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| Captain Dainton |
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| Dainton House |
Dainton House is still located in Goose Street, Beckington, Somerset, England was the home of Captain Samuel
Dainton. The Dainton Family lived here from 1500 until 1895. At one time they operated a bakery opposite this house
for a number of years. They moved to Rudge after marrying into the Humphries family and remained there farming until 1935.
Daintons from the South-West of England migrated to other parts of England & Wales. Some ending up in Canada or the
USA. Others migrated to South Africa, New Zealand & Australia. For Canada & USA information; contact d aintonfamily1600@yahoo.com
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| Avon Street, Bath, Somerset |
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Alfred "Harry" Dainton & Hannah Dainton lived in Avon Street in 1891. Alfred was originally from Bradford-on-Avon
in Wiltshire. He moved to Bath, Somerset where he met a local Bath girl, Hannah Rachel Hardick, and married her on the 17
May 1877. It was not a happy marriage. Hannah was a heavy drinker and sold her childrens clothes to buy gin. Harry was a violent
man and beat Hannah one night after finding her in bed with another woman. Harry murdered Hannah in September of 1891
after a violent row and heavy drinking. Harry was later hanged for the crime in Shepton Mallet Goal in December of that
same year. The children were put in orphanages and later the boys were shipped to Canada. Their second son, Charles W. Dainton,
married Ellen Nelson in Sault Ste. Marie in Canada in 1901. They had a daughter named Gertrude Mae Dainton - who later married
Alric Miller. The eldest son, Alfred Henry Dainton, worked for the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Alfred "Harry" Henry Dainton signed his name to several pre-trial documents, which were used at his trial. Harry could
both read and write as he was a skilled stone mason and not a general labourer.
Further details of this event can be obtained from daintonfamily1600@yahoo.com
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| William E. Dainton & Family at Rudge Hill House |
The picture to the left is of the Dainton family in front of Rudge Hill Farm House, which is located in Rudge, near to
Beckington in Somerset, England. William Edward Dainton took over this farm from his father, Henry Dainton. Pictured here
is William Edward Dainton (seated right), his wife, Sarah Ann (Richards) and their two children, Leonard John Dainton &
Dorothy Daisy Dainton. Seated in the centre is Leonard's new wife, Ella Mary Hannah (Holdway).
The farm produced milk, butter, cheese and eggs, which was sent by train each day to London to be sold there by James
Humphries Dainton, William Edward Dainton's brother.
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