Dorothy Nairn Marshall MBE FSA (1900 - 1992)

Born 30 Jan 1900 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Died 3 Sep 1992 at age 92 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Dorothy Nairn Marshall (1900-1992) was born in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland on the 30th January 1900. She was the youngest of 3 daughters of Dr. John Marshall and Jean Binnie. ^{[1] [2]} Her father was a general practitioner on the isle of Bute and the family lived at 7 Battery Place, Rothesay. ^{[3] [4]}

She remained living with her parents and shared her father's passion for natural history and spent much time exploring the world around her on the island. Most years around February or March, they would undertake a holiday to the Mediterranean or North Africa. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Her father retired from general practice in 1932 and they moved to Stewart Hall, Rothesay, Bute. It was there that her father died in 1945 ^[8] and her mother in 1949. ^[9]

She was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland in 1945. ^[10]

Subsequent to this, Dorothy was able to further indulge her passion for archaeology and she travelled all over the world assisting in digs and excavations including Sabratha in North Africa in 1951 and another at Jericho on the West Bank of Palestine in 1952. She acted as Registrar for the excavations at Jericho every year from 1952 to 1958. ^[11]

She took a trip from Merida in Mexico to Miami, Florida in 1961, her intended destination being St Augustine, Florida. Her address at this time was given as Kames Garden Cottage, (which is in Port Bannantyne,) Bute, Scotland. ^[2] Nothing more is given on the travel documents but I find it interesting that both the departure and the destination location both had/have active excavations nearby.

She was awarded an M.B.E. in the New Years Honours in 1982. ^[12]

She died on the 3rd September 1992 in Rothesay, Bute. ^[13]

Dorothy Nairn Marshall obituary 1992

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: Scotland's People website.
   1900. MARSHALL, DOROTHY NAIRN
   (Statutory registers - Births 558/ 32-Rothesay)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Passenger List: "Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963"
   The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Miami, Florida.; NAI Number: 2788541; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8842 #7670038 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   Name: Dorothy N Marshall; Nationality: British; Age: 61; Birth Date: 30 Jan 1900; Birth Place: Scotland; Arrival Date: 6 Dec 1961; Arrival Place: Miami, Florida, USA; Airline: PAA; Flight Number: 451.
3. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Rothesay; ED: 16; Page: 7; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1901_187
   Ancestry uk Record 1101 #2930043 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   Dorothy N Marshall (1) daur (daughter) in household of John N Marshall (40) in 7 Battery Place, Rothesay, Bute. Born in Rothesay, Buteshire.
4. ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Rothesay; ED: 18; Page: 7
   Dorothy N Marshall (11) daur (daughter) in household of John Marshall (50) in 7 Battery Place, Rothesay, Bute. Born in Rothesay, Buteshire.
5. ↑ Passenger List: "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27-
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2997 #43705711 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   Name: Miss Dorothy Nairn Marshall; Gender: Female; Departure Age: 25; Birth Date: abt 1899; Departure Date: 5 Feb 1924; Departure Port: England; Ship Name: Koningin Der Nederlanden; Shipping Line: Nederland Royal Mail Line; Destination Port: Algiers, Algeria; Master: W A Proyer.
6. ↑ Passenger List: "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27-
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2997 #40504651 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   Name: Miss Dorothy Nairn Marshall; Gender: Female; Departure Age: 25; Birth Date: abt 1901; Departure Date: 4 Feb 1926; Departure Port: England; Ship Name: Prins Der Nederlanden; Shipping Line: Nederland Royal Mail Line; Destination Port: Genoa, Italy; Master: P A Prang.
7. ↑ Passenger List: "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27-
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2997 #138877434 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   Name: Dorothy Nairn Marshall; Gender: Female; Departure Age: 30; Birth Date: abt 1901; Departure Date: 6 Feb 1931; Departure Port: England; Ship Name: Baloeran; Shipping Line: Rotterdam Lloyd Royal Dutch Mail; Destination Port: Tangier, Morocco; Master: N Hinsman.
8. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1904 #19458472 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   John Nairn Marshall probate on 8 Jan 1946 in Llandudno. Died 15 Mar 1945 in Bute, Scotland.
9. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1904 #18043005 (accessed 15 November 2021)
   Jean Colville Marshall probate on 8 Feb 1950 in London, England. Died 4 Oct 1949 in Rothesay.
10. ↑ Newspaper: The Scotsman - Monday 29 October 1945. Page 3
11. ↑ Website: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge, England.
    https://m.facebook.com/MAACambridge/photos/a.285923129444.142658.55206044444/10154038943974445/?type=3&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22O%22%7D
    
12. ↑ Newspaper: The Times, London. Thursday, Dec. 31, 1981. Page 6
13. ↑ Death Registration: Scotland's People website.
    1992. MARSHALL, DOROTHY NAIRN (BINNIE) 92
    (Statutory registers - Deaths 550/ 101-Isle of Bute)