Dora was born about 1869. Dora Unknown ... First-hand information as remembered by Lyle Larkin, Friday, March 13, 2015.
For further research - The marriage record cited below may be for this woman and James Jefferson. The census records call her Dora, but the name on the marriage license is Lydia D DILLMAN. Confirmation or disproof of Dora's maiden name should be sought. Nanette Gahn Pezzutti, June 15, 2016
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMCR-C7F : 9 December 2014), James Jefferson and Lydia D Dillman, 21 Jun 1901; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 2,131,378.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZB-K76 : 29 October 2015), James Jefferson, Shanandoah Ward 4, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,432.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSV-8GK : 14 December 2015), Vernon Jefferson in household of James Jefferson, Shenandoah Ward 4, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,652.
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHS-2ZD : 8 December 2015), Vernon T Jefferson in entry for James Jefferson, 1930.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQNJ-Q4D : 17 May 2014), Vernon Jefferson in household of Dora Jefferson, Ward 5, Shenandoah, Shenandoah Borough, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-160, sheet 17B, family 235, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3606.
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