Lorenz "Lawrence" Doering^{[1, 2]}

1838 - 1925  (87 years)

• Name	Lorenz "Lawrence" Doering
  Born	8 Jan 1838	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Christened	Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business, pioneer, story, mill
  Name	Lawrence Doering
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Residence	1862	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Merchant/Miller
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Residence	1906	Sunridge, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-48480
  Died	7 Dec 1925	Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario
  Buried	Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I48480	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	George Christopher "Christopher" Doering,   b. CALC 17 Dec 1816, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 17 Mar 1873, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Catherine Rupp,   b. 5 Feb 1816, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 18 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Family ID	F6979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Cleghorn,   b. 1844, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Sep 1887, Oakley, Kansas, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1862	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 10]
  Children	1. Ellen Sarah Doering,   b. 2 Aug 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Dr. Charles Homer Doering,   b. 11 Aug 1866, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1934, Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario  (Age 67 years)   3. Fredrick Norman Doering,   b. 8 Nov 1868, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Bertha Aurelia Doering,   b. 6 Jun 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Catharine Effie Doering,   b. 11 Dec 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lilly Doering,   b. 1 Jan 1880, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F12600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Lorenz Doering Wayne Babb originally shared this to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 15 Sep 1887. 06 Sep 1887 Emma Doering, nee Cleghorn, wife of Lorenz Doering, died in Oakley, Kansas at age of 40 years. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Sep 1887. 06 Sep 1887 Mrs. Lorenz Doering, formerly a resident of Wellesley Village, and Berlin, died in Oakley, Kansas, at age of 45 years. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Lorenz Doering aged 24, res. Philipsburg, born Berlin, son of Christoph and Cathar Doering to Emily Cleghern aged 17 res Crosshill, born new Hamburg daughter of William and Sarah, Wit: Finley MacPherson of Phillipsburg and Joseph Lee of Crosshill, 16 Sep 1862 [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 13 Jan 1838:4. 8 Jan 1838 The family of Christoph Doering of Berlin was blessed with a son. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 43. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 51. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Pg. 108. [S2191] News - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - Wellesley Maple Leaf, Obituary of Catherine Doering - Jul 25 1901 pg 5. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 20 Apr 1837:19. 16 Apr 1837 In Berlin, Rev. F.W. Bindeman m. Christoph Doeringer to Catharina Rupp, Waterloo. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Lorenz Doering b. Berlin res: Phillipsburg Age: 24 born abt 1838 father: Christopher mother: Catherine married Emily Cleghorn Age:: 17 born abt 1845 b. New Hamburg Spouse res: Cross Hill father: William mother: Sarah married 16 Sep 1862 county: Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Jan 1838 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - - Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1862 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Sep 1862 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant/Miller - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1906 - Sunridge, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Dec 1925 - Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario Buried - - Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth