Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Elliott Danforth
and Esther Rebecca (Wilson) Danforth
Sister of
Frances Sarah (Danforth) McClung and Charles Elliot Danforth Jr.
Wife of
George Irwin Anderson
— married
30 May 1945 (to 5 Sep 1951) in 518 North 19th Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Wife of
Vincenzo Piazza
— married
29 Sep 1951 (to 21 Jan 2002) in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Kathy (Anderson) Gundlach, George Irwin Anderson Jr., [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)] and Vincent Piazza
Died
at age 74
in Brookwood Hospital, Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
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Biography
Dorothy was born January 19, 1928.[1]
Dorothy V Danforth was enumerated as daughter of the head of household at 4605 11th Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama for the April 12, United States Census, 1930. She was noted as born 1928 in Alabama and single as seen in an image of the original census. Also included in the household are head Charles E Danforth, wife Esther R Danforth, daughter Sarah F Danforth and son Charles E Danforth Jr.[2]
On April 1, 1935, Dorothy D Danforth lived at 4605 11th Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.[3]
Dorothy D Danforth was enumerated as daughter of the head of household at 4605 11th Avenue North, Tract 5, Birmingham, Election Precinct 34, Jefferson County, Alabama for the April 8, United States Census, 1940. She was noted as born 1928 in Alabama and single as seen in this image of the original census. Also included in the household are head Charles E Danforth, wife Ester R Danforth and son Charles E Danforth.[3]
She signed "that which was not so" on her marriage license registration by signing that she was 18 when she was only 17 in her 1945 Alabama Marriage to G I Anderson and shown in the original image.[4]
She was pregnant in 1951 yet separated from her husband who had already left her.[5]
She was divorced September 5, 1951.[5]
She found a man to finance her and convinced him the new child was his? They were married September 29, 1951.[5]
This child was born six months and two weeks later.[5]
She moved in 1952 and lived until November 1961 in a small new house at 113 Vetavia Street in small town called Irondale. This was in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area.[5]
November 1961 - November 1965 120 Bonita Drive, Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama[5]
She learned in 1962 that her father had remarried and was told that her father had made his will eliminating her as an heir and naming his new family as the heir to his property.[5]
November 1965 - April 1972 3225 Winchester Road, Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama[5]
April 1972 - January 20, 2002 1935 Old Creek Trail, Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama[5]
The death of one of two childless aunts (her mother's sister) in 1987 gave her the first clue that her maternal relatives didn't care much for her lifelong abuse of others either when the first of these aunts passed away without bequeathing a cent on Dorothy.[5]
The death of the second of two childless aunts (her mother's sister) in 1992 gave her the second and final clue that her maternal relatives didn't care much for her lifelong abuse of others either when the last of these aunts passed away without bequeathing a cent on Dorothy either.[5]
In 1998 her oldest daughter likely committed suicide as revenge for her having stolen the former's prescription medicine.[5]
Dorothy V Piazza is listed as dying per a record of the January 21, 2002 United States Social Security Death Index. She had received her Social Security number in California. Her last place of residence is noted as Jefferson, Alabama.[1]
Dorothy Danforth Piazza is buried at Southern Heritage Cemetery in Pelham, Shelby County, Alabama.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JTC7-X3G : accessed 21 Aug 2014), Dorothy V Piazza, 21 Jan 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/32TC-G3Z : accessed 21 Aug 2014), Dorothy V Danforth in household of Charles E Danforth, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0053, sheet 29A, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V15R-5RR : accessed 21 Aug 2014), Dorothy D Danforth in household of Charles E Danforth, Tract 5, Birmingham, Election Precinct 34, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-171, sheet 9A, family 164, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 95.
- ↑ "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZVN-JCH : accessed 21 Aug 2014), George Irwin Anderson and Dorothy Danforth, 30 May 1945; citing Jefferson County; FHL microfilm 2405963.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 personal knowledge of child V.Piazza http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Piazza-75
- ↑ Find A Grave website
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorothy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorothy:
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50.00%
100.00%
Vincent Piazza 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T795997 [compare], FTDNA kit #565554
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Mokihana (Goins) White :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Sarah Dickson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
James Whittington :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member geofiz1_
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Larry Kemp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T930514 [compare]
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