Dorothy (Ford) Keats (1923 - abt. 2015)

Born 16 May 1923 in Shoal Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Daughter of Willis Ford and Winnie Violet (Saunders) Ford

Descendants

Died about 2 Jul 2015 at about age 92 in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Biography

Dorothy was born on 16 May 1923 in Wellington. She was the daughter of Willis Ford and Violet Saunders.

She appears in the 1935 Shoal Bay census with her parents and nine siblings: Earl Frederick, Manuel, Arthur John, Edith Maud, Alma, Sarah, Rebecca Olive, Annie Georgina, and Wallace Clayton. All are listed as Salvation Army. ^[1]

She married Samuel Collins in 1940.

She appears in the 1945 Wellington census with her first husband, Samuel Collins, their first two children, Elizabeth and Arthur, and four of her husband's half-siblings, Lena, Newton, Reuben and Alice. ^[2]

Dorothy and Samuel had two more children, before he died in 20 Feb 1948.

Dorothy married Robert Keats and had twelve children. She died in 2015.

Notes: Wellington was previously known as Shoal Bay and later known as Dover.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-7QVT : 8 March 2021), Dorothy Ford in household of Willis Ford, Shoal Bay, Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Bonavista District, p. 272, household ID 497, reference ID , Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,824.
2. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-FTYS : 9 March 2021), Dorothy Collins in household of Samuel J Collins, Wellington, Bonavista North, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Bonavista North District, p. 40, household ID 66, line 29, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,167,050.

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• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Josephine (Collins) Glover and E.F., her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Willis Ford and Winnie Saunders, the grandparents of Josephine (Collins) Glover and great grandparents of E.F.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st – 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 673 cM across 31 segments.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kimberly (Glover) Ryan and Claude Lush, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Willis Ford and Winnie Saunders, the great grandparents of Kimberly (Glover) Ryan and grandparents of Claude Lush. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st – 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 977 cM across 44 segments.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Josephine (Collins) Glover and C.F., her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Willis Ford and Winnie Saunders, the grandparents of both Josephine (Collins) Glover and C.F.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin, based on sharing 1046 cM across 41 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Josephine (Collins) Glover and Apydazes, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are John Ford and Harriette Goodyear, the great grandparents of both Josephine (Collins) Glover and Apydazes. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 289 cM across 20 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Josephine (Collins) Glover and M.L., her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Frederick Saunders and Sarah White, the great grandparents of Josephine (Collins) Glover and grandparents of M.L.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 408 cM across 21 segments.