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Dorothy Ethel Preston 1912–1972 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Mar 1912

Birth Location: Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 5 Jan 1972

Death Location: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada

Father: Christopher Preston

Mother: Edith Armstrong

Spouse(s): Emmerson Morrissey

Children(s): Dorothy Morrissey

Dorothy Ethel Preston was born in 1912 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, the child of Christopher Preston And Edith Amadine Armstrong. Dorothy Ethel Preston married Emmerson Joseph Morrissey, Sullivan, and had children including Deborah Ann Morrissey, Donald Emmerson Joseph Morrissey, Dorothy Patricia Morrissey, Lynda Lorene Morrissey, Marilyn Bernice Morrissey, Richard William Morrissey, Roger Patrick Sullivan. Dorothy Ethel Preston passed away in 1972 in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Ethel Preston was born in 1912 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, the child of Christopher Preston And Edith Amadine Armstrong.
  • Dorothy Ethel Preston married Emmerson Joseph Morrissey, Sullivan, and had children including Deborah Ann Morrissey, Donald Emmerson Joseph Morrissey, Dorothy Patricia Morrissey, Lynda Lorene Morrissey, Marilyn Bernice Morrissey, Richard William Morrissey, Roger Patrick Sullivan.
  • Dorothy Ethel Preston passed away in 1972 in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada.

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Dorothy Preston's Ancestors

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Dorothy Preston
1912–1972
Birth Place: Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Christopher Preston
1886–1967
Settle, Yorkshire, England
Edith (Amadine) Armstrong
1877–1965
Rathwell, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Preston's Descendants

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Dorothy (Ethel) Preston (5 Mar 1912–5 Jan 1972) m. Emmerson (Joseph) Morrissey (16 Mar 1912–2 Nov 1979)
  1. 1. Dorothy (Patricia) Morrissey 1948–2022

Dorothy Preston's Timeline

2 Records

1912
5 Mar 1912
Birth of Dorothy Ethel Preston in Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
1972
5 Jan 1972
Age 60
Death of Dorothy Ethel Preston in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1912
    Event Place: Skipton, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990
    [2] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1972
    Event Place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
    Record Source: British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990

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