2.4.3.5.4 Dorothy Mary “Dolly” Vevers

[Last amended: June 3, 2003]

Dorothy Mary “Dolly” Vevers was the fourth child and first daughter of Emily Hobbs and John Edwards Vevers. She was born in 1880 at Yarkhill, Herfordshire, where she was baptised on May 18 of that year.

When the 1881 census was taken in the April Dolly's age was given as 11 months. The 1891 census listed her as a 10 year old. By 1901 she had moved to London where she was working as a hospital nurse.

Dolly married her cousin George Murton Alvare Matson on June 7, 1906 at Christ Church in the parish of Streatham, London. George was a 35 year old tea merchant and a bachelor. His address at the time of marriage was 10 Cotherstone Road. His father was Albert Matson, farmer. His mother was Elizabeth Mary Vevers, the older sister of his bride's father.