Dorothy Cork

[m23to53]

A lady of this name, from Stanmore, Sydney died 4/5/2015 according to Ryerson and the NSW Probate Index - but no indication of age or birth date.
A possible husband, Herrick Maurice Cork, possibly died 2003 in Sydney according to Ancestry trees but no source given.
Can anyone find evidence, like death notices, to help me determine if I am looking for the right people?

Thanks

[maddys52]

According to the Powerhouse Museum, Herrick Maurice CORK died in 2003.
https://collection.maas.museum/object/422095

According to the above biography, his wife Dorothy (nee BUTLER) was born 9 March 1918 at Bombala, NSW if that helps you? Numerous mentions of her as an author in newspapers and on various websites.

I can't see the probate notice for Dorothy CORK in the Sydney Morning Herald.

[McGroger]

From NSW BDM indexes:
Birth Reg. No. 15430/1918 Dorothy Butler Father Thomas Mother Elsie M Place Bombala
Birth Reg. No. 19588/1914 Herrick M Cork Father Herrick A Mother Winifred H Place Moruya
Marriage Reg. No. 17915/1943 Herrick Maurice Cork to Dorothy Butler Place North Sydney

Peter

[AlanBoyd]

The obituary refers to ‘pulp fiction’ in connection with Dorothy Cork. There are a number of Dorothy Cork romances at archive.org

Sample cover:

[garstonite]

From NSW BDM indexes:
Birth Reg. No. 15430/1918 Dorothy Butler Father Thomas Mother Elsie M Place Bombala
Birth Reg. No. 19588/1914 Herrick M Cork Father Herrick A Mother Winifred H Place Moruya
Marriage Reg. No. 17915/1943 Herrick Maurice Cork to Dorothy Butler Place North Sydney

Peter

Thanks to Peters post - I found this - of course not all trees are correct - but this goes back to 1755 in Trimmingham ,Norfolk with the male Cork family
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https://gw.geneanet.org/annevla?lang=en&pz=amy+catherine&nz=stevens&p=herrick+ashton&n=cork

[maddys52]

But still waiting to find out if this is the Dorothy CORK m23to53 is looking for. There are a few of that name in the same time period.

[AlanBoyd]

This may help to triangulate.

There is a death announcement for Joan Elsie BUTLER, sister Dorothy Cork, in The Sydney Morning Herald 9th November 1989.

I'm not posting the full text because of the living persons rule: there are four other names, but nothing to suggest that Joan Elsie Butler was married.

[sparrett]

A different world in the 1940's

These women were terminated as teachers in NSW in 1944 in line with The Married Women (Lecturers and Teachers) Act

Dorothy was teaching at Moree intermediate high school
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225093343

17915/1943
CORK Herrick Maurice
BUTLER Dorothy
At NORTH SYDNEY

[m23to53]

Though I am not surprised no obituary for a M&B author, I am that is not one for Herrick Cork, a relatively well known artist.

John