Talk:Dorothy Levitt
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Here's some stuff about Dorothy Levitt I've just posted on my blog comments as a reply to a comment from the author of this wiki - just in case you miss it:
"Hi autodidactyl, just spotted your comment.
Here's what I posted on the TNF forum about Dorothy Levitt:
"I didn't know there was a mystery about Dorothy Levitt but if there is, perhaps this might give a clue.
In the 6th November 1903 issue of the Times there is a report of a court case involving Dorothy Levitt and her friend Hena Frankton, they claimed damages against a van driver who had hit their car. In the 1901 Census Miss Frankton is a boarder with the family of a John and Julia Levit, no Dorothy in the household but the Levit's do have a daughter Elizabeth, aged 19, a typist. Go back to the 1891 Census and the family name is Levi and the father's name listed as Jacob rather than John.
Anyway perhaps the typist Elizabeth Levi or Levit was the real name of Dorothy Levitt, secretary at the Napier Motor Company."
So there is the basis of my theory that Dorothy Levitt was Elizabeth Levi born around 1882 in Islington/Hackney. Possibly the Elizabeth Levi birth registered March quarter 1882 in Hackney, ref Hackney Ib 519.
What happened to Dorothy? She was living in a flat. 1n Portman Mansions, Paddington, until 1913, but I haven't been able to find anything else." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Einion clud (talk • contribs) 11:07, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks Einion clud, I had already read TNF (it's almost a bible), checked the census sources and updated the wiki assuming it to be hard fact. I will now moderate the terminology to reflect the 'element of doubt'. Autodidactyl (talk) 12:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
