Dorothy (Lyon) Fisher (1905 - 2000)

Born 24 Mar 1905 in Larrabee, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Herbert Edward Fisher — married 16 Feb 1926 in Porter, Indiana, United States

Wife of Robert Michael Stratton — married 6 Sep 1952 in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States

Died 24 Jun 2000 at age 95 in Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Dorothy M Lyon was born 24 Mar 1905. She is the third child of Arthur Lyon and Margaret Bolster. ^[1][2][3]

Dorothy lived in Welcome, Outagamie, Wisconsin when she was five years old, and resided there until she married Herbert Edward Fisher in Porter, Indiana, on 16 Feb 1926, when she was twenty years old.^[4][5][6]

The 12 Apr 1930 Census shows Dorothy Goodrich and Harold N Goodrich as lodgers living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the Powell's. This census states her father was born in New York, her mother was born in Wisconsin, her birth year is 1905, and she is married. No marriage information has been found. ^[7]

Dorothy L Goodrich lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1939 and was working as a Telephone Operator for Postal Tel-Cable Company. ^[8]

In 1940, Dorothy was divorced, living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and working as a Telegraph Operator:^[9]

On 27 Jul 1943, Dorothy Lyon Goodrich was hired by the U.S. Chicago and North Western Railroad as a Switchboard Operator. Her parents are listed as Arthur Layton Lyon and Margaret Jane McClean. ^[3]

Dorothy L Goodrich enlisted in the Women's Army Corps on 10 May 1944 as a Private. Her Army Service number is A-612398. Her civil occupation at this time was "telephone operator". ^[10]

Dorothy "Dawson" married Robert Michael Stratton in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan on 6 Sep 1952. Her parents are listed as Arthur Layton Lyon and Margaret Jane McClean.^[11]

On 3 May 1953, Dorothy L Dawson, Sgt., flew into Idlewild, New York from Frankfurt, Germany. Her permanent address is listed as Mrs. Blanche Dilley, Blanche Bonnie (Lyon) Dilley, her sister, of New London, Wisconsin. Her Army Service number is listed as A-612398, which matches the Army Service number when she enlisted in 1944. She also used the name Dorothy L Dawson when she married Robert Michael Stratton. ^[11][12]

I wasn't sure about this entry about her flight from Germany, and her name being Dorothy L Dawson, Sgt, until her Find A Grave profile became available on Family Search. The cremains of this veteran were never claimed by family members but were interred on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015, through the work of the Missing In America Project. More research lead me to the her marriage to Robert M. Stratton; from the obituary of her father, Arthur Laton Lyon (1867-1955). An anonymous person sent me copies of the newspaper article and her obituary. See "Images". The Oshkosh Northwestern, Wisconsin, 26 May 2015, page A1: "A funeral service was held at Riverside Cemetery for the unclaimed soldier, Dorothy Lyon Stratton...on Memorial Day."^[13]

Dorothy Lyon Stratton, Sgt, passed away on 24 Jun 2000, at the age of ninety-five, on a Saturday afternoon, at Pleasant Acres in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She was a veteran of the United States Army, Women's Army Corps . Dorothy never had any children. She preceded her parents, her husband, brother and sisters in her death. ^[13][14]

Sources

1. ↑ "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRX4-DFH : 30 January 2020), Dorothy Lyon, 24 Mar 1905.
2. ↑ "Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Friday, 7 Jan 1955", Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Oshkosh, WI, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper; Ancestry.com. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7044/images/NEWS-WI-OS_DA_NO.1955_01_07_0018?pId=500734994). Arthur Lyon Rites Held at Northport, ...Survivors, daughter, Mrs. Robert Stratton...; page 18.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970"; U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970; Ancestry.com; Published 2015; (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/176335678/person/262292384448/facts). Dorothy Lyon Goodrich, parents, Arthur Layton Lyon and Margaret Jane McClean, dated 27 Jul 1943.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2V-3HM : accessed 29 July 2021), Dortha M Lyons in household of Arthur L Lyons, Welcome, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 3A, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1731; FHL microfilm 1,375,744.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2C-4M3 : 4 February 2021), Dorothy N Lyon in entry for Arthur L Lyon, 1920.
6. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8HK2-2Q2M : 7 April 2021), Dorothy N Lyon in entry for Herbert E Fisher, 1926.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X99H-BHX : accessed 29 July 2021), Dorothy Goodrich in household of Williard S Powell, Milwaukee (Districts 1-250), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 11A, line 28, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2586; FHL microfilm 2,342,320.
8. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995." Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/774626074:2469?ssrc=pt&tid=176335678&pid=262292384448). Dorothy L Goodrich, 1939, N 26th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tel Oprt., page 404.
9. ↑ "1940 United States Federal Census." Year: 1940; Census Place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04556; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 72-347. (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/M-T0627-04556-00064?pId=75863123). Dorothy Goodrich; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head: Head; Occupation is Telegraph Operator.
10. ↑ "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946", National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/176335678/person/262292384448/facts). Dorothy L Goodrich, telephone operator, enlisted 10 May 1944, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Women's Army Corps, service number A-612398.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952". (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9093&h=4141304&ssrc=pt&tid=176335678&pid=262292384448&usePUB=true) Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 41; Film Title: 21 Delta 7540-22 Dickinson 2219; Film Description: Delta (1949)-Dickinson (1935). Ancestry.com, Published 2015; Dorothy L Dawson, birth 1915, Birthplace Clintonville, Wisconsin, Marriage date 6 Sep 1952, Residence New London, Wisconsin, Father Arthur Layton Lyon, Mother Margaret Jane McClean, Spouse Robert Michael Stratton.
12. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:241X-48T : 2 March 2021), Dorothy L Dawson, 1952; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #146787431 for Dorothy Lyon Stratton
14. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPYW-SWY : 9 January 2021), Dorothy Stratton, 24 Jun 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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