f a m i l y Children with: Sarah Ann Robinson Siblings: Thomas J Biddleston Harry Biddleston Sarah Biddleston Elizabeth Biddleston Emma Biddleston Robert Isaac Biddleston Mary Ann Biddlestone Emily Biddlestone Children: Harold Vincent Dawson Clarence George (Dido) Dawson Doris Louise (Dolly) Dawson Gladys May Dawson Bernard Herbert Dawson John Seymour (Jack) Dawson Lily Ella (Lil) Dawson Florence Winifred Dawson John Reuben Dawson Born: 26 May 1876, Harborne Married 29 Sep 1895, All Saints, Wellington, to Sarah Ann Robinson Died: 1 Dec 1940, 218 Lickey Road, Rednal Occupation: Steeplejack / Storekeeper at Austin Works 1881 Census has him living in Harbourne 1901 Census has him living at 3 Melbourne Road, Smethwick 1911 Census has him living at 18 Bournville Cottages, Bournville Lane, Kings Norton Also lived at: 23 Rosefield Road, Smethwick 32 Corbett Street, Smethwick 71 Church Lane, Smethwick 31 Elm Road 192 Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield 192 Cock Lane, Northfield 7 Laburnum Road Selly Oak Road, Northfield Mary Vale Road Fireman's Cottage just inside Cadbury's Factory (near dining room) 218 Lickey Road, Rednal (Bought from new in 1939, cost £370) Worked as a Steam Engine Fitter at the turn of the century and as a Fireman at Cadbury's Bought a piece of land (now flooded by Frankley Reservoir) and two 1914-18 war huts (by auction) and made them into a bungalow. They reared chickens and turkeys on the land. The chickens (not the turkeys) were stolen one night, suspected but not proven, by gypsies. In the 1920s John Reuben and Harry used to commute by train to work at Longbridge, Austin Motor Company.