Individual Details
Henry William Doerges
(10 Aug 1848 - 9 Jul 1937)
Events
| Birth | 10 Aug 1848 | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |  |  | |
| Immigration | 1864 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA | | | |
| Military | 20 Feb 1865 | volunteered with the Army of the United States - Quincy, Adams, IL | | | |
| Occupation | 1870 | blacksmith - Township R10W (East St. Louis), St. Clair, IL | | | |
| Marriage | 4 Dec 1878 | MO - Ellen Nora Raub | |||
| Occupation | 1880 | carriage maker - 4th Ward, Kansas City, Jackson, MO | | | |
| Census (family) | 15 Jul 1885 | Lake Valley, Sierra, Territory of New Mexico - Ellen Nora Raub | | ||
| Occupation | 15 Jul 1885 | blacksmith - Lake Valley, Sierra, Territory of New Mexico | | ||
| Voter Registration | 1888 | Orange, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| City Directory | 1888/89 | blacksmith - Orange, Los Angeles, CA | | ||
| Voter Registration | 1892 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Occupation | 1892 | carriage maker - Vernon, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| City Directory | 1893 | carriage and wagon maker and dealer of all kinds of vehicles - 750-752 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | | |
| City Directory | 1898 | proprietor, St. Louis Carriage Works - 800-802 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | | |
| City Directory | 1899 | residence - 947 W. 40th Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | | |
| Occupation | 1899 | carriage maker - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1900 | at 929 40th Street - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA - Ellen Nora Raub | | ||
| Occupation | 1900 | blacksmith - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | ||
| City Directory | 1901 | home residence - 929 W. 40th, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | | |
| City Directory | 1908 | Farmer - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA | | ||
| Occupation | 1910 | farmer - Township 5 (Santa Rita), Santa Barbara, CA | | | |
| Occupation | 1920 | retired farmer - Santa Rita, Santa Barbara, CA | | ||
| Death | 9 Jul 1937 | Santa Maria Hospital, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, CA | | ||
| Burial | 11 Jul 1937 | Lompoc Cemetery, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, CA | |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Nora Raub (1857 - 1921) |
| Child | Clara Mae Doerges (1879 - 1962) |
| Child | Robert William Doerges (1883 - 1918) |
| Child | William Henry Doerges (1884 - 1971) |
| Father | Bernard Henry Louis William "William" Doerges (1814 - 1870) |
| Mother | Christina Aherns (1819 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Doerges (1840 - ) |
| Sibling | Augusta Doerges (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | William Henry Doerges Sr. (1846 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Hellen "Caroline" Doerges (1852 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Doerges (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | George Doerges (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Clara G. Doerges (1862 - 1946) |
Notes
Birth
According to the Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Henry William DOERGES died on 11 July 1937 at the age of 94 years, 11 months and 1 day. That would change his birthdate to 8 Aug 1842.The June 1900 census of Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, CA states that Henry DOERGES was born in Missouri, and not in Germany as told by relatives.
The 1920 California Census, lists Henry DOERGES as being born in Hanover, Germany, as were both of his parents. It also lists his age as 71 years, and that he is a retired farmer. Henry and Ellen Nora were listed as living in Santa Rita Precinct, Santa Barbara, CA.
Immigration
In the Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, Vol. A-G on page 481 there is a listing for a DOERGE, Henry, no age given, who arrived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA in 1864. The full information can be found in sourcebook 9293: US Works Projects Administration Index to Records of Alien's Declarations of Intention to Immigrate, Vol 3: Letter D, pp 1-248. Henry DOERGE's listing can be found on page 117 of this sourcebook.This may or may not be my ancestor.
Military
Henry William DOERGES enlisted in Co. H, 14th Reg't, Illinois Infantry when he was seventeen years of age. His father, William DOERGES, signed the consent form to allow him to join the same regiment as his older brother, William.When mustered in at Camp Butter, Illinois on 9 Mar 1865, he was listed as being born in Germany, age 18, his occupation listed as farmer. He is described as being 5 feet 4 3/4 inches tall, fair complected, with hazel eyes and auburn hair.
It is recorded on his July muster roll that he "deserted July 26, 1865, Kansas, enroute for Fort Kearney, Nebaska." It seems that he and his older brother, William, left together.
According to the U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Henry was "mustered out on 26 Jul 1865." The original source was the Illinois Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men.
