Sonia Mary (Brownell) Blair (1918 - 1980)

Born 25 Aug 1918 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Wife of Eric Arthur Blair — married 11 Oct 1949 (to 21 Jan 1950) in London, England

Died 11 Dec 1980 at age 62 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sonia was born in 1918^[1]. Her entry in the Death Index confirms her date of birth as 25 Aug 1918.

She married Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) in 1949^[2].

She died in 1980^[1], as "Sonia Mary Brownell".

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Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia: Sonia_Orwell
• Wikidata: Item Q7561744, en:Wikipedia
• Fact: Christening (8 Jan 1919) Bengal, India
• Fact: Occupation (1949) magazine editor England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Death Registration (1980) London, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Probate (20 April 1982)
• Fact: Burial Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} England and Wales Civil Registration, Death Index, December Qtr 1980, Chelsea 11, 1743, accessed via https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
2. ↑ England and Wales Civil Registration, Marriage Index, December Qtr 1949, Pancras 5d, 801, accessed via https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 June 2022, 22:03), entry for Sonia Mary Brownell (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K2MS-4L3 ); contributed by various users.