Dorothy Ida (Burgess) Greer (1899 - aft. 1940)

Born 1899 in Arkansas, United States

Wife of Robert Henry Greer — married 6 Dec 1933 in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado

Died after 1940 after age 41 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Born to Seymour T Burgess, born in Alabama and Sallie Burgess, born in Tennessee.

Apr 23, 2016 1:45 PM

for "edit" to Dorothy Greer

Middle Name: Ida

Last Name: Greer

Maiden Name: Burgess

Last Name: Dunwiddie-Greer ^[1]

Early Life

1900 Caroline Townshp Austin Station town, Lonoke, Arkansas

Age 1 --Marital Status Single

Race White

Birth Date Jan 1899

Birthplace Arkansas

Father's Birthplace Alabama --Mother's Tennessee

Seymour T Burgess Head M 32 Alabama

Sallie Burgess Wife F 20 Tennessee

Dorothy L Burgess Daughter F 1 Arkansas ^[2]

1st Marriage

1) Name Herbert Dunwiddie

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 25 Jun 1925

Event Place Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado,

Age 32 --Birth Year (Estimated) 1893

Spouse's Name Dora I Burgess

Spouse's Age 25 --Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1900

Page 6123 - ^[3]

It appears that Herbert William Dunwiddie and Dorothy were divorced as there is a 1942 Draft Reg. Card for Herbert.. he is the Manager/resides at the Metropolitan Hotel in Denver, single...

Married Life

1930 Denver, Denver, Colorado,

Age 37

Marital Status Married

Birth Year (Estimated) 1893

Birthplace Iowa

Father's Birthplace Wisconsin --Mother's Pennsylvania

Sheet Letter B --Sheet Number 6

Herbert Dunwiddie Head M 37 Iowa

Dorothy Dunwiddie Wife F 29 Arkansas

Opal Dunwiddie Daughter F 8 Colorado ^[4]

2nd Marriage

2) NAME: Robert GREER age 36

Date: Dec 6 1933

Place: Littleton Colorado...

Spouse: Dorothy Dunwiddi age 33

as per the "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index 1853-2006" ^[5]

Family Life

1940 they lived in L.A. California

HEAD: Robert GREER Robert died in 1953

WIFE: Dorothy age:40 ARK

Dau.: Opal Irene age;18 CO ^[6]

Research Notes

Rootsweb.com TREE:

Father: William DUNWIDDIE b: 27 JUN 1856 in Wisconsin

Mother: Margaret MOORE b: 30 JUL 1861 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Will research the 1st marriage to Dunwiddie...Thank you for the info.

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Contact: David Buchroeder

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ID: I388316

Name: Seymour B. Burgess

Birth: 21 Jan 1868 in Blount Co., AL

Death: 23 May 1957 in Lonoke, Lonoke Co., AR

_UID: 4CF629717CB64C54B5A381C04A3CBB9A2282--Change Date: 9 Jul 2013

Father: Stephen Smith Burgess b: 1 Aug 1832 in Hamilton Co., TN

Mother: Elizabeth Shelton

No f-a-g found for her so her husband is sourced below.*Robert Henry .findagrave.com 120550731

THIS IS the other DOROTHY (JONES) GREER who lived to be 104 years AND ALSO married a Robert Greer................

• 120594426 findagrave

THIS is one/the same I am sure...findagrave 135534006

Sources

1. ↑ from --Sent by: Judy Morgan
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M362-XZJ : accessed 23 April 2016), Dorothy L Burgess in household of Seymour T Burgess, Caroline Township Austin Station town, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 13B, family 259, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,066.
3. ↑ Colorado Marriages Arapahoe "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQS-VMK : accessed 23 April 2016), Herbert Dunwiddie and Dora I Burgess, 25 Jun 1925, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; citing no. 6123, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,072. familysearch.org
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74S-6HB : accessed 23 April 2016), Herbert Dunwiddie, 1930.
5. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQW-MMZ : 3 December 2014), Robert Greer and Dorothy Dunwiddi, 06 Dec 1933, Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing no. 16232, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,082.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H5-ZQ8 : accessed 2 February 2017), Robert Greer, Councilmanic District 13, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1081, sheet 7B, line 50, family 174, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 379.