General Chat

Dunsford has it’s own history society: wwwdunsfordairfield.org
Whilst it won’t find Jeans father she may find out about the role of the women at the airfield.

Here is another article about RAF/RCAF Dunsfold and it Canadian personnel

https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/heritage/dunsfold-and-langley

With a bit of luck you should be able to find the Squadrons that were stationed there when you were conceived which might then lead you to a person with the surname 'Dawson" by contacting the Squadron(s) concerned!

I don’t believe that the Squadron or the RCAF would give out details of anyone named Dawson. I think it would be as difficult even if Jean had the full name and proof of parentage.

Thankyou all for your help I will now take in all that you have kindly told me and do a bit more research very much appreciated for all your help you have all been very helpfull

I had a message from someone who was a DNA match with me and who was desperate to find who her father was. I don't know if she is any closer to finding him yet, but I did track down one of my ancestors with the same surname as her, so that was a good starting point. The next thing to do was to check descendants further down that line to see if any of those were also showing as a match to confirm it. Then try and track down the whereabouts of the related men at the time of the pregnancy and see if any were in the same area as the mother. Family photos of possible descendants may help too. I discovered where my grandmothers golden hair came from for a few generations back by asking descendants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunsfold_Aerodrome

Worth a read…..

Jean

You say you have done a DNA test if with Ancestry which is the only one i have used and followed up my matches, you dont say whether you have had any close matches.If your father married on his return to Canada and had children or grandchildren or even if he had siblings with their family, IF any of these people have done a DNA test you may be able to find a link to him, dont just look for a match with a surname Dawson in their Tree.

Best wishes