The Orys and Cook Family Tree » EMILY (Leigh) SOPHIA DAWSON (1883-1951)
Personal data EMILY (Leigh) SOPHIA DAWSON
- She was born on December 10, 1883 in Victoria, London. England.
Name: Emily Sophia Dawson Year of Registration: 1884 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: St George Hanover Square County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1a Page: 440
- Obtained citizenship on February 24, 1937, British National as took Belgian nationality upon marriage to Albert.
Reference: HO 334/145/9795
Description:
Naturalisation Certificate: Emily Sophia Orys. From Belgium. Resident in London. Certificate AZ9795 issued 24 February 1937. Note(s): Re-admission.
Date: 1937 Feb 24 - Profession: in the year 1911 Dress Designer.Source 1
RG14PN449 RG78PN15 RD5 SD2 ED17 SN757
Shown on census as LEIGH - Resident:
- in the year 1891: 8 Cumberland Street, Pimlico, London. England.Source 2
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 74; Folio 88; Page 19; GSU roll: 6095184.
Census Transcript Household London 1891 Address 8 Cumberland Street Parish St George Hanover Square Registration District St George Hanover Square Image Reference RG12/0074/F? Found 11 Results.
Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
Henry Dawson 41 1850 Head Westminster, London Writer
Esther Dawson 40 1851 Wife Pimlico, London
Esther Dawson 14 1877 Daug Westminster, London Dressmaker
Henry Dawson 18 1873 Son Westminster, London Decorater
Kate Dawson 17 1874 Daug Westminster, London Dressmaker
Louisa Dawson 15 1876 Daug Pimlico, London Mantel Maker
Ethel Dawson 14 1877 Daug Pimlico, London Scholar
Lily Dawson 13 1878 Daug Pimlico, London Scholar
Thornton Dawson 11 1880 Son Pimlico, London Scholar
Charles Dawson 4 1887 Son Pimlico, London Scholar
Emily Dawson 7 1884 Daug Pimlico, London Scholar - in the year 1901: 8 Cumberland Street, Pimlico, London. England.
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 88; Folio: 92; Page: 50.
Census Transcript Household London 1901 Address 8 Cumberland Street Parish St George Hanover Square Registration District St George Hanover Square Image Reference RG13/0088/F? Found 9 Results.
Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
Esther Dawson 50 1851 Head Pimlico, London
Esther M P Dawson 29 1872 Daughter Westminster, London Dress Maker
Kate Dawson 27 1874 Daughter Westminster, London Dress Maker
Louisa S Dawson 25 1876 Daughter Pimlico, London Mantle Designer
Thomas Dawson 21 1880 Son Pimlico, London Sign Writer
Charles G Dawson 19 1882 Son Pimlico, London Draughtman
Emily Dawson 17 1884 Daughter Pimlico, London Dress Maker
Harry Walker 17 1884 Cousin St Martins, London Clerk
Thomas A Scar 35 1866 Visitor Nottinghamshire Surveyor - from 1911 till 1913: 9 Lupus Street, Pimlico, London.Sources 1, 3
Census Transcript Household London 1911 Images Address 9 Lupus St, Pimlico S W Civil Parish St George, Hanover Square
Sub District Belgrave Registration District St George, Hanover Square Image Reference RG14 - PN449 RD5 SD2 ED17 SN757
Found 7 Results.
Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Years Married Birth Place Occupation
Esther Dawson 60 1851 Female Head Widow Pimlico, London
Katie Cooke 36 1875 Female Daughter Married 6 Pimlico, London
Lulu Dawson 35 1876 Female Daughter Single Pimlico, London
Leigh Dawson 27 1884 Female Daughter Single Pimlico, London
Thornton Dawson 32 1879 Male Son Married Pimlico, London
Peggie Cooke 5 1906 Female Grand Daughter Single Pimlico, London
Frederick Thomas 33 1878 Male Boarder Married Chester - in the year 1939: 65 Sarsfield Road, London SW12. Tel. BATersea 6865.
65 Sarsfeld Road , Battersea, London, England
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Gabrielle Sterphens (Orys) 15 Mar 1921 Female Typist Civil Servant Single 82 3
Emily P Oeys 10 Dec 1883 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 82 1
Marcel (A) Oeys 23 Jul 1917 Male Fitters Adjusters-Engineers Single 82 2 - in the year 1942: 65 Sarsfield Road, London SW12. Tel. BATersea 6865.Source 4
- in the year 1950: Linden Lea, Horne Road, Smallfields, Nr. Redhill, Surrey.
- (Relation to BPO) in Grandmother to Brian Orys.
- She died on March 20, 1951 in Smallfields Nr. Redhill Surrey, she was 67 years old.
Death Surrey S.E. Vol 5g page 1197 1st Qtr 1951
- Probate on April 25, 1951 naar London, England.
ORYS Emily Sophia of Linden Lea Horne Road Smallfield, Surrey widow died 20 March 1951 at the County Hospital Redhill Surrey
Probate London 25th April to Gabrielle Stephens (wife of Francis John Stephens) Effects ¹3135 10s 1d - A child of HENRY ROBERT DAWSON and ESTHER THORNTON
- This information was last updated on June 26, 2023.
Household of EMILY (Leigh) SOPHIA DAWSON
She is married to ALBERT ORYS.
They got married on May 17, 1913 at St. George's Hanover Square, London. England, she was 29 years old.Source 3
Marriage St. Georges Hanover Square Vol 1a page 944 2nd Qtr 1913
Child(ren):
- Joyce Orys 1915-1985
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Historical events
Birthday December 10, 1883
- The temperature on December 10, 1883 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
- March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
- August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
- October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
- November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].
Day of marriage May 17, 1913
- The temperature on May 17, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
- February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
- June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
- July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
- August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
- December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
- December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
Day of death March 20, 1951
- The average temperature on March 20, 1951 was 2.7 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
- February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
- March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
- April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
- May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
- May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
- May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
Same birth/death day
- 1882 » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher († 1945)
- 1882 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1950)
- 1883 » Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician († 1968)
- 1885 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic († 1973)
- 1885 » Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor († 1967)
- 1886 » Victor McLaglen, English-American actor († 1959)
- 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
- 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
- 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
- 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
- 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
- 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
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