Dorothy Nixon

Dorothy Carrington Nixon 

Born: 13 January 1895, Wolstanton 

Father: George Carrington Nixon (b. 1871)

Mother: Maud Nixon (b. 1870)

Brothers: Thomas Bradshaw Nixon (b. 1894)

Sisters: Bessie Maud Nixon (b. 1897), Marjorie Nixon (b. 1901), Mary Margaret Nixon (b. 1908)

Marriage:        1923, Sheffield 

Husband:         Reginald Frank Garfield Sieverdink 

                        b. 1895

                        Motor Engineer 

In 1901 – 

She is at 292 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Electrical Engineer and Cycle Agent’. Dorothy, her mother and siblings (Thomas, Bessie and Marjorie) are unlisted. 

In 1911 –

She is at 323 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Cycle Engineer and Agent’. Her mother is listed as ‘Manageress at Wine Store’. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Apprentice Mechanical Engineering’. Dorothy and her sisters (Bessie, Marjorie and Mary) are unlisted. 

In 10/14 –

PT at St. Barnanas, Cecil Rd. Infants, Sheffield.

Prelim. Cert. 1914.

In 10/16 – 

Appointed to Woodbourn Road Council Girls, Sheffield. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 164 Aizlewood Road, Ecclesall. Her mother is listed as ‘Manageress of Wine and Spirit Agency’. Her sisters, Marjorie and Mary, are unlisted. Dorothy is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. There is a visitor (later her father-in-law), Johan A Sieverdink (b. 1868) is listed as ‘Commercial Traveller for Musical Instruments’. 

d.         15 October 1983, Natal, South Africa