Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Catharine Effie Doering

Female 1874 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Catharine Effie Doering was born 11 Dec 1874, , Ontario, Canada; was christened 31 Oct 1875, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Lorenz "Lawrence" Doering and Emma Cleghorn); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Effie C. Doering
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151400


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lorenz "Lawrence" DoeringLorenz "Lawrence" Doering was born 8 Jan 1838, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened , Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of George Christopher "Christopher" Doering and Catherine Rupp); died 7 Dec 1925, Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario; was buried , Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario.

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    • Interesting: business, pioneer, story, mill
    • Name: Lawrence Doering
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48480
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1862, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant/Miller
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1906, Sunridge, , Ontario

    Notes:

    After selling out in Neustadt I came to Smithville, now Wellesley, in mid-summer of 1866, 51 years ago, and started to build the first unit of the present woollen mill. To this I added from time to time building nearly every year, as both labor and material were very cheap at that time. Sometime after I bought the flour mill located here from one Lorenz Doering. The Doerings were well known as early settlers in this part of the County and pioneers in Wellesley.

    Christopher and Henry Doering, from Phillipsburg, laid out the village of Wellesley and built the flour mill and a sawmill, the dam and water power having been developed by a man named Smith after whom Smithville was named. The Doerings also built and operated a general store and it was this development and their enterprise that induced others to come here and start business, among them Alexander Meyer, tinsmith; Chas. Achtenberg, tailor; John Zoeger from Petersburg, who built a store and a hotel; Peter Berdux and one Freeborn and a man named Smith, all three of whom built hotels. Every one seemed to want to have a hotel. All of these early settlers have long since departed and, hale and hearty, at 85 years of age, I feel as if I were about the only one that is left....


    Autobiography of John George Reiner, Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917

    Lorenz married Emma Cleghorn 16 Sep 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emma (daughter of William Cleghorn and Sarah Ann Strickland) was born 1844, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Sep 1887, Oakley, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Emma Cleghorn was born 1844, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Cleghorn and Sarah Ann Strickland); died 6 Sep 1887, Oakley, Kansas, USA.

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    • Name: Emily Cleghorn
    • Name: Emma Doering
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48481
    • Residence: 1862, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: Bef 1887, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Ellen Sarah Doering was born 2 Aug 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Oct 1864, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Dr. Charles Homer Doering was born 11 Aug 1866, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 21 Oct 1866, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1934, Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario.
    3. Fredrick Norman Doering was born 8 Nov 1868, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 14 Mar 1869, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Bertha Aurelia Doering was born 6 Jun 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 31 Jul 1870, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 1. Catharine Effie Doering was born 11 Dec 1874, , Ontario, Canada; was christened 31 Oct 1875, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Lilly Doering was born 1 Jan 1880, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Christopher "Christopher" Doering was born CALC 17 Dec 1816, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David Doering and Elizabeth Katherine Neeb); died 17 Mar 1873, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Land: 3629 Nafzinger Rd., Wellesley, Ontario; donated land for church
    • Name: Christoph Doering
    • Name: Christoph Doeringer
    • Name: Christopher Doering
    • Name: Christopher Duering
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26678
    • Occupation: 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • Residence: 1849, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Illegible
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1873, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Christopher is probably buried in the First St. Paul's, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario which was shared with the Swedborgian church

    George married Catherine Rupp 16 Apr 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Jost Rupp and ?) was born 5 Feb 1816, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Rupp was born 5 Feb 1816, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jost Rupp and ?); died 18 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Catherine Doering
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26679
    • Immigration: 1836, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Illegible
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Notes:

