Notes A birth registration was found for Francis Ambrose Daw; Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Hendon (1837-1947); County: Middlesex; Volume: 3a; Page: 222. (Parents: Francis Ambrose Daw and Susan Tew, married in Kentish Town, November 1882.)
In 1901, Frank Daw, 7 years of age, was shown residing at 22 Devonshire Place, Child Hill, Hendon, Middlesex, England. Other family members included: Alfred Daw, 4; Oliver Daw, 1; Francis A. Daw, 41, painter (houses); Frederick Daw, 9; Louisa Daw, 13; Susan Daw, 42; and William Daw, 12. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 5336; Folio: 81; Page: 41.)
Francis Ambrose Daw, Sr., died at Childs Hill, Hendon, Middlesex, England, on March 17, 1902. Susan Tew Daw died at Childs Hill, Hendon, Middlesex, England, on January 29, 1903.
In 1906, Francis Ambrose Daw, 10 (along with siblings Henry [Harry Oliver] Daw, 7, and Alfred Daw, 9) arrived at Portland, Maine, USA, with a group of 188 children en route to Toronto, Canada.
In 1911, Frank Daw, 16, is shown as a domestic / laborer for James Higginson and family in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as July 1894 and his immigration year as 1906.
On February 3, 1915, at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Francis Ambrose Daw, 21, farmer, born in London, England, son of Francis Ambrose Daw and Susan Tew; and Maggie [Margaret] Jackson, 29, born in Inkerman, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Ellas Jackson and Ruth Bigford.
Frank and Maggie Daw had four children: William James E. Daw; Joanna Marjorie Daw; Marion Louise Daw; and Alfred Daw.
Frank was known as a Free Methodist Minister working in various areas around Ontario.