Dorothy Maud Jones

[sallygray]

Born 11/3/1919 possibly West Ham. Her mother was given as Clayton on her birth certificate. She was brought up by Gertie Jones but I believe she was the child of Gertie's sister Dorothy Kate Clayton and my grandfather Douglas Thomas Lowe. Does anyone have any information on this please?

[keyboard86]

Hi did Dorothy M  Jones marry a Woolener?
Keyboard86

PS the Jones/Clayton birth was June qtr 1919 Billericay 4a 847
So if you have the birth certificate what details of her birth registration does it provide?

[lizdb]

Billericay Registration District doesn't cover West Ham.  The birth cert will give you a better idea of where she was born.  Have you actually got the cert?

[lizdb]

If your Dorothy was born West Ham, then this looks like her birth registration:

Jan/Feb/Mar 1919
West Ham
4a 467
Dorothy M Jones
mmn Seely

[lizdb]

Hold on ….. someone born illegitimately to a Clayton (and a Lowe) but then brought up by a Jones would not be registered with the surname Jones - that name entered the equation after their birth! They would be Clayton, unless Mr Lowe was there at the registration and is named as father.

No birth reg for a Dorothy M Clayton in 1919 though.

[lizdb]

The West Ham birth could well be a child of this couple:

Marriage
Oct/Nov/Dec 1917
West Ham
4a 644
Emma E Seely / Walter E Jones

[avm228]

Hi did Dorothy M  Jones marry a Woolener?

Death in 1999 (Havering) as Dorothy Maud Woolener, born 11.03.1919.

[keyboard86]

Marriage I believe Dec qtr 1940 Brentford to Frederick J Woolener
Keyboard86

[sallygray]

Dorothy was registered as Jones but her mother's name was given as Clayton so she could be an illegitimate daughter of Gertie. Gertie had 4 sons and her husband was killed in WW1. The family think Dorothy was the daughter of Dorothy Kate Clayton, her sister, and Douglas Lowe who were married in 1915 but living apart by 1920. I don't have the birth certificate as this is just initial branching out from my original Lowe family search because I picked up this first marriage of my grandfather and a link came up to Dorothy's grandson which now seems to have closed!