Birth: 4 February 1898 Camelsdale, Fernhurst, West Sussex, UK
Father: Arthur George Roe 1872-1916
Mother: Emily Luff 1871-1942
Christening: 24 April 1898 St Stephen, Shottermill, Surrey, UK
Marriage: November 1917 Hambledon, Surrey, UK
Husband: Benjamin Albert Clayfield 1891-1981
Death: 5 March 1965 Byerly Hospital, Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Buried: K.2.10 Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Donald Arthur Clayfield 1920-1993
John (Jack) Clayfield 1921-2011
Raymond Thomas Clayfield 1924-2020
Birth of Dorothy May Roe in FreeBMD in January-March 1898 in Midhurst (2B 379).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Dorothy May Roe baptised 24 April 1898 at Shottermill, St Stephen, parents Arthur George and Emily Roe. "Page 163 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Shottermill in the County of Surrey in the Year 1898 [...] 1898 Apr 24 No. 1303 Dorothy May [parents] Arthur George [a] Plasterer & Emily Roe [of] Camels Dale Fernhurst".
In the 1901 census as Dorothy M Roe aged 3, born in Linchmere, Sussex, and living with her parents (Arthur G and Emily) and brother (Arthur J) in Camels Dale, Fernhurst, Sussex.
In the 1911 census as Dorothy May Roe aged 13, born in Linchmere, Sussex, and living with her parents (Arthur George and Emily) and brother (Arthur John) in five rooms at Rose Cottage, Clay Hill, Haslemere, Surrey.
Marriage of Dorothy M Roe and Benjamin A Clayfield in FreeBMD in October-December 1917 in Hambledon (2A 442). I cannot locate the marriage in the Haslemere or Shottermill Registers. From her husbands service records he was given permission to marry on 10 November 1917, and from 1 December 1917 his $20 pay was sent to Dorothy M Clayfield of Rose Villa, New Villa, Sicklemere, Haslemere, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944 for Dorothy M Clayfield aged 21 arrived St Albans, Vermont in 1919 accompanied by Pte B Clayfield (husband?).
Entry in Ancestry Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 for Dorothy May Clayfield aged 21 arrived 22 May 1919 at Quebec, on Grampian for Waterloo, Ontario.
In the 1921 census as Dorathy (sic - on the original) Clayfield aged 23, born in England, parents born in England, immigrated in 1919, and living with her husband (Bengiman) and son (Donald) in a single storey brick rented house (24) in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario.
Entry in Ancestry Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 for Mrs Dorothy Clayfield, address 37 Ezra Avenue, Waterloo, Ontario in 1957, other occupant Benjamin Clayfield (husband?).
Entry in Ancestry South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1970 for Dorothy M Clayfield born 4 February 1898 in Hazlemere England, parents Arthur Roe and Emiler Luft (sic), spouse Ben Clayfield, of 37 Ezra, Waterloo, Ontario, died on 5 March 1965 at Byerly Hospital, Hartsville, Darlington of shock and other extreme injuries received in automobile accident at 1:20pm on 3 May 1965 at Jury 15 & 151 by-pass, removed 6 March 1965 to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Entry in Find A Grave for Dorothy Mae Clayfield born 4 February 1898 in Linchmere, Chichester, West Sussex, father Arthur George Roe, husband Benjamin Arthur Clayfield, son Donald Arthur Clayfield, her death on 5 March 1965 in Hartsville, Darlington,, South Carolina, USA, and burial in Section # K.2.10, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. "Clayfield/In Memory of/Benjamin A Clayfield/1891-1981/And Beloved Wife/Dorothy Roe/1898-1965". Dorothy married Benjamin Clayfield in Hambledon, West Yorkshire (sic) in 1917, while her husband was stationed in England during World War One. Dorothy arrived from England on May 22, 1919 when she was 21 years old. They raised 3 children, Raymond, Donald & Jack. Dorothy was killed in a automobile accident in South Carolina, on her way home from Florida.
There are thirty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Dorothy Mae Roe.
Entry in The Murrays of Ontario, Canada:Information about Dorothy Mae Roe
U.S. Crash Hurts Fatal To Woman
Mrs. Benjamin Clayfield, 67, of 37 Ezra Ave., Waterloo, died yesterday from injuries received in a traffic accident at Hartsville, S.C. Her husband is in hospital there with undetermined injuries. They were returning home from a Florida vacation. Mrs. Clayfield was the former Dorothy Mae Roe, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roe. She was born in Haslemere, England, and had lived in Waterloo since 1919. She was a member of First United Church, Waterloo. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Raymond of Bridgeport and Donald and Jack of Waterloo, and 10 grandchildren. One brother predeceased her. The body will be at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, Waterloo, after 6p.m. Monday. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. Children of Dorothy Mae Roe and Albert Benjamin Clayfield are:
Raymond Clayfield.
Donald A. Clayfield.
Jack Clayfield.
Dorothy May Roe was the great grandneice of Ellen Kate Luff, wife of Frederick Baker, my first cousin twice removed.
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