Ralph B. Doerr^[1]

1885 - 1961  (75 years)

• Name	Ralph B. Doerr
  Born	7 Sep 1885	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Shipping Bicycle Factory
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Foreman, Biscuit Factory
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Manager, Factory
  Residence	1921	139 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1961	139 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00007-0728.8
  Died	19 Apr 1961	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I346189	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Adam Doerr,   b. 13 Apr 1853, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Lovina Bechtel,   b. 23 Aug 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1874	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Family ID	F250032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Seldon,   b. 1 Oct 1885, Exeter, Huron Co., Ontario ,   d. Mar 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1911	Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. Douglas S. Doerr   2. Dr. Ralph S. Doerr,   b. 1916, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Kenneth Doerr,   b. 1920, , Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F52778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph B. Doerr, 75, of 139 Wellington St. North, retired vice-president and general manager of the former C.H. Doerr Biscuit Company, died Wednesday at K-W Hospital. Mr. Doerr began his career at the age of 13 with the Doerr company, now Dare Foods Ltd. At 17 he became a salesman and traveled throughout Waterloo County with a wagon and four horses. He became manager and later vice-president until the plant was destroyed by fire in 1943. He was associated with this company 45 years. Later he became active in the life insurance business and was a member of the Production Club. He was actively engaged in the insurance business until two years ago. Born in September, 1885, in Blenheim Township, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Doerr. He was a member of Trinity United Church. His wife, the former Maria Seldon, whom he married in November, 1911, in Ingersoll, survives. Other survivors are three sons, Dr. Ralph S. Doerr, Kenneth S. and Douglas S., all of Toronto; three brothers, John of Waterloo, Clayton B. of Saskatoon, and Abraham B. of Bay City, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Louis (Priscilla) Dahmer of Kitchener and Mrs. Joseph (Clara) BuBord of Marmora, Ont. and one grandchild. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. O.P. Hossie, minister of Trinity United Church, will officiate. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 20, 1961

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 210. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-3 Page 14. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div.. 21 Page 21. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist 22 Page 8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 30. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Doerr/ Ralph Bechtel/ Doerr/ 1885-1961/ Maria Seldon/ Doerr/ 1885-1967/ In loving memory/ (A) Father (B) Mother [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Lavina Bechtel Born: Wilmot Age: 20 Father: Rudolph Bechtel Mother: Magdalene Bechtel(a Nat Borne Jones) Bechtel Born: abt 1854 Spouse: Adam Doerr Age: 21 born: Waterloo Father: Carl Doerr Mother: Eva Doerr(a Nat Born Schwaerzel) Doerr married 29 Dec 1874 [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Sep 1885 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shipping Bicycle Factory - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Foreman, Biscuit Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Nov 1911 - Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manager, Factory - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 139 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1961 - 139 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Apr 1961 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth