Augustus C. F. "August" Doerner

Cal 1834 - 1880  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Augustus C. F. "August" Doerner
  Born	CALC 1 Feb 1834	Elberfeld, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Name	A. C. F. Doerner
  Name	August Dorner
  Name	August Dörner
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1859	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
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  Occupation	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Merchant
  Occupation	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Merchant
  		Preston-Business-Doerner,Augustus-0001-MerchantAdvert.JPG
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	German Reform Church
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Merchant
  Died	2 Sep 1880	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
  Occupation	1881	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Merchant
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-348786
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I348786	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Carl Dormer,   b. 1804, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Gertrude,   b. 1804, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F31729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Zryd,   b. 25 Jun 1836, , Switzerland ,   d. 23 Jul 1914  (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. August Carl Johann Doerner,   b. 19 Nov 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1915, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States  (Age 58 years)   2. Peter Joseph Emil Doerner,   b. 9 Dec 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F229853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Doerner, A., general merchant. Was born in Germany, 1834. Has been a resident of the county since 1849. Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of Preston entries) __________________ Death of Mr. A. C. F. Doerner of Preston. By an accident at Mr. Allen's coal yard on Tuesday afternoon last this well-known citizen of Preston was so seriously injured that at an early hour on Wednesday morning he breathed his last. It appears that Mr Derner had driven down to the yard to get a barrel of water lime, and after getting into the shed, as a matter of precaution before trying to get the barrel into the waggon the horse was taken out and the wheel blocked with a lump of coal. The barrel was stored on a floor about seven feet off the ground, and to get it in the waggon a slide was laid from the higher floor to the waggon box. Mr. Doerner and Mr. Golby getting into the waggon then started to slide the barrel down the slide, but while doing so it is supposed the wheel crushed the lump of coal that it was blocked with, and as a consequence the waggon started suddenly forward, throwing Golby off one side and Doerner off the other, the barrel also falling. How Mr. Doerner met with the injury which caused his death is not clearly known, but it is supposed that the barrel in falling must have struck him, for as soon as Mr. Golby, who was but slightly injured, could pick himself up and go to Mr Doerner's assistance, he found him complaining of great pain in his bowels, and evidently most seriously injured. After a short rest he was conveyed to Mr. Bernhardt's Hotel, and Dr. Sylvester summoned, when such remedies as could be administered were applied, but while there was a slight revival, for a time, the symptoms were so grave that the medical attendant could hold out but little hope of recovery. No external marks of injury were visible, and the injury must have been internal. During the night, the patient gradually sank, breathing his last early in the morning. He retained his consciousness to the last. Wednesday afternoon Dr. Sylvester held a post mortem examination, when he found severe laceration of the bowels, and injury to the liver and messentry, apparently making it certain that in some way the barrel must have fallen upon him. The funeral of the deceased will take place from his late residence in Preston, today (Friday), at 1 p. m., to Preston Cemetery. Newspaper unknown

  
  

• Sources

  [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 4. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 2. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 48. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 1 Page 6. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 2 Page 15. [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . [Right Side] In/ Memory Of/ A. C. F. Doerner/ Who Died/ Sep. 1, 1880/ Aged/ 46 Yrs. 7 Mos./ Doerner. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), ? Sep 1880. Died 1 Sep 1880 A.C.F. Dörner of Preston died in Galt at age of 46 years, and 7 months [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Augustus Derner d. 2 Sep 1880 Galt, aged 46 b. Germany, Occ: store keeper, cause: rupture of bowels

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 1 Feb 1834 - Elberfeld, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Occupation - Clerk - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1859 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - German Reform Church - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Sep 1880 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1881 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth