Person:Dora Wilson (6)

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Dora May Wilson
 
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Name Dora May Wilson
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1888 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Census[2] 5 Apr 1891 Salford, Lancashire, England35 Broad Street, Pendleton
Census[3] 31 Mar 1901 Liverpool, Lancashire, England10 Fowler Square, Everton
Census[4] 2 Apr 1911 Wallasey, Cheshire, England15 Beechwood Crescent

Dora May Wilson was born in the southern suburbs of Manchester in 1888, daughter of a furniture dealer named Ernest Henry Wilson and his wife Christiana Ralston.

When Dora was small, the family moved to Pendleton in Salford, then later on to Liverpool and the Wirral. Dora's father has not been sighted after 1891. Dora became a book keeper in the dressmaking industry.

References
  1. Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    b. Dora May WILSON, September Quarter 1888, Chorlton Registration District, Vol. 8c, page 787

  2. England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    RG12/3203/5/3, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: 35 Broad Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire
    5 or more rooms occupied
    Henry Wilson, head, married, male, 34 [1856/7], Furniture dealer, b. Longsight, Lancashire
    Cristina Wilson, wife, married, female, 37 [1853/4], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
    Winifred Eleanor Wilson, daughter, single, female, 5 [1885/6], b. Manchester, Lancashire
    Dora Mary Wilson, daughter, single, female, 2 [1888/9], b. Manchester, Lancashire

  3. England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    RG13/3485/129/31, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: 10 Fowler Square, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire
    5 or more rooms occupied
    Christina Wilson, mother, married, female, 48 [1852/3], Keeps boarding house, working at home, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
    Winifred Wilson, daughter, single, female, 15 [1885/6], Cashier Drapers shop, worker, b. Manchester, Lancashire
    Dora Wilson, daughter, female, 12 [1888/9], b. Manchester, Lancashire
    Henry Wilson, son, male, 8 [1892/3], b. Manchester, Lancashire
    Robert Nesbitt, boarder, widower, male, 70 [1830/1], Horse keeper, worker, b. Ireland

  4. England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
    Cheshire / Wallasey / District 55 / Schedule 85, 2 Apr 1911.

    Address: 15 Beechwood Crescent, Wallasey, Cheshire [10 Robarts Road crossed out]
    6 rooms occupied
    Christina Wilson, mother, female, 58 [1852/3], married 27 years, 3 children, all still living, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
    Dora M. Wilson, daughter, female, 22 [1888/9], Book keeper - dressmaking [?], worker, b. Manchester, Lancashire
    Henry A. Wilson, son, male, 18 [1892/3], [?] Clerk, worker, b. Manchester, Lancashire