Dorothy was born on February 2nd, 1897. Dorothy's father was John Lea and her mother was Lizzie Nield. Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Lea and Elizabeth Brereton. She had three brothers and a sister, named Marshal, Charles, Edgar and Elsie. She was the third oldest of the five children. She died at the age of 80 on April 18th, 1977 in Harthill.1