From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 750. City of La Crosse FRANK DOERRE, hardware merchant; is a native of Bohemia, Austria, born in 1836; came to America in 1855, landing in New York; he went to Canada where he resided one year, and came to Wisconsin in 1856; he lived two months in Madison; then went to Sauk City and worked six months, and came to La Crosse in August, 1856; he remained in La Crosse till October, 1859; then went South and worked in Memphis, Tenn., Jackson, Miss., and New Orleans, La. In 1862, he enlisted in New Orleans in the 14th Me. V. I., Co. H, and served nearly a year under Gen. Butler, and was then discharged on account of sickness. After his discharge, he returned to La Crosse and has resided here ever since July 6, 1864; he went into the hardware business at No. 54 Pearl street, and carried on business in the same building till 1878, when he removed to his present location, Pearl street, where he has a general stock of hardware, stoves and tinware. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]