LaurenLapinski 5 Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Hello, I am looking for somebody called Dorothy Joyce Ward. She worked at Boots Offices at Nottingham in the 60s as an office clerk. She would have been in her early 20s. She was born 30/04/1942. I realise this is a long shot but stranger things have happened! Could anybody possibly help that have or have relatives that worked there or may know her. thank you for your time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 Was Ward her married name ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaurenLapinski 5 Posted September 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 I don’t know. I know that Ward was her name in 1967 but I don’t know if that is her maiden or married name. I may know more soon as I am searching through records etc. The only definite information I have now is as posted above and that she lived in the Nottingham area. Have possible links to Mapperley area thank you for replying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 If it was her maiden name , there was a birth in 2nd qtr of 1942 for a Dorothy J Ward with mothers maiden name of "Thrall". This fits the date given above. These are some of the births in Nottm area for surname Ward with mothers maiden name Thrall , who may or may not be siblings ? May jog a memory for a future researcher ? Births Sep 1933 Ward - Pauline S . Thrall Basford 7b 376 Births Dec 1935 Ward - Douglas B Thrall Nottingham 7b 463 Births Sep 1937 Ward - Terence Thrall Nottingham 7b 398 Births Sep 1940 Ward - June Thrall Nottingham 7b 587 Births Jun 1942 Ward - Dorothy J Thrall Nottingham 7b 503 Births Dec 1944 Ward - Audrey Thrall Nottingham 7b 520 Births Jun 1947 Ward - John A Thrall Nottingham 3c 526 There was a marriage in Nottm in 1930 for a John W.A. Ward to a Lily Thrall. Her parents ? Parents of above could be on the 1939 Register . John W.A.Ward born 10th Oct 1900 and Lily Ward (nee Thrall ?) born 6th July 1909 were living at 2 Peel Villas near Querneby Rd , Mapperley. There were 2 other unnamed occupants. Lily appears to have had a late second marriage to a Mr Bradley . 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaurenLapinski 5 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Thank you so much I found Thrall too, this is where I got the mapperley link from. Really appreciate this comment it matches up with what I have found perfectly. I’m a little bit stuck at the moment with where else to look! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue Snow 7 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Dorothy was my Mother contact me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 @Sue Snow The person who originally asked the question - @LaurenLapinski - hasn't logged in here since October 2021, so you may not get any response, but there's always a chance she may remember posting her query, and may come back at some time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Sending a PM will often trigger an email if the person hasn't changed their email address. It's worked for me on several occasions. It will then alert them to look at the NS messages. Worth a try. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue Snow 7 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 I have made contact thank you 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 That's impressive. Nice to see Nottstalgia can still achieve results on this kind of topic. ....and it's nothing to do with politics. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 @Sue Snow If possible, could you give us a few details about what you've found, how it happened, and who everyone is.......obviously without giving away any private or personal information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaurenLapinski 5 Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Hello! I wrote on here 2 years ago as you can see and checked back regularly but didn’t get anywhere. Sue found me on Facebook and made contact this week after finding this thread by looking up other family members online :) Dorothy would have been my biological grandma. My mum and sue share her as a biological mother; my mum was adopted in the sixties. My mum and I have never met anybody biologically related to us so this is very exciting and I’m looking forward to meeting my real life auntie :) By total coincidence my mum and I did dna tests last week to go down the ancestry/dna route to track potential family members, and will hopefully find some on the paternal side as that remains a mystery as of yet. thank you for your interest x 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 A combination of Facebook and Nottstalgia can often come up with the answer to many Nottingham-based queries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaurenLapinski 5 Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 It felt like such a drop in the ocean posting on here but so glad I did now! Been a very surreal few days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue Snow 7 Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 I’m overwhelmed and so excited to meet my sister and niece after all this time. Thank you Nottsalgia! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,415 Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 16 hours ago, LaurenLapinski said: Sue found me on Facebook and made contact this week after finding this thread by looking up other family members online I wonder if that's the result of opening up NS to Google or just coincidence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 Welcome to Nottstalgia Sue Snow. Hope you find many items of interest and folks to converse with. Nice to hear youv'e had a result and things are looking good. This site is how I found my cousin, who I had not seen for 62 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 58 minutes ago, Brew said: I wonder if that's the result of opening up NS to Google or just coincidence. Almost certainly the result of opening up a few weeks ago. Whatever Sue Snow was using as her search words (eg. Dorothy Ward, Boots), in the past Google would not have looked at Nottstalgia to see if those words appeared anywhere. As a test, I just searched Dorothy Ward Nottingham, and a link to Nottstalgia was the fifth result in the list. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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