William Dix

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: blacksmith, by the time of the census in June 1841. ¹⁸⁴ he is then living with his wife, two sons, an apprentice and a domestic servant at Butcher Lane, Beeston, Notts. Some of their children, notably two daughters, are missing from the household; one of these, Catherine, aged 5, appears to be living in Nottingham in the household of Samuel and Susanna Singleton.

• Occupation: blacksmith, at the time of the census in April 1851. ¹⁸⁵ He was then living with his wife and five children at "top of Butcher Lane".

• Occupation: blacksmith, at the time of the census in April 1861. ¹⁸⁶ He was then living with his wife, three of their children and an apprentice at Butcher Lane, Beeston, Notts

• Occupation: blacksmith, at the time of the census in April 1871. ¹⁸⁷ He was then living at Butcher Lane with his wife and one son as well as a apparently employed blacksmith.

• Residence: Chapel Street, Beeston, Notts, by the time of the census in April 1881. ¹⁸⁸ He was then retired as a shoing smith and living with his wife, youngest son and a grandson.

William married Isabella Day, daughter of William Day and Catherine Calledine, on 27 Jun 1826 in Duffield, Derbyshire.¹⁷⁷ (Isabella Day was born circa 1809 in Beeston, Notts ^{189,190,191,192,193}, baptised on 4 Feb 1810 in Beeston Parish Church, Notts ¹⁶² and died on 23 Dec 1882 in Beeston, Notts ¹⁹⁴.)