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Mumbles

Mumbles Report 29 Apr 2012 16:30

Can any one help please:
Dorothy Ethel Vallins B1912 sevenoahs kent: Died 1992 Grimsby Lincs:
occupation teacher:( retired as headmistress)

Went to Canada 1946 arrived Aug 1946 Halifax Canada:
crossed the border to USA at St Albans Vermont 15th Aug 1946:
Left USA Sep 1947 arrived at Southampton 8th Sep 1947:

Looking to find if she went to USA to work, anyone please help with social security number and or work for the period Aug 1946 to Sep 1947

Thank you:

Andrew

Andrew Report 29 Apr 2012 16:36

Looks like see made a second rip

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Dorothy Vallins
Name: Dorothy Vallins
Arrival Date: 31 Jul 1950
Birth Year: abt 1912
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/RaceĀ­/Nationality: British (English)
Place of Origin: Britain
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Mauretania



UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Dorothy Vallins
Name: Dorothy Vallins
Birth Date: abt 1912
Age: 38
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 4 Sep 1950
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Queen Mary

Andy

Mumbles

Mumbles Report 29 Apr 2012 16:41

Yes Andy she did I have all that thank you: it is the earlier trip That I need:

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 29 Apr 2012 16:44

On the 1946 boarder crossing she was going to visit her friend Miss A Norment, 4617 Wilmslow Road, Baltimore.

Her nok is given as her father Frederick of Ridgeway, Wildermere Mount, Sevenoaks.

Gee

Gee Report 29 Apr 2012 16:44

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Dorothy Ethel Vallins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Teacher
Name: Dorothy Ethel Vallins
Arrival Date: 15 Aug 1946
Port of Arrival: St Albans, Vermont, United States
Ship Name: Aquitania
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Age: 34
Birth Date: abt 1912
Birth Country: England
Gender: Female
Race/Nationality: English
Record Type: Manifests

Father Frederick, address Kent

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Apr 2012 16:48

On her 1946 arrival she said she was going to join friend Miss A. Norment, 4617 Wilmslow Rd., Baltimore, Maryland.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Apr 2012 16:52

If this is her friend in Baltimore she was also a teacher:

1930 United States Federal Census
about Ada Norment Name: Ada Norment
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: White
Home in 1930: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
View Map
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation

Parents' birthplace: View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Ada Norment 43

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 29 Apr 2012 16:57

From findagrave.com

Birth: Mar. 29, 1886
Baltimore City
Maryland, USA
Death: Oct. 17, 1953
Baltimore City
Maryland, USA

NORMENT, Ada Beall
Baltimore Sun, 19 Oct 1953:
FUNERAL SET FOR TEACHER
Miss Ada Norment Taught Science for 40 Years
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Miss Ada Beall Norment, physics teacher in the Baltimore public schools for 40 years, who died at her home on Wilmslow road Saturday morning.
The services are scheduled for 3 o'clock at the Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, Read and Cathedral streets. Burial will be in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Miss Norment was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Dr. Richard Baxter Norment, a well-known physician, and Mrs. Baxter [sic].
Attended Goucher
Two of her brothers, both of whom have died within the last year, also became physicians. Miss Norment, after graduating from Western High School, studied physics at Goucher College.
She graduated in the class of 1909 and for a year after graduation was an assistant in the physics department at the college. From 1910 to 1913 she taught physics at the William Penn High School in Philadelphia, moving to Baltimore in the latter year.
At Eastern High School, Miss Norment taught chemistry and physics to thousands of girls, and in 1929 she was appointed head of the science department.
On Alumnae Board
She was a member of the board of directors of the Goucher College Alumnae Association, and of the board of directors of the Middle Atlantic States Science Teachers Association.
She also was an active member of Emmanuel Protestan [sic] Episcopal church, on behalf of which she used her knowledge of photography.
She is survived by two sisters, Miss Caroline Norment and Mrs. Robert Smith, both of Baltimore, and two brothers, Robert Norment, of New York city, and Clinton Norment, of Aruba, South America.

Family links:
Parents:
Richard Baxter Norment (1858 - 1929)
Martha Virginia Starr Norment (1858 - 1925)

Burial:
Druid Ridge Cemetery
Pikesville
Baltimore County
Maryland, USA
Plot: Maple Slope 425

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Apr 2012 16:58

Looks like Ada visited England in 1936. Can't find her arrival but this seems to be her return to US:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Ada B Norment Name: Ada B Norment
Arrival Date: 6 Sep 1936
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birth Location: Maryland
Birth Location Other: Baltimore
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Statendam

Mumbles

Mumbles Report 29 Apr 2012 17:04

Thank you one and all that is great, what you have found between you: :-D :-)

Mumbles

Mumbles Report 29 Apr 2012 19:51

nudge

Gee

Gee Report 30 Apr 2012 09:00

Dorothy Ethel Vallins
(10 March 1912-19 January 1992)

Father* Frederick Vallins1 b. Mar 1886, d. 11 Aug 1956
Mother* Grace Ethel Neves1 b. 1883, d. 28 May 1953

Dorothy Ethel Vallins|b. 10 Mar 1912\nd. 19 Jan 1992|p2033.htm|Frederick Vallins|b. Mar 1886\nd. 11 Aug 1956|p1631.

|Grace Ethel Neves|b. 1883\nd. 28 May 1953|p2032.htm|Henry Vallins|b. 11 Sep 1849\nd. 17 Oct 1941|p950.htm|Jane Ward|b. 1849\nd. 19 Nov 1911|p1576

Birth* 10 MAR 1912 She was born on 10 MAR 1912 in Sevenoaks, Kent.1

Death* 19 JAN 1992 She died on 19 JAN 1992 in Grimsby, Lincs, aged 79

Residence 1951 She lived in 34, Weelsby Road, Grimsby, Lincs.3
Residence*

She lived in The Lodge, Bargate, Grimsby, Humberside.2
Occupation* The occupation of Dorothy Ethel Vallins was 'Headmistress.



Have a look at this website


http://www.jefferies.id.au/p2033.htm

Gee

Gee Report 30 Apr 2012 09:01

Also this site


http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/45678/supplements/6266/page.pdf

Mumbles

Mumbles Report 30 Apr 2012 11:11

Thank you Gins,

Yes I am in touch with M Jefferies on the web site you sent: and I did find the London Gazette one, where she got the OBE:

But thank you any way for all your help: I have found more about her now thanks to you and Marie Celeste and Margee:

Mumbles

Mumbles Report 30 Apr 2012 15:32

nudge

Mumbles

Mumbles Report 1 May 2012 11:05

Still trying to find if she worked in USA from 1946 to 1947

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Mumbles

Mumbles Report 2 May 2012 00:43

Thank you to all those that helped me: I have now found that Dorothy Vallins went to the USA to teach on a 1 year exchange visit from Aug 1946 to Sep 1947: at Eastern High School Baltimore: :-) :-D