Violet Van der Elst - Descendants of brother, Samuel Dodge

• vde/10/1 Photographs of visit to Harlaxton Manor by descendants of Samuel Dodge, 05/10/2013
• vde/10/2 Dodge family tree, created by Payton & Tate for Hilda Lilian Britten deceased, 08/1997
• vde/10/3 Dodge family tree 1809-2009, compiled by Mick Dodge, 03/2010

In October 2013 descendants of Violet Van der Elst's brother, Samuel Dodge, visited Harlaxton Manor. This collection includes photographs of the visit and a Dodge family tree.

Samuel Dodge was a master baker on the Clan McNaughton steamship which was converted to an armed ship during the 1st World War. Unfortunately the ship left Liverpool in 1915 and was never heard of again. The accepted theory was that the addition of weaponry made the ship top heavy which went down in a storm somewhere in the North Atlantic. It was terrible news for Violet because she had already lost another brother in 1900 during the Boer War in South Africa.

Violet Van der Elst box

By appointment

Luanne Hill, October 2013

Added by Linda Dawes, College Librarian, March 2017

Photographs and family tree not be reproduced without permission of donor/creator

Email from Mick Dodge 09/10/2013 on Manor Research drive

Manor Research drive "\\hx-file\StaffShares$\Manor Research\vde Violet Van der Elst 1937-48\vde_10 Dodge" [internal access only]