Just the Facts: Dorothy (McKnight) Hendrickson

Dorothy McKnight and her mother Matilda (Goettisheim) McKnight | undated, ca. late 1920s

Dorothy McKnight and her husband Carlton Hendrickson | undated

Dorothy (McKnight) Hendrickson and son | undated, ca. 1950

Dorothy (McKnight) Hendrickson | undated

Dorothy (McKnight) Hendrickson | undated

 

About Dorothy

• Full Name: Dorothy Ritter (McKnight) Hendrickson
• Birth: 4 August 1921, Brooklyn, New York
• Parents: James Joseph McKnight and Matilda Goettisheim
• Spouse: Carlton Norman Hendrickson, Sr.
• Marriages: 28 October 1939, and 17 January 1957
• Children: Carol, James, Carlton, David, Richard, Paul, and John
• Death: 2 February 1983
• Burial: 7 February 1983, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Relationship to Author: Paternal Grandmother
A.K.A.: “Grandma Dot”