details excluded).

17. ix. Harry Spurgeon Dixon b. September 21, 1917.

x. William "Edgar" Dixon, b. January 26, 1919, d. August 8, 1997 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, P.E.I., buried August 10, 1997 in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Frances MacEachern, b. November 4, 1914, (daughter of James MacEachern and Matilda (unknown)) d. January 23, 1986.

18. xi. Adella Pearle Dixon (details excluded).

19. xii. John Franklin Dixon b. September 30, 1921.

20. xiii. Robert Alexander Dixon b. January 16, 1923.

21. xiv. Richard Roy Dixon (details excluded).

Generation Four

8. Frank H. Dixon, b. April 1885, d. circa 1948, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Mary Albina "Binnie" Weatherbie, b. circa 1891, (daughter of William Roubelle Weatherbie and Margaret Gilbert) d. August 2, 1991, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

Children:

22. i. Marguerite Dixon b. circa 1916.

9. Roy Dixon, b. circa 1903, d. circa 1992. He married Maude A. (unknown), b. circa 1899, d. circa 1982.

Children:

i. Norman Roy Dixon, b. April 2, 1936, d. August 27, 1939, buried in South Lake Christian Church Cemetery, South Lake, Kings County, P.E.I.

10. Howard Goodwill Dixon, b. July 6, 1912, d. May 6, 1985, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Rita Christina MacDonald, b. June 13, 1916, d. February 2, 1997 at her late residence, Fortune Bridge, Kings County, P.E.I., (see note 2) buried February 5, 1997 in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I.

11. John "Colin" Dixon, b. February 15, 1905 in Scotstown, Quebec, d. October 15, 1985, buried in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Helen Margaret Hastings, married September 9, 1931, b. June 27, 1913, d. May 27, 2002 at Colville Manor, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I., (see note 3) buried May 30, 2002 in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I.

12. Muriel Margaret Dixon, b. September 6, 1908 in Scotstown, Quebec, d. December 4, 1979, buried in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I. She married Robert Ernest Robertson, married January 2, 1932, b. April 18, 1904, d. September 23, 2003 at Colville Manor, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I., (see note 4) buried September 26, 2003 in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I.

13. Walter Eugene Dixon, b. May 13, 1910 in Scotstown, Quebec, d. March 23, 1995 at Souris Hospital, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I., buried March 27, 1995 in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Inez Kathryn Rose, (details excluded).

14. Frederick Arnold "Fred" Dixon, b. June 30, 1911, d. June 18, 1991, buried in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Edythe Truleigh Bruce, married August 6, 1938, b. May 13, 1920, (daughter of Harold Bruce and Mabel Robertson) d. March 16, 1962, buried in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I.

15. Elsie Mildred Dixon, b. December 5, 1914, d. December 16, 1996, buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Sudbury, Ontario. She married Weston Garfield LePage, (details excluded).

16. Arthur Earle Dixon, (details excluded). He married Myrtle May Rose, (details excluded).

17. Harry Spurgeon Dixon, b. September 21, 1917, d. November 4, 1996 at Souris Hospital, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I., buried November 7, 1996 in East Point United Baptist Church Cemetery, Kingsboro, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Jessie Ida Rose, (details excluded).

18. Adella Pearle Dixon, (details excluded). She married (1) Fay Carmen Glover, b. April 25, 1897, d. September 15, 1954, buried in St. John's United Church Cemetery, Mount Stewart, Queens County, P.E.I. She married (2) Borden A. Myers, (son of John H. Myers and Deborah (unknown)).

19. John Franklin Dixon, b. September 30, 1921, d. July 22, 1962, buried in Bay Fortune United (Presbyterian) Church Cemetery, Bay Fortune, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Margaret Shirley Fisher, married July 11, 1947, b. December 10, 1927, (daughter of Fraser Fisher and Adelaide Geldert) d. October 16, 2003 at Souris Hospital, Souris, Prince Edward Island.

20. Robert Alexander Dixon, b. January 16, 1923, d. November 11, 2004 at Souris Hospital, Souris, Kings County, P.E.I. He married Irene Elsie Young, (details excluded).

21. Richard Roy Dixon, (details excluded). He married (1) Gloria Green. He married (2) Anne Fraser.

Note 1 They were married by J.C. Underhay, Justice of the Peace.

Note 2 Her funeral was held from the Dingwell Funeral Home in Souris, P.E.I. to the Bay Fortune United Church in Bay Fortune, P.E.I. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. David N. MacNaughton assisted by Rev. Bryer Jones. A reflection entitled "Footprints" was read by granddaughter Jacqueline O'Keefe. The organist was Bill Matthews who accompanied Mary (Chaisson) MacDonald who sang the solo selection: "One Day at a Time" and the Bay Fortune United Church Choir in singing the departing tribute selection: "The Old Rugged Cross." The congregational hymns were: "Because He Lives" and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow."

The honorary pallbearers were: Norman and Thelma Bruce, Judy Dixon, Thelma Dixon, Lynn Ann Dixon, Anne MacDonald, Dianne Dunphy, Frances and Joe MacDonald, Harold MacKenzie, Annette and Stevie MacInnis, John D. O'Keefe and Henrietta Donovan.

The pallbearers were: Edward Stevenson, John O'Keefe, Leland Dixon, Peter Ching, George Cantelo and Leonard MacDonald.

The flower bearers were: grandchildren Michelle Stevenson, Jacqueline O'Keefe, Sean O'Keefe, Brenda Joan Taylor, Nathan Ching, Bill Cantelo, Jon Cantelo and Reagh Ellis.

Note 3 Her funeral was held from the Dingwell Funeral Home in Souris, P.E.I. to the East Point United Baptist Church in Kingsboro, P.E.I. The funeral service was conducted by Pastor Alan Beck. The organist was Sandra Ching who accompanied Alice Winterhalder in the solo selection: "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow" and in the singing of the congregational hymns: "In the Garden", "My Jesus I Love Thee" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".

The honorary pallbearers were: Clive Bruce, Janice Robertson, Jennifer Robertson, Beth Ching, Inex Dixon, Margaret Stewart, Lorna Robertson, Mildred MacVane, Martha Bruce, Bessie Ching, Amanda MacGregor and Mildred Robertson.

The pallbearers were: David Bruce, Troy Bruce, Richard MacGregor, Vernon Garrett, Joe Fay and Bob Dixon.

The flower bearers were: Carol Bruce, Cindy Bruce, Marion MacGregor, Sheila Eastman, Barbara MacDonald and Dawn MacCormack.

Note 4 His funeral was held from the Dingwell Funeral Home in Souris, P.E.I. to the East Point United Baptist Church in Kingsboro, P.E.I. The funeral service was conducted by Pastor Alan Beck. Readings were given by granddaughter Gail Robertson and great-granddaughters Meghan and Heather McQuaid and Sonya McIntosh. The organist was Sandra Ching who accompanied Joan Livingstone in the solo selections: "In the Garden" and "23rd Psalm". The congregational hymn was: "Old Rugged Cross".

The ushers were: nephews Gordon and Sterling Robertson.

The honorary pallbearers were: nephews Gordon Robertson, Wendell Robertson, Earl Robertson, Alvin Rose, Huntley Rose, Waldron Bertram, Sterling Robertson, Milford Robertson, Frank Robertson, Waldron Rose and George Bruce.

The pallbearers were: grandsons Lester and Lucas Robertson, great-grandson Morgan McIntosh, and grandsons-in-law Norman McIntosh, Peter McQuaid and David MacDonald.

The flower bearers were: great-grandchildren Melissa MacDonald, Sonya McIntosh, Heather and Meghan McQuaid.

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