Researching Dorothy Wyatt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8785 people with the Wyatt surname? In that year Wyatt was ranked number 462 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dorothy means "A gift of God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Dorothy Wyatt on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dorothy Wyatt and the Wyatt Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wyatt Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Wyatt family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 11152 people with the Wyatt surname in the UK? Wyatt is now ranked number 523 for popularity in the UK. |
Wyatt Genealogy Databases
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Wyatt Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 63803 people with the Wyatt surname in the USA? Wyatt is ranked number 136 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Wyatt Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Dorothy Wyatt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Dorothy Wyatt
Dorothy Wyatt
Dorothy Mary Wyatt, née Fanning (1925 - 2001) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland from 1973 to 1981. She was the city's first female mayor.
Wyatt first worked as a secretary, meeting her husband Donald Wyatt while working for American Overseas Airlines in Gander. She later returned to Memorial University of Newfoundland to study nursing.
Wyatt first won election to St. John's City Council in 1969 as the city's first female councilor. She ran for the mayoralty in 1973, winning the election and serving two terms in office. Her term as mayor was marked by accomplishments including the city's hosting of the Canada Summer Games in 1977, a shift from rental-value to capital-value municipal tax assessment, the adoption of a ward system for city council elections, and the construction of many of the city's modern office buildings.
Wyatt was defeated by John Joseph Murphy in the 1981 election. She was later reelected as a councillor at large in 1985, and remained a sitting member of city council until her death; she died just two days before the city's 2001 municipal election, and was posthumously reelected to her seat on September 25. A by-election was held on November 27 of that year, and was won by Sandy Hickman.
She was a candidate for provincial office twice, running as an independent candidate in St. John's Centre and later for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in the party's 1979 leadership convention. In the PC race, she garnered no votes (she didn't even vote for herself, admitting that she had run more "to shake things up" than out of a serious desire to actually lead the party) and was eliminated on the first ballot.
Wyatt revelled in a quirky and offbeat public image, once telling a reporter that she hoped to be classified "as a freak, I suppose".
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