Dorothy Bagnall (Nee Townsend)

Dorothy Townsend, my Grandmother, was born 9 September 1899 in Wakefield, and married John Henry Bagnall on 19 August 1922. She died in 1985 in Dewsbury.

1901 & 1911 censuses

In the 1901 census, Dorothy is listed aged 1 with her parents Albert Edward and Beky (Betsey) Townsend and 3 siblings at 11 Grove Street, Wakefield (ref 4286/folio53/page17). By the 1911 census she is aged 11, with her parents Albert Edward and Betsey and 3 siblings, at 78 Bishopsgate, Wakefield (ref 27392/RD504/SD4/ED16/SN65).

1939 Register

The 1939 Register records Dorothy, born 9 September 1899, living with her husband John Henry and their daughter Shirley at 856 Leeds Road, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.