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that dorothea in the 1939 reg could be this one

Births Dec 1923 (>99%)
Smith Dorothea Fitzgerald Chorlton 8c 1075

Thanks Kathleen & Malyon for the info.

Are the any emigration / immigration records to show if she ever went to South Africa and back, if so how recent are they?

have you looked for the brother derek

This 1939 record puts a cat amongst the pigeons, as this could be the person who died if the informant got the year of birth wrong :-

Smith Household (3 People)
25 Collingwood Road , Manchester C.B., Lancashire, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER

Dorothea Smith 02 Dec 1923 Female Shop Assistant Single 69 3
Morris O Smith 28 Aug 1892 Male Jewellers Manager Widowed 69 1

Kath. x

If you bought her birth certificate it would give you her exact date of birth which would help with a search for her death (if it was after 1969 when full date of birth was added to the death index).

Kath. x

there is only one dorothea born dec quarter 1924 so the death kathleen found could be her if she didnot marry

Thanks for the info Kathleen, it seems to fit her details...

If this IS her then at least I know she died here in UK.

Thanks.

Hi Malyon, Yes she did.

Apologies, forgot to mention him. No other siblings that I know of......

Could this be her death (without the middle initial). The birth date would be right for the qtr. 4 birth registration (although the wrong area):-

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) Dorothea
Last name Smith
Gender Female
Birth day 2
Birth month 12
Birth year 1924
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1987
District Salford
Register number 387
County Lancashire
Volume 39
Page 1018
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Kath. x

did she have a brother

Births Dec 1929 (>99%)
Smith Derek R White Weymouth 5a 375

I am looking for a cousin of my father.

She was called Dorothea S. Smith, b Dec Qtr 1924 in Weymouth, Dorset.

Her parents were Albert Richard Smith, 1894 - 1966, & Florence (Nee White) 1893 - 1965.

The family ended up in Bridport, West Dorset, but I believe Dorothea moved / emigrated (?) to South Africa at some point. Family story of a connection to South Africa.

I don't know if she married, returned or even when & where she died. Any help gratefully received !

Thanks....