Individual Details

Census

Possible family match, has brothers Max and Jim -
Thomas Dorney Head M 45 Poplar, London E
Ellen Dorney Daughter F 15 Wouldham, Kent
Thomas Dorney Son M 14 Snodland, Kent
James Dorney Son M 8 Poplar, London E
Max Dorney Son M 6 Poplar, London E
Jane Pearson House Keeper F 27 Sittingbourne, Kent
William Pearson Son M 0 Snodland, Kent
William Craddick Boarder M 82 Maidstone, Kent
Charles Ledford Boarder M 25 Chertsey, Surrey
Jack Ford Boarder M 24 Sutton Valence, Kent

Census (family)

511, 11 DeWitt, Lafe Head, rent 27 KY, KY, KY Buyer - dry goods
Nelly Wife 26 England, England England
Dixie Daughter 1 9/12 KY

Census (family)

416, 284, 289, DeWitt, Lafe G, Head, Rent $102.50, radio, MW 37, First married at 25, KY IL KY, Buyer - Department store
Nellie D, Wife, FW, 43, M-31, England 3x's, 1913 Na, none
Dixie J, Daughter, FW, 11, single, Kansas, KY England
Jane A, Daughter, FW, 9, single, Iowa KY England
Mary E, Daughter, FW, 7, single, Iowa, KY England
Danielson, Dalla, Servant, FW, 22 single, IA IA IA, servant private family

Census (family)

Lafe Dewitt Head M 45 Kentucky, Manager Retail Merchandise
Nellie Dewitt Wife F 52 England
Dixie Jean Dewitt Daughter F 21 Kansas, Cashier, Retail Store
Jane Ann Dewitt Daughter F 19 Iowa
Mary Eleanor Dewitt Daughter F 17 Iowa

Census (family)

Lafe G Dewitt Head, WM, 57 years 1893 Kentucky Married, Merchandise Mgr., Retail Clothing Store
Nellie Dewitt, Wife, WF, 63 years 1887 England married

Death

MRS. L. G. (NELLIE) DEWITT
Mrs. L. G. (Nellie) DeWitt, of 7405 20th St. W., died at a local hospital.
She was born in Kent, England, and was a resident of the Tacoma area for the past 26 years.
She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Mother Church of Boston. She and her husband, Lafe, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 6, 1967.
Besides her husband, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Dixie Jean Bolton, of Boston, Mrs. Jane Lawyer, of Seattle and Mrs. Mary Jones, of El Cajon, Calif.; two brothers, Jim and Max Dorney, of England; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be announced by Brookside Mortuary.
[newspaper clipping, probably from a Tacoma Newspaper April 1968]

In a letter written April 25, 1970, Olive Dewitt Prouty says, " Lafe didn't feel equal to going back for the services [sister Minna's death]. He is still grieving over Nellie's death, two years ago. He did visit with Nancy [Birch] in Louisville in Sept. and saw Minn three of four times then. She led a sad, lonely life since the death of two children, one, an infant, Pamela - pardon me, Marcella age twelve. I have told you that she drank polluted stream water at a Fourth of July picnic. Then her husband passed away in 1949."