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ROBSON, Dorothy
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Name ROBSON, Dorothy Birth Between 1805 and 1806 Hareholm, County Durham, England
Gender Female Death 1883 Sunderland Registration District, County Durham
Person ID I1607 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Family MORRIS, Thomas, b. Abt 1801, Hexham, Northumberland, England
d. 1879, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham
(Age 78 years) Children 1. MORRIS, Henry, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Easington, County Durham, England
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. MORRIS, John Robson, b. 1836, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
d. 1912, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland
(Age 76 years)3. MORRIS, Dorothy Bridget, b. 1838, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
d. 1907, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham
(Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. MORRIS, Deborah, b. 31 May 1841, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
d. 24 Feb 1933, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham
(Age 91 years)Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
DOROTHY MORRIS née ROBSON 1805 or 1806-1883
The 1871 census of Lucknow House, 2 Peacock Street, Pallion Ward, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Co. Durham:
Alexr. DOXFORD, head, married, aged 28, shipbuilder, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
Deborah DOXFORD, wife, married, aged 29, born at Bambugh, Northumberland;
Kate G. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 3, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
Edith E. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 2, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
William M. DOXFORD, son, aged 8 months, born in Sunderland, Co. Durham;
*Dorathy [sic] MORRIS, mother-in-law, aged 65, born at Hareholm, Co. Durham;
Ann GRAY, servant, unmarried, aged 19, general domestic servant, born at West Rainton, Co. Durham;
Elizabeth STOKER, servant, unmarried, aged 15, nurse, born in Sunderland.
(RG10/5002/33/59)
The 1881 census returns for 5 Huntley Place, Monkwearmouth, County Durham:
Dorothy MORRIS, head, aged 75, widow, born at Hareholm, County Durham;
Henry MORRIS, son, aged 48, draper's assistant, born at Easington, County Durham;
John MORRIS, son, aged 42, unemployed butcher, born at Bambro, Northumberland;
Dorothy GRAHAM, daughter, aged 42, married, born at Bambro, Northumberland.
(RG11/5005/109/91)
The death of a Dorothy MORRIS aged 78 was registered in 1883.
(GRO September Q 1883 Sunderland 10a 334)
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