Dorothy Pratt

Dorothy Jennie Clarke Pratt

Born: 5 October 1898, Boston 

Father: Frank Pratt (b. 1863)

Mother: Jane Elizabeth Pratt (b. 1861)

Sisters: Mabel Elizabeth Pratt (b. 1889), Edith Mary Pratt (b. 1891) [LDTC 1915], Helen Gertrude Pratt (b. 1896)

Marriage 1:     1943, Boston 

Husband:         William Physic Mowbray 

                        b. 1889

                        Master Butcher 

Marriage 2:     1951, Boston

Husband:         Tom Wright Stephenson 

                        b. 28 November 1878 

                        Farmer 

                        d. 18 February 1965, Canterbury, NZ

In 1901 – 

She is at Woodland Villa, Skirbeck, Boston. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitor’s Clerk’. Dorothy, her mother and her sisters, Mabel, Edith and Helen, are unlisted.

In 1911 –  

She is at Tower Road, Skirbeck. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitors Managing Clerk’. Her sister, Edith, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Dorothy, her mother and sisters, Mabel and Helen, are unlisted. 

In 10/17 – 

At Tower Rd. C. of E. Skirbeck, Boston. 

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1917.

In 05/20 –

Appointed to St. Swithin's Boys, Lincoln. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Tower Road, Skirbeck. Her father and sister, Helen, are listed as ‘Law Clerk’. Dorothy and her sister, Edith, are listed as ‘Certificated Assistant School Mistress’. Her mother is unlisted. There is a visitor, Eric George Sweet (b. 1902), listed as ‘Turner and Fitter’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 10 Tower Road, Boston. Her mother is a widow and listed as ‘Incapacitated’. Her sister, Mabel, is unlisted. Dorothy and her sister, Edith, are listed as ‘Certificated Assistant School Teacher’. 

In 1954 – 

On board Himalaya, her husband is listed as ‘Farmer’. Dorothy is listed as ‘Housewife’. They are travelling in 1st Class. Their country of intended permanent residence is New Zealand. 

d.         30 December 1984, Boston 

STEPHENSON, Dorothy Jennie Clarke of The Old Rectory, Stickney, Boston, Lincolnshire died 30 December 1984. Probate Leeds 9 July £63,122