Alexander Francis Lydon
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Benjamin Fawcett
Benjamin Fawcett was one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers. The son of a ship's master, he was apprenticed at age 14 for seven years to William Forth, a Bridlington bookseller and printer...
the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris
Francis Orpen Morris
Rev. Francis Orpen Morris , Irish ornithologist and entomologist, was notable as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings...
who wrote the text.
A census on 30 March 1851 found the Lydon family living at Bridge Street, Great Driffield and the following details were recorded:
- Head of household Patrick Lydon, born in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, married, aged 42, Chelsea Pensioner and Relieving Officer of Driffield Union. - Elizabeth Lydon, wife, aged 38, birthplace PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. - Francis Lydon, son, aged 14, printer's assistant, birthplace Dublin.
- Frederic Lydon, son, aged 12, scholar, birthplace BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, West Indies. - Hannah Lydon, daughter, aged 10, scholar, birthplace Bermuda, West Indies.
- James Lydon, son, aged 7, scholar, birthplace New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
, Canada. - Margaret Lydon, daughter, aged 2, birthplace Newcastle, Northumberland.
- John Lydon, son, aged 8 months, birthplace Great Driffield.
- Catherine Lydon, sister, unmarried, aged 18, birthplace Ireland.