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Howard Maitland LYONS

Male 1890 - 1917  (26 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Howard Maitland LYONS was born on 21 Aug 1890 in Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom (son of Capt. William Henry LYONS and Mary Agnes THOMSON); died on 27 Feb 1917 in Somme, France; was buried in Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières, Nord, France.

    Notes:

    2nd Lieutenenant Howard Maitland Lyons has been killed in action (27 Feb. 1917) in France. He was buried in Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 16), in Armentières.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Capt. William Henry LYONS was born in Jul 1837 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick (son of Capt. David LYONS and Jane Bamford DIXON); died on 12 Nov 1911 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

    William married Mary Agnes THOMSON in 1873. Mary was born on 9 Feb 1854 in Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom; died on 30 Apr 1940 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Agnes THOMSON was born on 9 Feb 1854 in Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom; died on 30 Apr 1940 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    Children:
    1. Jane Henry LYONS was born on 10 Oct 1875 in Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 22 Nov 1969 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. Harry LYONS was born on 22 Apr 1877 in Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 23 Jul 1931 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    3. William Rufus LYONS was born on 12 Sep 1878 in Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 3 Nov 1950 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    4. Richard Sackville LYONS was born on 12 Jul 1881 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 6 Mar 1882 in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
    5. Mary Edith LYONS was born on 30 Jul 1884 in Liscard, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 4 Jul 1976 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    6. George Herbert LYONS was born on 19 Sep 1886 in Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 30 Mar 1965 in Victoria, Australia; was buried in Tarrawingee Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    7. Ernest Thomson LYONS was born on 18 Apr 1889 in Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 14 Jun 1972 in Tampworth, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Lawn Cemetery, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
    8. 1. Howard Maitland LYONS was born on 21 Aug 1890 in Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 27 Feb 1917 in Somme, France; was buried in Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières, Nord, France.
    9. Florence Alice LYONS was born on 10 Mai 1893 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; died on 11 Jul 1968 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    10. Muriel LYONS was born on 8 Feb 1900 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; died on 14 Oct 1985.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Capt. David LYONS was born on 13 Jan 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick (son of Thomas Ratchford LYONS and Ann SKINNER); died on 22 Oct 1865 in Benin; was buried in Rural Cemetery, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.

    Notes:

    From History of Charles Dixon - One of the early English settlers, Sackville, New Brunswick, Compiled by James D. Dixon, a grandson, Sackville, N.B., 1891:
     David Lyons was a shipmaster and also a mechanic. He followed coasting a number of years and then sailed on foreign voyages. They resided at Sackville, and their children were named Rufus Dixon, Annie M., David, William Henry, and Mary Ann, two of whom, 4 Annie M. and 4 David, died in childhood. Capt. David Lyons died at Benin, on the coast of Africa, of fever, on the 22nd of October, 1865, aged 57 years.

    David married Jane Bamford DIXON in 1830. Jane (daughter of Edward DIXON and Mary SMITH) was born in 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died on 1 Jan 1881 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jane Bamford DIXON was born in 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick (daughter of Edward DIXON and Mary SMITH); died on 1 Jan 1881 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.

    Notes:

    Jane B. Dixon, daughter of Edward Dixon, married in 1830, David Lyons, a ship builder and master mariner. He died of fever at Benin, on the coast of Africa in 1865, age 57 years. Their son, Rufus D., was also a master mariner. After a successful career he died at Iquique, in 1873. William H., son of Captain Rufus, in command of ocean liners, married and made his home in England. Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Captain David, was a first class and most successful teacher. She died in 1867, age 46 years. (Source: History of Sackville, New Brunswick, by Dr. William Cochran Miller, 1846-1939).