Occupation
Henry William DOERGES is listed as living with his mother, Christina, his brother, William, and his sister, Caroline. The family resides with the Reinhert family.Occupation
I have found Henry DOERGES on the US Federal census of White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico working as a blacksmith on the 19th June, 1880 census.City Directory
On page 20 of the Los Angeles City Directory of 1893, Henry W. DOERGES is listed as a "carriage and wagon maker and dealer [of] all kinds [of] vehicles, 750-752 South Spring."In the same Los Angeles City Directory of 1893 on page 272, was a second listing for Henry W. DOERGES and Frank MARSH . The listing read:
DOERGES, Henry W. (Doerges & Marsh) res(idence) Pico Heights
DOERGES & MARSH (Henry W. Doerges and Frank Marsh) carriage makers
and blacksmiths, NW corner [of] Trenton and Pico (near the current STAPLES CENTER and the Los Angeles CONVENTION CENTER - 2014)
City Directory
Residence: West 40th Street, 3rd house west of Hough AvenueCity Directory
Henry W. DOERGES was listed in the Los Angeles City Director for 1899 as a carriage maker.City Directory
Henry W. DOERGES is listed in the Los Angeles City Directory of 1901 as working in the field of mining.Occupation
Listed along with Henry William and Ellen DOERGES are Gin CHOW, his wife Carrie and their two children. Gin Chow was born in China in 1857 and came to San Francisco when he was 16 years old. By 1890, he had moved south and become known in the Santa Barbara area for his fruit and vegetables. He grew them on a small farm (probably connected to the Doerges farm) in the Lompoc Valley. (See article by Cecilia Rasmussen in the Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2005, titled Farmer Grew Claim to Fame as 'Weather Prophet'.) Gin Chow died in June 1933 when he was struck by a farmer's truck as he walked along State Street in Santa Barbara. He was 76 years old.Endnotes
1. Manfrina, Myra, Historian & Genealogist, Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Inc..
2. US. Works Project Administration, compiler, Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, Vol. A-G, page 481 (: Index to Records of Alien's Declarations of Intention to Immigrate, Vol 3, Letter D, pp 1-248,).
3. William W. LEBERMAN File (Private, Company H, 14th Ohio Infantry, Union ).
4. Christina DOERGES, 1870 U.S. Census, Township R10W (East St. Louis), St. Clair, IL, Page 20, dwelling 166;..
5. U. S. Census, Missouri Census, 1880; Kansas City, Jackson, MO; Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 12, Page 63.
6. New Mexico Territorial Census, 1885, Lake Valley, Sierra, Territory of New Mexico, (Lake Valley); Pg. 15A, Enumeration District 30, M846; Roll 5, Roll 5, NARA, Washington, D.C., NARA, Washington, D.C..
7. New Mexico Territorial Census, 1885, Lake Valley, Sierra, Territory of New Mexico, (Lake Valley); Pg. 15A, Enumeration District 30, M846; Roll 5, Roll 5, NARA, Washington, D.C., NARA, Washington, D.C..
8. F. M. Husted, Southern Pacific Coast Directory for 1888/89: Business Directory for San Francisco, Cental & Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Southern Colorado (604 Mercado Street, San Francisco, CA: McKenny Directory Company, April 1888), 955.
9. Unknown, Los Angeles City Directory, 1893 (Los Angeles, CA: n.p., 1893), page 20.
10. Maxwell's Los Angeles City Directory & Gazetteer : Southern California (Los Angeles, CA: Maxwell, 1898), ; digital image, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com : accessed ).
11. Unknown, Los Angeles City Directory - 1899 (Los Angeles, CA: n.p., 1899), 308.
12. Unknown, Los Angeles City Directory - 1899 (Los Angeles, CA: n.p., 1899), .
13. Henry William DOERGES, 1900 U.S. Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ED 50, SD 6, Sheet 16, dwelling 380, family 388;..
14. Henry William DOERGES, 1900 U.S. Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ED 50, SD 6, Sheet 16, dwelling 380, family 388;..
15. Unknown, Los Angeles City Directory - 1901 (Los Angeles, CA: n.p., 1901), 272.
16. , U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2011), .
17. Henry William GLOVER, 1910 U.S. Census, Township 5 (Santa Rita), Santa Barbara, CA, ED 179, SD 8, sheet 6A, dwelling 90, family 94;..
18. Frank Stewart BOWEN, 1920 U. S. Census, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA, ED 91, SD 31, Sheet 10, Dwelling 311, Family 311;..
19. Manfrina, Myra, Historian & Genealogist, Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Inc..
20. Manfrina, Myra, Historian & Genealogist, Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Inc..