Gwendoline Anne Mintzer

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160187347/gwendoline-a-mintzer

She grew up in Bradford, England.

Last name Morfitt pronounced as Moffatt.

Grew up living at 14 Swain House Crescent, Bradford, England

She was a member of the Women's Land Army in England during World War II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Land_Army

She met her American husband Edward Mintzer when he was stationed in England during World War II. She became a "war bride" (they married in England and returned to live in the United States).

Passenger list indicates she arrived on a Pan Am airlines flight in to New York on May 8, 1945. She is listed as being 5 feet, 5 and a half inches tall, having light brown hair and hazel eyes. She is listed as being a housewife. Her destination address in the U.S. was listed as "Pennsylvania.Philadelphia.3.1745. Wood Street" which was her "parents-in-law's" address. Her passport number is listed as QIV 5396, issued in London on April 27, 1945.

She visited England with her children for a three month visit to see her family there. They took the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth ship in June 1955 and returned on the Caronia ship in September 1955. They visited again by plane in 1961.

Worked doing office work at Women's Guild in Philadelphia circa 1965

Worked part-time in afternoon/evening in Bursar's Office at Peirce College in center city Philadelphia circa 1968-1985

Bought house at 539 San Diego Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and lived there from 1953 until her death.

Notable ancestry data:

● Her grandfather James Morfitt was close friends with famed escape artist Harry Houdini. (Link to his profile: James Kendall Morfitt )