Last updated on: 25th March 2011

Dorothy Olive MITCHELL (1906-1982)

	Dorothy Olive MITCHELL, 1921, age 15, Mappowder School-1921

Name:	Dorothy Olive MITCHELL
Sex:	Female
Father:	George William MITCHELL (1867-1937)
Mother:	Beatrice Annie KELLAWAY (1878-1949)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	22 Jun 1906	Mappowder, Dorset
Death	1982 (age 75-76)
Census	2 Apr 1911 (age 4)	Mappower, Dorset 1

Additional Information

Census

Mappowder

Marriage

Spouse	Bertram Walter BROMFIELD (1906-1990)
Marriage	5 Jun 1930 (age 23)

Individual Note 1

BIRTH CERTIFICATE (BXBZ 129237)

 

No. 84

WHEN AND WHERE BORN: Twenty second June 1906 Mappowder R.D.

NAME: Dorothy Olive

SEX: Girl

NAME AND SURNAME OF FATHER: George William Mitchell

NAME, SURNAME AND MAIDEN SURNAME OF MOTHER: Beatrice Annie Mitchell formerly Kellaway

OCCUPATION OF FATHER: Farm Labourer

SIGNATURE, DESCRIPTION AND RESIDENCE OF INFORMANT: B.A.Mitchell mother Mappowder

WHEN REGISTRED: Twelfth July 1906

SIGNATURE OF REGISTRAR: Alfrd E Hole Registrar

Individual Note 2

NOTE

Information from Clive Bromfield:

Dorothy Olive went to Burley to work at Castle Top owned by Mr Clough.She went to learn cooking and it was at Castle Top she met Bert Bromfield who was a gardener.

Individual Note 3

Letter dated 21st October 1977:

29 Copse Rd

Burley

Nr Ringwood

Hants.

 

Dear Eileen,

I was bewildered to receive your letter especiallly via 'Ministry of Defence'. I had to think it was to do with my son John, who is in the R.A.F. So sorry to hear from you under what I have always considered very sad circumstances - realise how you must & always felt, it is always the children who seem to suffer, & I feel very sorry for you. My brother George Mitchell did not tell me much about the break down of his marriage, in most cases there is fault on both sides. My husband & I have talked about you, & wondered where you lived etc. We came to Sutton & stayed with you for 1 week, when you were 3 yrs old, so that is a long time ago.

I will not disclose anything either way as you wish, for your Mother to know of your investigations. I think she might have been more frank with you, so as you wish I will furnish you with what you ask of me.

To start with your Father as you know 'George Mitchell,' & as you say he was married before, & I don't know why that marriage went wrong. He was one of a family of five, his eldest brother is dead (Harold) I am the next 'Dorothy Olive' 'William Jasper' next lives in Somerset. Reg died 6 yrs ago, so that leaves 2 of us. Your fathers death I gather was very pathetic, & was burried at Morton nr Sutton. His father William, & his mother were born at Mappowder Nr Sturminster Newton Dorset, & burried there, as you say, his mothers name was Kellaway, & all the family were connected with farming. So I think that this is about all I can tell you you have made some progress at last. Perhaps sometime you will be travelling this way, you might I think of calling on me & I shall be very pleased to meet you. My name is 'Dorothy', but every one has always called me (Ciss) So will now close Fondest love Auntie Dorothy

Sources

1	"Census 1911 Mappower, Dorset R14 PN 12422 (Enumeration: 11) (National Archives - June 2009)".