Dorothy Harper

Dorothy Mary Allen Harper 

This student does not have a record card.

Born: 30 May 1898, Mansfield 

Baptised: 26 June 1898, Hucknall 

Father: Thomas Henry Harper (b. 1871)

Mother: Mary Salsbury Harper (b. 1871)

Sisters: Sarah Winifred Harper (b. 1904)

Marriage:        1951, Huntingdon  

Husband.         George Harold Needham

                        b. 12 January 1897

                        Horseman Assisting on Farm – on 1939R 

In 1901 – 

She is at Blackwell Road, Hucknall. Her maternal grandmother, Sarah Allen (b. 1851), is an unlisted widow. Dorothy and her maternal aunt, Amy Allen (b. 1889), are unlisted. Her father is listed as ‘Framework Knitter’. Her mother is listed as ‘School Teacher’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Alfreton Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield. Her father is listed as ‘Framework Knitter’. Dorothy, her mother and sister, Sarah, are unlisted. 

In 11/18 – 

School: Stanton Iron Works, Boys, Skegby, Senior.

Qualification: P.C., Distinction in History.

In 04/21 –

Appointed to Sutton-in-Ashfield Council.

In 1921 – 

She is at Alfreton Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield. Her father is listed as widower and ‘Cotton Patent Hand Stocking Making’. Dorothy is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her sister, Winifred, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her paternal grandmother, Mary Ann Harper (b. 1854), is unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at School House, North Leverton. Dorothy is listed as ‘School Teacher’. 

d.         6 August 1976, Cambridge 

NEEDHAM, Dorothy Mary Allen of 11 Tennis Court Avenue, Huntingdon died 6 August 1976. Probate Ipswich 5 November £36,570