Dorothy Unice (Buckingham) Butcher (1918 - 1937)

Born 28 Dec 1918 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Neville Butcher — married 1937 (to 1937) in Victoria, Australia

Died 1937 at about age 18 in Victoria, Australia

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Biography

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Dorothy Unice Buckingham was born on 28 Dec 1918 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia, daughter of Alfred Emberson Buckingham (1895–1959) and Annie Lillian Hook (1896–1970).^[1]

Dorothy married Henry Neville Butcher in 1937 in Victoria, Australia. ^[2]

She passed away in childbirth, at the age of 19yrs, along with her baby girl (Coral Butcher) in October 1937, and is buried in Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia with a burial date of 13 October 1937. ^{[3] [4]}

Research Notes

• No birth certificate has yet been found for Dorothy’s baby, but I was told the story of the death, by my mother, who in 1938 then named her first daughter Dorothy Coral, in their memoryBuckingham-2654 13:06, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration:"Victoria Births"
   Registration Number: 01483
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 23 July 2023)
   First name(s): Dorothy Unice; Mother's last name: Gillespie; Country: Australia; Mother's name: Annie; State: Victoria; Father's name: Alf; Last name: Buckingham; Registration number: 01483; Birth year: 1918; Birth place: Carlton C; Sex: Female.
2. ↑ Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 23 Jul 2023). Index entry for BUCKINGHAM, Dor'y Eunice and Hy Neville Butcher; Year: 1937, Reg. number: 4608
3. ↑ Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 23 Jul 2023). Index entry for Dorothy Butcher, Year: 1937; Parents: Buckingham and Annie Lilian Gillespie; Spouse: ; Death Place: Carlton, Australia; Birth Place: ; Age: 19; Reg. Number: 9230; Reg. Number: 9230
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #212236170 (accessed 23 July 2023)
   Memorial page for Dorothy Butcher (unknown-13 Oct 1937), citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia (plot: Church Of England I, Grave 888); Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).