Dorothy
Ellen
Svenson
formerly Langworthy aka Michell
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Sister of
Phillip Edward Langworthy, Cecil Alfred Langworthy, Phyllis Banfield Langworthy, Kenneth Llewellyn Langworthy, Gladwys Merle (Langworthy) Sheffield, Mavis Irene Langworthy, [private brother (1920s - unknown)] and [private sister (1920s - unknown)]
Wife of
Frederick Charles Svenson
— married
1941 in Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 90
in Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jan 2014
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Biography
Dorothy was born August 19, 1910. She was the eldest child of Philip Langworthy and Dorothy Huntington. She passed away in 2000. [1]
At the age of ten years, Dorothy moved, with her family, to the Young District of NSW. She later taught school, from kindergarten to high school classes, for nearly fifty years. She travelled extensively in outback Australia, the Near East, and Europe.
Dorothy was also a prolific writer, (authoring 29 works), principally of ghost stories, but also of several biographical and historical novels, under the pen-name of Dorothy Michell.
In 1988, Dorothy wrote the novel: " Gommie - the Girl Who Married the Butler: A Novella of 19th Century Australia 1858 - 1893 ", [2] which was loosely based on the life of her great grandmother, Ellen (Lay) Spooner, and covering Ellen's elopement and her early years in Australia.
A sequel to "Gommie ...", titled "Connexions of a Lady," [3]was published in 1991.
Dorothy also wrote an autobiographical novel, "Slave By Marriage". in 1989.[4]
During her lifetime, Dorothy used the names: Dorothy Ellen Michell; Dorothy Ellen Svenson; D. Michell; and Dorothy Svenson, nee Langworthy.
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Sources
- AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), 2002-
- NSW Birth 30280/1910
- NSW Marriage 17494/1941 - Frederick Charles Svenson
Footnotes
- ↑ Peter Knowles, Tuesday, January 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Gommie - the Girl Who Married the Butler: A Novella of 19th Century Australia 1858 - 1893", by Dorothy Michell, published by Butterfly Books, Springwood, NSW, 31 December, 1988, ISBN 0947333010
- ↑ "Connexions of a Lady, Story of Early Australia; Sequel to "Gommie - the Girl Who Married the Butler", by Dorothy Michell, published by Jarrahdale Press, Jarrahdale, W.A., 1991, ISBN 1875511032
- ↑ "Slave By Marriage", An Autobiographical Novel", by Dorothy Michell, published by Butterfly Books, Springwood, NSW, 31 December, 1989, ISBN 0947333150
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