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Norah (Nora) Dooley

Norah, known as Nora, was born in March 1909 in Manchester.¹

Birth Notes
- DOOLEY, NORAH BREEZE
  GRO Reference: 1909 M Quarter in PRESTWICH
  Volume 08D Page 399
  
  Norah was recorded as aged 35 on 30-Aug-1944, at the time of her fathers death.
  
  Was there another Norah born 1903 in Prestwich, who may have died young (but no death record to confirm).

Nora's father was Walter Dooley (Doxey) and her mother was Rebecca Breeze. Her paternal grandparents were <unknown> and Mary Ann Dooley; her maternal grandparents were John Breeze and Emma Breeze. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Charles, Walter, Thomas, Mary, Edna and Ivy. She was the fifth oldest of the seven children.

Death Notes
- Living at time of her fathers death in 1944

General Notes
- Nora had two children.
  
  FindMyPast.com has records for Walter and Rebecca Dooley (with Charles, Norah and Thomas) departing Liverpool in 1910 to arive in Melbourne, Australia.
  
  She is listed on the immigration lists for Victoria Unassisted Passenger.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Walter Dooley (Doxey)
  - b.Jun 1876 in Droylsden d.17 Aug 1944 in Sydney
  
  Hugh Dooley
  
  Mary Ann Dooley
  - b.~ 1855 in Droylsden
  
  Bridget Costello
  
  Norah (Nora) Dooley
  - b.Mar 1909 in Manchester
  
  John Breeze
  - b.~ 1848 in Oswestry
  
  Rebecca Breeze
  - b.Mar 1879 in Manchester d.1942 in Australia
  
  Emma Breeze
  - b.1851 in Manchester

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