Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Nicholas William Dadson was born on 13 August 1879 one of the fourteen children of John Dadson (1843-1925) and Phyllis Dadson née Allchin (1844-1915). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1879 in the Camberwell registration district.
In the 1881 census he is shown as living at No.1 Elizabeth Cottages, Peckham Park Road, Peckham, with his parents and seven siblings: Sarah Ann Dadson (1864-1933), Henry Thomas Dadson (b.1865), Elizabeth Ann Dadson (1868-1893), John Frederick Dadson (1872-1950), Rhoda Ann Dadson (1874-1889), Phillis Dadson (b.1876), Margaret Dadson (1877-1963) and a cousin called Lydia Dadson (b.1861). His father was described as a gas factory messenger, whilst his elder brother, Henry Thomas Dadson, was shown as a gas works labourer.
On 1 March 1886 he was admitted to the Cold Blow Lane Temporary School (later renamed as Monson Primary School, Hunsdon Road, London, SE14 5RD ) where the school register shows the family were living at 39 Hunsdon Road. He remained here until 11 September 1891 when he was transferred to the Colls Road School, Colls Road, Peckham (now converted to residential apartments).
He was shown as a scholar in the 1891 census living at 41 King Arthur Street, Peckham, with his parents and seven siblings: Elizabeth, John, Phillis, Margaret, William Frank Dadson (1881-1974), Ruth Ellen Dadson (1883-1921) and George Henry Dadson (1888-1980). His father continued to be described as a gas company messenger whilst his elder brother John Frederick Dadson was shown as a gas company gas fitter.
The 1901 census shows him as a gas worker fitter residing at 9 Arthur Street, North Peckham, with his parents, four siblings: Phillis, Frank, Ruth and George, together with a boarder who was shown as a gas worker labourer. His father was also described as a gas worker labourer whilst his younger brother William Frank Dadson was listed as a gas worker fitter.
On 8 June 1902 he married Florence Gertrude Marson (1878-1928) at Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, where the marriage register shows him as aged 23 years, a bachelor and gas fitter of 8 New Church Road, Camberwell and his wife as aged 24 years, a spinster of 9 Arthur Street, Old Kent Road, Camberwell.
When he completed his 1911 census return form he described himself as a gas fitter living in four rooms at 119 Dalmain Road, Forest Hill, with his wife and their son, John Dadson, aged 1 year. He claimed on the census form that his wife had two children, both of whom were still alive, but only one is listed.
During WW1 he was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, service number 97225, and entered France on 18 October 1915. Electoral registers in in 1915 show him at 136 Malham Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, but by 1918 he was listed as an absent voter residing at the same address and confirmed that he was a Sapper attached the 174th Tunnelling Company of the Royal Engineers. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal 1914-1918 an the Victory Medal.
Electoral registers from 1919 to 1922 show both him and his wife listed at 19 Church Street, Camberwell and in 1925 at 188 Southend Lane, Catford.
His wife died on 2 February 1928 and was buried on 9 February 1928 in Greenwich. Following the death of his first wife he was remarried to Constance Caroline Jane Porrett (1884-1970), the marriage being registered in the 2nd quarter of 1928 in the Paddington registration district.
Electoral registers from 1929 to 1931 show them both listed at 48 Poulton Avenue, Carshalton, Surrey. He and his wife are shown in the 1939 England and Wales Register as living at 63 Wellesley Road, Croydon and his occupation was recorded as an engineer, gas, steam & hot water fitter. Electoral registers from 1945 to 1948 show them both listed at 7 Colston Court, West Street, Carshalton, Surrey.
It would appear that he and his wife separated as electoral registers in 1949 & 1950 show just him listed at 58 Alamaba Road, Woolwich and in 1951 & 1952 at 40 Cressingham Road, London, SE13. By 1955 he had returned to 58 Alamaba Road, Woolwich and in 1959 he is listed at 4 Heath Villas, London, SE18. His wife however was listed in 1951 at 71 King's Road, Chelsea and in 1953 at 1 Bridge Road, Weybridge, Surrey.
His death, aged 79 years, was registered in the 1st quarter of 1959 in the Woolwich registration district and his widow was immediately remarried to an Alfred G. Newton in the 2nd quarter of 1959 in the Surrey Northern registration district.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
