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GRADWELL Dorothy Jane (Dolly)

Female 1900 - 1992  (91 years)

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  • Name GRADWELL Dorothy Jane (Dolly) 
    Birth 10 Dec 1900  Formans Road, Sparkhill Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • 1921 census: 1902
    Census 31 Mar 1901  18 Formans Road, Sparkhill, Yardley, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Baptism 28 Feb 1906  St Anne, Alcester, Birmingham, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  St Mary Convent School For Girls, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 19 Jun 1921  St Marys Convent & St Josephs Home For Girls, Hunters Road, Lozells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 18 Jan 1992  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I101  Lynda Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2024 

    Father GRADWELL Edward William,   b. 30 Nov 1869, New Bartholomew Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1905, Aston Union Workhouse, Erdington, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Mother BROWNE (BROWN) Charlotte Mary,   b. 12 Oct 1873, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 3 Nov 1895  St. Bartholemew’s Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Witnesses: William Gradwell, Mary Copus
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Spent most of her life as a waitress in Birmingham. Went to convent school. Then bought a house and ran a sweet shop in Handsworth, Birmingham, with a friend (female) who predeceased her.

      Godmother Frances Quinn
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      GRADWELL, DOROTHY BROWN GRO Reference: 1901 M Quarter in SOLIHULL Volume 06D Page 623 [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S959] England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms.

    2. [S4633] 1921 Census Of England & Wales.

    3. [S19] 1901 England, Wales and Scotland Census.

    4. [S1720] 1911 England Census.

    5. [S1719] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007.

    6. [S40] Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage of Edward Gradwell & Charlotte Browne.