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1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
402 Garratt Lane Wandsworth S W, Wandsworth, London, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Thomas Dorsett Head Married Male 45 1866 High Wycombe Traveller Rubber Trade
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Florence Dorsett Wife Married Female 45 1866 Greenwich -
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Harry Dorsett Son Single Male 18 1893 Greenwich No Trade
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Doris Dorsett Daughter Single Female 16 1895 Greenwich Home
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Dene Dorsett Daughter Single Female 8 1903 Earlsfield School
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Winston Dorsett Daughter Single Female 4 1907 Earlsfield School

safc I didn't look that far back....I was looking approx. 1914 - Patricia was born 1934 and her sister Norah Eileen 1936 - there may have been at least one more sister. This birth would have made her approx. 40 at the birth - could this be her mother with the same name - or was she an older mum?

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
54, Glenfarg Road, Lewisham, London, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Dorsett Head Married Male 34 1867 Living On Means High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
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Florence Dorsett Wife Married Female 34 1867 - London, Middlesex, England
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Frank Dorsett Son - Male 10 1891 - London, Middlesex, England
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Harry Dorsett Son - Male 8 1893 - London, Middlesex, England
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Dora Dorsett Daughter - Female 6 1895 - London, Middlesex, England
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Ellaline Dorsett Daughter - Female 3 1898 - London, Middlesex, England
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Florence Dorsett Niece Single Female 23 1878 - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Julie, Doris could have met a man who wasn't free to marry her

safc - I could only see this birth on free bmd:

Births Mar 1895

Dorsett Dorothy Maud Greenwich 1d

Claire - the other sister doesn't appear to have a father listed either

She's on the freeBMD as Dorothy Maud but I think safc is correct

Births Mar 1895 (>99%)
Dorsett Dorothy Maud Greenwich 1d 1158

If the marriage you found is your Doris then Norah would be registered as Dorsett as she was born prior to the wedding

where would the record safc be found on?
It just seems a coincidence same name, same area, married after girls born...perhaps it is the mothers wedding - she would have been in her 40's

DORSETT DORIS MAUD 1895 — 1895 Births & baptisms Greenwich, London, England

This is also interesting, although you would expect the father to be on the cert:


Marriages Jun 1930 (>99%)
Craig John W Hall Battersea 1d 1005
>>> Dorsett George H Moore Battersea 1d 1005
>>> Dorsett George H Pugh Battersea 1d 1005
Hall Florence A Craig Battersea 1d 1005
>>> Moore Doris Dorsett Battersea 1d 1005
>>> Pugh Doris Dorsett Battersea 1d 1005

Could it be that Doris was married to Mr Dorsett but he wasn't the father of her children (separated, not divorced) so still had the Dorsett surname, rather than her being an unmarried mother as it were ???
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Name:
Doris M Dorsett

Spouse Surname:
Lock

Date of Registration:
Oct-Nov-Dec 1937

Registration district:
Battersea

Inferred County:
London

Volume Number:
1d

Page Number:
814

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