Dorothy graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where she attended from 1918-1920. In 1920, she accompanied the remains of a classmate, Anna Virginia Bedinger, daughter of Rev. Bedinger, who had died of pneumonia at the school for burial in Huntsville. Shortly thereafter, she began traveling Europe. She returned from Southampton, England in 1921, Cherbourg, France in 1924, and Bremen, Germany in 1928, always to the Port of New York.
Newspapers noted that Miss Dorothy Speake was leaving Huntsville for New York on 10 March 1930. She then boarded a ship as Mrs. Dorothy Helm (married, not widowed) at Le Havre, France on 18 May 1930, returning to New York on 26 May 1930. No other Helm was listed among the passengers or crew, and no marriage record was found in New York. Her son, Patrick Speake Helm, was born in the Borough of Manhattan, New York 9 months 10 days after her departure from France, well within a normal gestation period. Later city directories identified her as the widow of Joe Helm. Newspapers mention that Mrs. Dorothy Helm was living with her parents in Huntsville as of 5 July 1931.
In 1936, Dorothy took a position with the American consulate in Geneva, Switzerland. In August 1937, her son, accompanied by her sister, Margery, sailed from Naples, Italy to visit family in Huntsville. She joined them in November 1937, just prior to her father's death. She returned to Geneva, with her next visit home beginning in December 1944. She was able to catch a train through Allied occupied France, and took a transatlantic flight to New York. She recounted being fortunate not to have been taken prisoner by the Nazis, and the harsh conditions in Geneva under threat of occupation. She planned to return to her post in March 1945, 2 months before VE day.
Dorothy advertised for the return of her lost dog in June 1948 Huntsville newspapers. She was listed as a resident of Huntsville, Alabama in 1953, when she again returned from Le Havre, France. Newspapers noted she visited family in Alabama from Topeka, Kansas from 1958 to 1961. Topeka city directories record her residence there from 1957, as a stenographer for the Disability Determination Section, to her retirement in 1963. She was the recorded in Pueblo, Colorado city directories from 1974 through 1980.
Newspapers noted that Miss Dorothy Speake was leaving Huntsville for New York on 10 March 1930. She then boarded a ship as Mrs. Dorothy Helm (married, not widowed) at Le Havre, France on 18 May 1930, returning to New York on 26 May 1930. No other Helm was listed among the passengers or crew, and no marriage record was found in New York. Her son, Patrick Speake Helm, was born in the Borough of Manhattan, New York 9 months 10 days after her departure from France, well within a normal gestation period. Later city directories identified her as the widow of Joe Helm. Newspapers mention that Mrs. Dorothy Helm was living with her parents in Huntsville as of 5 July 1931.
In 1936, Dorothy took a position with the American consulate in Geneva, Switzerland. In August 1937, her son, accompanied by her sister, Margery, sailed from Naples, Italy to visit family in Huntsville. She joined them in November 1937, just prior to her father's death. She returned to Geneva, with her next visit home beginning in December 1944. She was able to catch a train through Allied occupied France, and took a transatlantic flight to New York. She recounted being fortunate not to have been taken prisoner by the Nazis, and the harsh conditions in Geneva under threat of occupation. She planned to return to her post in March 1945, 2 months before VE day.
Dorothy advertised for the return of her lost dog in June 1948 Huntsville newspapers. She was listed as a resident of Huntsville, Alabama in 1953, when she again returned from Le Havre, France. Newspapers noted she visited family in Alabama from Topeka, Kansas from 1958 to 1961. Topeka city directories record her residence there from 1957, as a stenographer for the Disability Determination Section, to her retirement in 1963. She was the recorded in Pueblo, Colorado city directories from 1974 through 1980.
Dorothy graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where she attended from 1918-1920. In 1920, she accompanied the remains of a classmate, Anna Virginia Bedinger, daughter of Rev. Bedinger, who had died of pneumonia at the school for burial in Huntsville. Shortly thereafter, she began traveling Europe. She returned from Southampton, England in 1921, Cherbourg, France in 1924, and Bremen, Germany in 1928, always to the Port of New York.
Newspapers noted that Miss Dorothy Speake was leaving Huntsville for New York on 10 March 1930. She then boarded a ship as Mrs. Dorothy Helm (married, not widowed) at Le Havre, France on 18 May 1930, returning to New York on 26 May 1930. No other Helm was listed among the passengers or crew, and no marriage record was found in New York. Her son, Patrick Speake Helm, was born in the Borough of Manhattan, New York 9 months 10 days after her departure from France, well within a normal gestation period. Later city directories identified her as the widow of Joe Helm. Newspapers mention that Mrs. Dorothy Helm was living with her parents in Huntsville as of 5 July 1931.
In 1936, Dorothy took a position with the American consulate in Geneva, Switzerland. In August 1937, her son, accompanied by her sister, Margery, sailed from Naples, Italy to visit family in Huntsville. She joined them in November 1937, just prior to her father's death. She returned to Geneva, with her next visit home beginning in December 1944. She was able to catch a train through Allied occupied France, and took a transatlantic flight to New York. She recounted being fortunate not to have been taken prisoner by the Nazis, and the harsh conditions in Geneva under threat of occupation. She planned to return to her post in March 1945, 2 months before VE day.
Dorothy advertised for the return of her lost dog in June 1948 Huntsville newspapers. She was listed as a resident of Huntsville, Alabama in 1953, when she again returned from Le Havre, France. Newspapers noted she visited family in Alabama from Topeka, Kansas from 1958 to 1961. Topeka city directories record her residence there from 1957, as a stenographer for the Disability Determination Section, to her retirement in 1963. She was the recorded in Pueblo, Colorado city directories from 1974 through 1980.
Newspapers noted that Miss Dorothy Speake was leaving Huntsville for New York on 10 March 1930. She then boarded a ship as Mrs. Dorothy Helm (married, not widowed) at Le Havre, France on 18 May 1930, returning to New York on 26 May 1930. No other Helm was listed among the passengers or crew, and no marriage record was found in New York. Her son, Patrick Speake Helm, was born in the Borough of Manhattan, New York 9 months 10 days after her departure from France, well within a normal gestation period. Later city directories identified her as the widow of Joe Helm. Newspapers mention that Mrs. Dorothy Helm was living with her parents in Huntsville as of 5 July 1931.
In 1936, Dorothy took a position with the American consulate in Geneva, Switzerland. In August 1937, her son, accompanied by her sister, Margery, sailed from Naples, Italy to visit family in Huntsville. She joined them in November 1937, just prior to her father's death. She returned to Geneva, with her next visit home beginning in December 1944. She was able to catch a train through Allied occupied France, and took a transatlantic flight to New York. She recounted being fortunate not to have been taken prisoner by the Nazis, and the harsh conditions in Geneva under threat of occupation. She planned to return to her post in March 1945, 2 months before VE day.
Dorothy advertised for the return of her lost dog in June 1948 Huntsville newspapers. She was listed as a resident of Huntsville, Alabama in 1953, when she again returned from Le Havre, France. Newspapers noted she visited family in Alabama from Topeka, Kansas from 1958 to 1961. Topeka city directories record her residence there from 1957, as a stenographer for the Disability Determination Section, to her retirement in 1963. She was the recorded in Pueblo, Colorado city directories from 1974 through 1980.
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