bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Donald Howatt and Janet MacEachern; Lemuel 2nd. m. 27 Feb 1895 Mary MacKenzie, b. 15 Feb 1865, d. 17 May 1955, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem.. See Howatt history.
Lemuel and his family lived and farmed in Albany. The first tele- phone switchboard in the Albany area was in Lemuel’s house.
Lemuel Dawson and Ellen Howatt had 5 children:
Harriet Jane Hattie b. 2 March 1885, m Gus Waddell. See Waddell history.
Jennie Ellen Janet b. 12 Dec 1887, d. 24 March 1914, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
John Franklin b. 4July 1888, d. 28 Aug 1962, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..]ohn served in the American Navy in World War I.
Major Goodwill b. 9 Apr 1892, m. Lauretta P, lived in Lake Clear, NY.
Thomas Lemuel b. 10 Apr 1893, d. 11 Feb 1916, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., lost on the ice boats to the mainland.
Lemuel Dawson and his 2nd. wife, Mary MacKenzie, had 7 chil- dren:
+Murdock H. b. 8 Feb 1896.
Sterling Alexander b. 20 June 1897, d. 28 Feb 1973, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
Annie Isabella b. 23 June 1899, m. Albert Brown, USA. Annie had 1 child: Ralph.
Christine b. 22 Sept 1901, 111. Michael MacNeill, Boston. They had 1 child: Michael.
Charles b. 28July 1903, d. 30 Apr 1928, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
Sadie d. 16 Aug 1987, bur. Saranac Lake, NY, m. Roy Darrach. They had 1 child: Margaret.
Margaret b. 22 March 1908, d. 10 Apr 1928, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., was a telephone operator.
Murdock H. b. 8 Feb 1896, d. 13 Sept 1957, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Lemuel Dawson and Mary MacKenzie, m. 22 June 1922 Grace Edna Francis, b. 7 Oct 1895, d. 4 March 1972, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Joseph R. Francis and Josephine Ella Stordy.
Murdock and Grace lived and farmed on the homestead in Albany.
Murdock Dawson and Grace Francis had 12 children: Mildred b. 4July 1924, m. Ralph Harvey. See Louise Dawson history.
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