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Dorothy was born in Didcot Berkshire in 1889 to John and Mary Adams census tells us that she was a domestic servant at age 22 and single and still resident in Berkshire, but am unable to find any information after that, Marriage, family, death ect

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1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
High Street Bracknell, Warfield, Berkshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
William Western Molesworth Head Married Male Hairdresser 41 1870 London Bow Transcription
Mabel Molesworth Wife Married Female - 24 1887 Berks Bracknell
Mabie Ethel Molesworth Daughter - Female - 6 1905 Berks Bracknell
Mary Molesworth Daughter - Female - 2 1909 Berks Bracknell
Dorothy Mary Adams Servant Single Female Companion-Help Domestic 22 1889 Berks Didcot

There are a number of Dorothy M Adams appearing on travel records, as domestic servant, but no firm evidence that it is the same Dorothy. Just going through them.

There is this one, address given as 22 Talfourd Avenue Reading


Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription


First name(s) DOROTHY
Last name ADAMS
Gender Female
Age 40
Birth year 1889
Occupation COMPANION
Departure year 1929
Departure day 28
Departure month 6
Departure port SOUTHAMPTON
Destination port MONTREAL
Destination MONTREAL
Country CANADA
Destination country CANADA
Ship name MONTROSE
Ship official number 145919
Ship master's first name J F
Ship master's last name DOTT
Ship master's title ESQ
Shipping line CANADIAN PACIFIC
City SOUTHAMPTON
Ship destination port MONTREAL
Ship destination country CANADA
Ship registered tonnage 9824
Number of passengers 306
Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
Category Travel & migration
Subcategory Passenger lists
Collections from Australasia, Great Britain, Ireland, United States

wonder if she went with the Molesworth's?

Name Mabie Molesworth
Event Type Immigration
Event Date Oct 1913
Event Place Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Gender Female
Birthplace England
Ship Name Virginian

Name Mabel Molesworth
Event Type Burial
Event Date 01 May 1925
Event Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Age 38
Birth Year (Estimated) 1887
Birthplace England
Cemetery Prospect Cemetery
Cemetery Section and Lot Adult Single Grave 22 1237
Plot Owner's Name Wm W Molesworth
Relative's Name Wm A Molesworth
Relative's Address 634 Wellington St West
Page 121
Volume Date Range Volume 03, 1922-1930

Wm W Molesworth

mentioned in the record of Mabel Molesworth

Name Wm W Molesworth
Gender Unknown



Name Mabel Molesworth
Event Type Burial
Event Date 01 May 1925
Event Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Age 38
Birth Year (Estimated) 1887
Birthplace England
Cemetery Prospect Cemetery
Cemetery Section and Lot Adult Single Grave 22 1237
Plot Owner's Name Wm W Molesworth
Relative's Name Wm A Molesworth
Relative's Address 634 Wellington St West
Page 121
Volume Date Range Volume 03, 1922-1930

William Molesworth

mentioned in the record of Jack Alexander Tomlinson and Thelma Molesworth

Name William Molesworth
Gender Male
Wife Mary Baker
Daughter Thelma Molesworth



Name Jack Alexander Tomlinson
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 12 Aug 1937
Event Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Residence Place Vancouver
Gender Male
Age 31
Marital Status Single
Birth Year (Estimated) 1906
Birthplace England
Father's Name Joseph Tomlinson
Mother's Name Mary Easdale
Spouse's Name Thelma Molesworth
Spouse's Residence Place Vancouver
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 25
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1912
Spouse's Birthplace England
Spouse's Father's Name William Molesworth
Spouse's Mother's Name Mary Baker
Certificate Type License
Registration Number 3622

Is this Dorothy's birth - actually born 1888?

Births Sep 1888 (>99%)
ADAMS Dorothy Mary Wallingford 2c 305

My sincere thanks to Rambling Rose and Ann Cardiff for their amazing and very prompt assistance in locating our ancestor, this has proved to be very enlightening and gives us a base to go forward.

The one who died in 1925, Toronto was the daughter of Luke Baker and Ellen Snow.

Mabel Molesworth

in the Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
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Name: Mabel Molesworth
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1887
Birth Place: Braaknell, England
Death Date: 29 Apr 1925
Death Place: York, Ontario, Canada

Because (apart from the Berkshire address and YOB of 1889) there's no proof that the Dorothy who travelled to Montreal was the one you're looking for, Roy, (although of course she may be) here's another suggestion, on the alternative assumption that Dorothy may have remained in the UK.

(But not exactly a scientific exercise!)

On Ancestry, I looked at all the deaths for Dorothy Mary's born in Sept qr 1888, then on Freebmd looked for any Dorothy M's who married people of that surname 1911 - 83. I ignored all those with additional middle initials, and also was able to rule out some marriages where the husband's surname was unusual.

One 1929 marriage turned out to be the only possibility - though not in Berkshire:

Dorothy Mary Wilson
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Dorothy Mary Wilson
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1888
Date of Registration: Jan 1987
Age at Death: 98
Registration district: Hillingdon
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 13
Page: 747


???
Marriages Jun 1929 (>99%)
Adams Dorothy M Wilson Rotherham 9c 1385
Wilson Robert Adams Rotherham 9c 1385


I admit there are other Dorothy Mary's born in the right quarter, who also married Wilsons, so any of them could be Robert's wife:
Biggs, Bowles, Clarke , Elliott, Evans, Holdsworth, Jones, Leeson, Newman.