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Dorothy Winifred Ford 1912 – 1991 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Mar 1912

Birth Location: Barnstaple, Devon, England

Death Date: 5 Jul 1991

Death Location: Tawstock Barnstaple

Father: Ernest Ford

Mother: Annie Leyman

Spouse(s): Edward Shapland

Children(s):

It was in 1912 that Dorothy Winifred Ford was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, a child of Ernest John Ford and Annie Matilda Leyman. Dorothy Winifred Ford went on to marry Edward Bob Shapland. Dorothy Winifred Ford was deceased by 1991 in Tawstock Barnstaple.

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Parents

Ernest Ford
1881 –
Birth Location: Burrington, Devon, England
EF
Annie Leyman
1875 – 1953
Birth Location: Colebrooke, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Edward Shapland
1909 – 1992
Birth Location: Tawstock, Devon, England
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Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Mar 1912
    Event Place: Barnstaple, Devon, England
    Record Source: Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 9 Jun 1912
    Event Place: Colebrooke, Devon, England
    Record Source: Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1939
    Event Place: Devon, England
    Record Source: 1939 England and Wales Register, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/6856D

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 Jul 1991
    Event Place: Tawstock Barnstaple
    Record Source: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1995
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