Vince, The one thing I just noticed in your original post was your statement about the name not being so common then...there were tons of them in Montgomery County. The major headstone producer for Montgomery Cemetery was a Derr. Same name, just adjusted spelling. Amy -----Original Message----- From: Vincent E. Summers Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:17 PM To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... Both of these things make sense. And there is no John H in that family. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Amy Kirkpatrick < amy.kirkpatrick1@verizon.net> wrote: > According to the 1900 census there was a John (NMI) Doerr, produce dealer, > born August 1848, immigrated 1870 as follows: > > Doerr, John b. Aug 1848, married 25 yrs, parents and self born Germany, > imm > 1870, 30 yrs in US, produce dealer > Doerr, Mary B, wife, b. Jan 1855, 10 children 7 living, parents and self > born Germany, imm 1873 27yrs in US > children: > Harry > William > Frederick > George > Mary > > Residence was 2425 West Huntingdon Street. > > Also, it appears that the John H Doerr who was in the 72nd PA died before > this June mishap so it was a different man. > > Amy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry B. > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:53 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > There was a Doerr's Unity-Frankford store on the corner of Mascher and > Spencer in the 40s and 50s. Maybe a connection? > > Larry B. > > > > > From: amy.kirkpatrick1@verizon.net > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:49:20 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > > Vince, > > > > I just sent you the article. I did notice while looking it up, that > > there > > was also a John H. Doerr who was a member of the 72nd PA during the > > Civil > > War so this may not be a misprint of the name. > > > > Amy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vincent E. Summers > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:40 PM > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > > I'm personally wondering if it wasn't John George's son, Harry J. Harry > J. > > was born 1882/1883 and so the timing would be within reason. However, > > Harry > > is listed as a welder in 1910, whereas JG is listed as a huckster. > > Surely > > the name DOERR was not remarkably common in those days? > > > > Vince > > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Kate <chrismomxyz@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > the article gives his middle initial as H. no age listed. He had left > > > his > > > ;team' in front of commission houses on Delaware on the previous > > > Saturday > > > and checked into the Montgomery House. the article indicates his issue > > > was > > > 'nervousness', and he was willing to return to Philadelphia on the > > > following day. > > > Kate > > > > > > --- On Wed, 3/14/12, Vincent E. Summers <vsummers@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > From: Vincent E. Summers <vsummers@gmail.com> > > > Subject: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 2:16 PM > > > > > > Does anyone have access to this? I'm going to try to assist this > > > "cousin" > > > (by marriage) to see what I can find: > > > > > > "I recently read a Philadelphia Inquirer article dated June 6, 1905 > > > about > > > a > > > Philadelphia groceryman John H. Doerr who disappeared from > > > Philadelphia > > > and > > > was found in Pottstown, PA with no memory of how he got there. I'm > > > thinking > > > that this might actually be my g-grandfather John George." > > > > > > Vince > > > -- > > > Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/> > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > > ********* > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > > ********* > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/> > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/> ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
That's so weird! Who'd have thought? I'd never heard the name before... Vince On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Amy Kirkpatrick < amy.kirkpatrick1@verizon.net> wrote: > Vince, > > The one thing I just noticed in your original post was your statement about > the name not being so common then...there were tons of them in Montgomery > County. The major headstone producer for Montgomery Cemetery was a Derr. > Same name, just adjusted spelling. > > Amy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent E. Summers > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:17 PM > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > Both of these things make sense. And there is no John H in that family. > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Amy Kirkpatrick < > amy.kirkpatrick1@verizon.net> wrote: > > > According to the 1900 census there was a John (NMI) Doerr, produce > dealer, > > born August 1848, immigrated 1870 as follows: > > > > Doerr, John b. Aug 1848, married 25 yrs, parents and self born Germany, > > imm > > 1870, 30 yrs in US, produce dealer > > Doerr, Mary B, wife, b. Jan 1855, 10 children 7 living, parents and self > > born Germany, imm 1873 27yrs in US > > children: > > Harry > > William > > Frederick > > George > > Mary > > > > Residence was 2425 West Huntingdon Street. > > > > Also, it appears that the John H Doerr who was in the 72nd PA died before > > this June mishap so it was a different man. > > > > Amy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry B. > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:53 PM > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > > > > There was a Doerr's Unity-Frankford store on the corner of Mascher and > > Spencer in the 40s and 50s. Maybe a connection? > > > > Larry B. > > > > > > > > > From: amy.kirkpatrick1@verizon.net > > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:49:20 -0400 > > > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > > > > Vince, > > > > > > I just sent you the article. I did notice while looking it up, that > > > there > > > was also a John H. Doerr who was a member of the 72nd PA during the > > > Civil > > > War so this may not be a misprint of the name. > > > > > > Amy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vincent E. Summers > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:40 PM > > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > > > > I'm personally wondering if it wasn't John George's son, Harry J. Harry > > J. > > > was born 1882/1883 and so the timing would be within reason. However, > > > Harry > > > is listed as a welder in 1910, whereas JG is listed as a huckster. > > > Surely > > > the name DOERR was not remarkably common in those days? > > > > > > Vince > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Kate <chrismomxyz@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > the article gives his middle initial as H. no age listed. He had left > > > > his > > > > ;team' in front of commission houses on Delaware on the previous > > > > Saturday > > > > and checked into the Montgomery House. the article indicates his > issue > > > > was > > > > 'nervousness', and he was willing to return to Philadelphia on the > > > > following day. > > > > Kate > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 3/14/12, Vincent E. Summers <vsummers@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: Vincent E. Summers <vsummers@gmail.com> > > > > Subject: [Phly-Rts] DOERR Cousin of mine says... > > > > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > > > > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 2:16 PM > > > > > > > > Does anyone have access to this? I'm going to try to assist this > > > > "cousin" > > > > (by marriage) to see what I can find: > > > > > > > > "I recently read a Philadelphia Inquirer article dated June 6, 1905 > > > > about > > > > a > > > > Philadelphia groceryman John H. Doerr who disappeared from > > > > Philadelphia > > > > and > > > > was found in Pottstown, PA with no memory of how he got there. I'm > > > > thinking > > > > that this might actually be my g-grandfather John George." > > > > > > > > Vince > > > > -- > > > > Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > > > ********* > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > > the > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > > > ********* > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > > the > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/> > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > > ********* > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > > ********* > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/> > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Enjoy Quirky Science <http://www.quirkyscience.com/>