• Born: 13 October 1855, Maryhill, Barony Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland ^{2 4 6}
• Marriage (1): Helen McNAB on 30 October 1877 in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ¹
• Marriage (2): Agnes PATON on 10 June 1890 in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland ²

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: William Dawson and Elisabeth Govan. ⁴ Daniel's father William was a lock keeper at Kelvin dock, and he died in 1863 when Daniel was only 7 years old. Daniel was orphaned, then, as his mother Elizabeth had died two years earlier.  Fortunately, Daniel had many elder half-siblings from his father's earlier marriages to Jean Meiklejohn and Helen Paterson.

• He worked as a baker's vanman on 3 April 1881 in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ⁶

• He appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ⁶
  

Daniel Dawson        Head       M   25      Maryhill, Lanarkshire              Baker'S Vanman
Helen Dawson         Wife       F   26      Barrhead, Renfrewshire
Mary S Dawson        Daughter   F    3      Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elizabeth G Dawson   Daughter   F    2      Glasgow, Lanarkshire
William F Dawson     Son        M    7 Mo   Maryhill, Lanarkshire
James Ferguson       Lodger     M   25      Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire   Grocer'S Shopman
Hugh McLachlan       Lodger     M   24      Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire     Grocer'S Shopman

• He worked as a carrier on 5 April 1891 in Maryhill, Barony Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ²

• He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Maryhill, Barony Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ²
  

Daniel Dawson           Head           M   35   Maryhill, Lanarkshire           Carrier
Agnes Paton Dawson      Wife           F   37   Hazelbank, Lanarkshire
Mary Smith Dawson       Daughter       F   13   Glasgow, Lanarkshire            Scholar
Bessie Russell Dawson   Stepdaughter   F   12   Glasgow, Lanarkshire            Scholar
Wm Fanley Dawson        Son            M   10   Maryhill, Lanarkshire           Scholar
John Dawson             Son            M    9   Maryhill, Lanarkshire           Scholar
James F Dawson          Son            M    7   Maryhill, Lanarkshire           Scholar
Robert Dawson           Son            M    5   Maryhill, Lanarkshire           Scholar
John Taylor             Boarder        M   27   Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire   Iron Moulder

• He worked as a Saw Setter on 3 February 1899 in prob Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ^{5 7}

Daniel married Helen McNAB on 30 October 1877 in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ (Helen McNAB was born on 30 September 1854 in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland ⁶, christened on 30 December 1854 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland and died on 10 May 1889 in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ^{2 5}.)

Daniel next married Agnes PATON on 10 June 1890 in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.² (Agnes PATON was born about 1853 in Hazelbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland ².)