Ancestry of
Kurt Cobain

Singer and Songwriter

Ada Elizabeth Dawson

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• • Great-grandmother of Kurt Cobain — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 15 
  • Father:
  • George Albert Henry Dawson 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Lovelock   
  • Birth Date:
  • BY 31 Dec 1893 
  • Birth Location:
  • Upchurch, Kent, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Jan 1974 
  • Death Location:
  • Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James William Irving
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 30 Sep 1919 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. East Ham, Essex, England 
  • Child:

  Margaret Dawson Irving (Ahnentafel No:7 )

• Sources for Ada Elizabeth Dawson

  • ¹ England and Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, Birth record for Ada Elizabeth Dawson.
  • ² England and Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Marriage record for James Irving and Ada E Dawson.
  • ³ England Census, 1911, Kent, Upchurch, No. 164, Image 328 of 357.
  • ⁴ England Census, 1901, Kent, Upchurch, Dist. 22, p. 23, Image 24 of 32.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, WA, Grays Harbor County, 1940, Aberdeen, E.D. 14-30, Sheet 3B, Image 7 of 13.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, WA, Grays Harbor County, 1930, Aberdeen, E.D. 14-13, Sheet 3A, Image 5 of 7.
  • ⁷ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/08/2023).
  • ⁸ New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, Adriatic, 08 FEB 1920, Record for Ada Elizabeth Irving.
  • ⁹ UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, Pension record for Ada E Irving.
  • ¹⁰ Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960, Death reccord for Ada E Irving.
  • ¹¹ Washington, U.S., Naturalizations, 1853-1980, Declaration of intention for spouse James Irving.

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