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DICKENSON, Alfred Rowley
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Name DICKENSON, Alfred Rowley Birth 30 Jul 1854 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Gender Male Death 26 May 1938 Tasmania, Australia
Person ID I6520 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Father DICKENSON, John, b. 1805, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
d. 23 Aug 1894, Cypress Grove, South Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia
(Age 89 years) Mother ROWLEY, Charlotte, b. 12 Apr 1813, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England
d. 1880, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
(Age 66 years) Marriage 1841 Walsall Registration District, Staffordshire
Family ID F1535 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BERESFORD, Susan Alice, b. 19 Oct 1861, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia
d. Aft 1928 (Age > 68 years) Marriage 3 Jun 1891 Hobart, Tasmania
Family ID F2490 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - DICKENSON, Alfred Rowley (1854-1938)
Alfred Rowley DICKENSON was born on 30 July 1854 and baptised at Hobart, Tasmania, on 3 September 1854, son of John and Charlotte DICKENSON.
(FamilySearch)
Alfred Rowley DICKENSON married Susan Alice BERESFORD at St. Pauls, Glenorchy, Tasmania, on 3 June 1891 according to the rites of the Church of England by licence. Alfred Rowley DICKENSON was a bachelor. He was described as a gardener. Susan Alice BERESFORD was a spinster and the daughter of a gardener. The ministers officiating were H. HEINEKEN-MARTEN and A. BERESFORD. Witnesses were J. H. DICKENSON, Frank DICKENSON, and E. A. DICKENSON.
(Tasmanian Archives)
He died at Derwent Hospital in Tasmania.
"DICKENSON - On May 26, 1938, at Hospital, Alfred R. relict of Susan Alice DICKENSON (late of Granton), in his 82nd year. Private funeral This Day, at Cornelian Bay Cemetery."
(TROVE: The Mercury 27 May 1938)
NOTES & QUERIES:
See also HSD284/1/1104 24 April 1930 to 26 May 1938
(Tasmanian Archives)
(revised 09.02.2026)
- DICKENSON, Alfred Rowley (1854-1938)

