NameEdgar Dodson 
Birth12 Oct 1836, Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England
Death25 Oct 1914, Nelson, New Zealand
BurialRiwaka Cemetery, Tasman Bay, New Zealand
Misc. Notes
Name and age (giving estimated year of birth of ca 1837) found by Brian of
nzolivers.com from:
http://www.museumnp.org.nz/early-settlers Edgar, at aged 5 on arrival, sailed from Gravesend 11 September 1841, arriving in Nelson on 16 February 1842 on 16 February 1842 with his mother (Ann) and siblings Alfred aged 9 on arrival, Adolphus aged 7 on arrival, on the ship “Lloyds” arriving on 15 February 1842. Edgar’s younger sister Mary Ann died on board (no age). His father had travelled earlier on the ship “Will Watch” arriving in Nelson on 4 November 1841.
Full date and place of birth and death, date and place of marriage, place of burial, from research file10 in June 2017.
Edgar Dodson here, married ‘Jane Tutbury’ b.1840.
Brian of
nzolivers.com notes that Edgar’s older brother, ‘Adolphus Dodson’ b.1834, also married into the Tutbury family by marrying ‘Sarah Tutbury’ b.1845, Sarah being the older sister of Jane Tutbury!
Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2021:
1859/1945. Bride: Jane Tutbery. Groom: Edgar Dodson
Full date of marriage of 16 August 1859 from further searching in May 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.