    Catherine Doering - The death of Catherine, widow of the late Christopher Doering, occurred at her home in Berlin on Thursday morning last, 18th inst., in her 86th year. Deceased was one of the early settlers and her husband, along with his brother Henry, was the founder of Wellesley village, and for many years the leading business man here. She was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany and came to Canada about 1836. She was married to Mr. Doering the following year, and four or five years later the young couple settled at Philipsburg, where they remained until Mr. Doering died in 1873, after a busy life in which he became widely known and respected n this section. She then moved back to Berlin where she resided until her death. She was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom are still living: Lawrence at Sundridge, Ont.; David, at Oakley, Kansas; Mary, in Berlin; Charles, at Birmingham, Kan.; Mrs. Moran (Caroline), at Berlin; Mrs. Thos. Bellinger (Lizzie), Waterloo; George, at Stokes Bay, north of Wiarton; Fred, in Waterloo; F. Emanuel, Johannesburg, South Africa; and William, who is at present in Berlin. The funeral occurred on Saturday, the remains being interred in the Swedenborgian cemetery, Wellesley village, her grandson-in-law, Rev. Mr. Sinesvett, of Philadelphia, officiating. Four of her sons were present at the grave besides a large number of relatives and friends from this and neighboring townships.

    Wellesley Maple Leaf Jul 25 1901 pg 5

    Obituary is supplied by the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Click here to go to their website.

    Children:
    1. Lawrence Doering was born 1836, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. Lorenz "Lawrence" Doering was born 8 Jan 1838, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened , Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Dec 1925, Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario; was buried , Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario.
    3. David Doering was born 1839, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1906; was buried , Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States.
    4. Mary Doering was born 1840, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Anna Mary "Mary" Doering was born 11 Sep 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Charles Doering was born 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Carl "Charles" Doering was born 1843, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Carolina Doering was born 27 Apr 1845, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 26 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Henry Doering was born 1846, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. A. M. Doering was born 1846, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Elizabeth Doering was born 1847, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. George Doering was born 1849, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    13. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Doering was born 2 Feb 1849, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 15 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Apr 1940, , Pennsylvania, USA; was buried , Bryn Athyn Cemetery, Bryn Athyn, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
    14. George Christian Doering was born 23 Sep 1850, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 26 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1926, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried , Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
    15. Frederick Doering was born 25 Sep 1852, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 15 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    16. Christian Doering was born 25 May 1855, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 26 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1865, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    17. Dr. Friedrich Emanuel Doering was born 25 May 1855, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 26 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1943, Isle of Jersey.
    18. George Wilhelm "William" Doering was born 11 Dec 1857, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Apr 1858, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    19. Catharine Doering was born 1860, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    20. Edward Albert Doering was born 12 Aug 1860, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Sep 1860, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    21. Minnie Doering was born 1868, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  William Cleghorn was born 1817, , Ontario, Canada; died 19 Nov 1863; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48482
    • Occupation: 1852, East Hope Township, Perth Co., Ontario; merchant

    William — Sarah Ann Strickland. Sarah was born 1822, , England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah Ann Strickland was born 1822, , England; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Sarah Ann Cleghorn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48483
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist

    Children:
    1. Caroline Cleghorn was born 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Emma Cleghorn was born 1844, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Sep 1887, Oakley, Kansas, USA.
    3. Mary Cleghorn was born 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Isabella Cleghorn was born 1850, East Hope Township, Perth Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Anne Cleghorn was born 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Victoria Cleghorn was born 1857, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1886, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried , Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    7. William Willson Cleghorn was born 3 Jun 1860, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1937, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Robert Lerner Cleghorn was born 1863, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  David Doering was born 3 Feb 1786, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany; died 6 May 1872, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91101
    • Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    David — Elizabeth Katherine Neeb. Elizabeth was born 16 Nov 1785, , Germany; died 26 Jan 1846, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Katherine Neeb was born 16 Nov 1785, , Germany; died 26 Jan 1846, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Katherine Doering
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26690
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Frederick Philip Doering was born 25 Dec 1805, , Hessen, Germany; died 29 Nov 1894, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Andreas "Andrew" Doering was born 27 Sep 1809, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany; died 27 Dec 1873, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Adam Doering was born 6 Jul 1814, , Hessen, Germany; died 5 Apr 1895; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 4. George Christopher "Christopher" Doering was born CALC 17 Dec 1816, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1873, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Heinrich "Henry" Doering was born 5 May 1824, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1898, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario.

  3. 10.  Jost Rupp was born 1775, Gross Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-248470
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Jost — ?. ? was born Abt 1776; died Bef 1861. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  ? was born Abt 1776; died Bef 1861.

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    • Name: ? Rupp
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-248471

    Children:
    1. 5. Catherine Rupp was born 5 Feb 1816, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.