Dorcas (Dale) Flight (1886 - 1981)

Born 24 Dec 1886 in Small Point, Broad Cove, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur William Flight — married 22 Dec 1908 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1981 at about age 94 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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Biography

Dorcas Dale was born in 1886 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Her parents were Robert Dale and Mary Ann Babcock. ^[1]

She married Arthur Flight on December 22, 1908 at Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts. ^[2]
Together they had 6 children:

1. undefined Flight
2. Miriam Flight
3. Irene Flight
4. Mildred Flight
5. Chester Flight
6. Frank Flight

In 1935 she was living at Small Point with Arthur Flight and 5 children.^[3]

She was also listed on the 1945 census at Small Point, ^[4]

She died in 1986 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St John's, newfoundland^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2XG-WB5 : 2 March 2021), Dorcas Dale, 1886; citing Birth Registration, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZR-1Q1J : 6 May 2022), Arthur Flight and Dorcas Dale, 22 Dec 1908; citing Marriage, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009306.
3. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-4HST : 8 March 2021), Dorcas Flight in household of Arthur Flight, Small Point, Carbonear and Bay de Verdi, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Carbonear and Bay de Verdi District, p. 229, household ID 71, reference ID , Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,826.
4. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-J2KW : 9 March 2021), Dorcas Flight in household of Arthur Flight, Small Point, Carbonear and Bay de Verdi, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Carbonear and Bay de Verdi District, p. 8, household ID 5, line 3, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,167,051.
5. ↑ http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cemetery/cem-st-johns-mt-pleasant-sect-b-r-61-64-prot-sjc.shtml

• Cemetery listing of FLIGHT, Dorcas, http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cemetery/cem-st-johns-mt-pleasant-sect-b-r-61-64-prot-sjc.shtml