Sunday, 7 July 2024

Dora Edith Barnett (1917 - 1977)

Dora Edith Barnett is the wife of Harris Rosenbergmy maternal 3rd cousin 2x removed. Rosenberg family tree Here. He changed his name to Harold Rowe some time after September 1939

Parents: Cecil Barnett (1886 - 1962) and Jane Cheers (1885 - 1962)

Born: 8 December 1917 in Crewe, Cheshire, England

Baptism: Dora was baptised at St Oswald's Anglican Church, Chester, Cheshire, England on 10 February 1918

Married: 
1) Harris Rosenberg in Chester, Cheshire, England in January 1942

Children
  • Victoria 1942 (Oct - Dec) - ?

Harold was killed on 3 December 1945 when Harold was a flight engineer on a Liberator KH125 aircraft which was flying from India to RAF Oakington. The aircraft was hit by lightning and lost several pieces on its wing before crashing into the ground near Rochefort killing all on board. He was buried at the Rochefort-Sur-Mer Naval Cemetery in France. He was 36 years old

2) Arthur Nolan on 23 July 1950 in Chester, Cheshire, England

Census details
1939 register
Dora is living with her family at 48 Vernon Road, Chester, Cheshire, England. With her is her father Cecil a labourer electric, her mother Jane and her brothers Cecil and Samuel. For some reason Dora is listed on two separate pages in the Register. Her occupation is given as cinema attendant



Death
Dora died in Chelmsford, Essex, England on 25 May 1977 age 59 and was cremated at the Chester Crematorium, also known as the Blacon Crematorium, on 9 June 1977

Residences

In the 1939 register Dora and her family were living at 48 Vernon Rd, Chester, England


At the time of their deaths in 1977 Arthur and Dora's address is given as 70 Blacon Point, Blacon, Chester, England