    From History of Charles Dixon – One of the early English settlers, Sackville, New Brunswick, Compiled by James D. Dixon, a grandson, Sackville, N.B., 1891:
     3. Jane Bamford, second daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Dixon, married David Lyons in January 1830. David Lyons was a shipmaster and also a mechanic. He followed coasting a number of years and then sailed on foreign voyages. They resided at Sackville, and their children were named Rufus Dixon, Annie M., David, William Henry, and Mary Ann, two of whom, Annie M. and David, died in childhood. Capt. David Lyons died at Benin, on the coast of Africa, of fever, on the 22d of October, 1865, aged 57 years, and Mrs. Jane B. Lyons died at Sackville January 1st, 1881, aged 72 years.
     4. Rufus D., eldest son of Capt. David and Jane B. Dixon Lyons, was also a shipmaster and excelled in his profession. He married Miss Emily Miles, of London, England, in 1855. They had one daughter named Emily. Mrs. Lyons died in 1865, aged 32 years. Capt. R. D. Lyons married for a second wife Miss Janet Thomson, of Liverpool, in 1870. They had two children named Rufus and Henry. Capt. Lyons died at Iquique in the year 1873. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Lyons removed with her family to Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, where she died in September, 1885. Her son Rufus died in childhood.
     5. Emily, only daughter of Capt. Rufus D. and Emily Miles Lyons, married Herbert Jackson, a farmer, of Victoria, Australia, and they have three children.
     5. Henry, youngest son of Capt. Rufus and Janet Thomson Lyons, is not married.
     4. William Henry, youngest son of Captain David and Jane B. Dixon Lyons, is also a shipmaster standing high in his profession, and has for many years been in command of large steamships plying between European and South American ports. He married Miss Mary Thomson, of Liverpool, in 1873. Their home is in England. They have children named Jane, Henry, William Rufus, Richard Sackville, Mary Edith, George Herbert, Ernest Thomson and Howard Maitland, one of whom (Richard Sackville) died in infancy.
     4. Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Captain David and Jane B. Dixon Lyons, was never married. She acquired an education and obtained a first-class Teachers’ license and taught school twenty years at Sackville. She was a successful teacher and an earnest and zealous Christian worker. She was stricken down with paralysis while engaged in conducting a “Band of Hope” meeting in August, 1885. She lingered until 1887, when she died at the age of 46 years.
     The account of the family of Jane B. Dixon and her husband David Lyons here closes.

    Children:
    1. Capt. Rufus Dixon LYONS was born about 1832; died in 1873 in Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile.
    2. Annie M. LYONS was born in 1835 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died before 1890.
    3. David LYONS was born est 1835; and died.
    4. 2. Capt. William Henry LYONS was born in Jul 1837 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died on 12 Nov 1911 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
    5. Mary Ann LYONS was born in 1841 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died on 2 Mar 1887 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Ratchford LYONS was born on 6 Mar 1780 (son of David LYONS and Elizabeth RATCHFORD); died in 1859 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Westcock Cemetery, Westmorland, New Brunswick.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1851, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick

    Thomas married Ann SKINNER on 5 Oct 1802 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Ann (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN) was born on 9 Mar 1786 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 19 Oct 1815 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann SKINNER was born on 9 Mar 1786 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN); died on 19 Oct 1815 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Sarah LYONS was born on 18 Apr 1804 in Cornwallis Twp., Nova Scotia; died on 5 Apr 1876 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    2. Isabella LYONS was born on 28 Jan 1806 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in Apr 1872 in Carleton, New Brunswick.
    3. 4. Capt. David LYONS was born on 13 Jan 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died on 22 Oct 1865 in Benin; was buried in Rural Cemetery, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.
    4. John LYONS was born on 18 Jan 1810; and died.
    5. Margaret Ann LYONS was born on 6 Dec 1813; died on 10 May 1887 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.

  3. 10.  Edward DIXON was born on 20 Sep 1776 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died in 1861 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.

    Edward married Mary SMITH. Mary was born in 1780 in Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia; died in 1854 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary SMITH was born in 1780 in Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia; died in 1854 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.
    Children:
    1. 5. Jane Bamford DIXON was born in 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; died on 1 Jan 1881 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick.