Edward Dorries

M, b. 3 June 1907, d. 1949
  • Edward Dorries was born on 3 June 1907 in Queensland. He was a twin to Ambrose.
  • He was the son of Johannes (Jack) Dorries and Elizabeth Humberdross.
  • Edward Dorries appeared on the Electoral Roll on 8 December 1913 living at Pinelands State School. He was 5 years and 5 months old. His father was a farmer at Pinelands.
  • At the age of 30 years, Edward Dorries married Mavis Isabel Jenkin in 1938 in Queensland.
  • Edward Dorries died in 1949 in Queensland.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries

F, b. 24 October 1877, d. 27 June 1970

John and Elizabeth Gillam with a set of their twins 1901-1902. Photo thanks to Elaine

  • Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries was born on 24 October 1877 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • She was the daughter of Carl August Heinrich Dorries and Elizabeth Naumann.
  • At the age of 22 years, 6 months and 8 days, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries married Arthur (John/Jack) Gillam, son of Arthur John Gillam and Isabelle Locke, on 2 May 1900 in Allora, Queensland.
  • Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries and Arthur (John/Jack) Gillam appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1903 and 1934 living at Queen Street, Crow's Nest. John was a bootmaker.
  • Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries and Arthur (John/Jack) Gillam appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Queen Street, Crow's Nest. John was a bootmaker. Their son William was a bootmaker and daughter Amy a shop assistant, daughter Emily a dental assistant .
  • On 21 January 1936,her husband, Arthur (John/Jack) Gillam died in Queensland at age 60.
  • Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries and William John Gillam appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1937 and 1943 living at Queen Street, Crow's Nest. Elizabeth carried out home duties and her son William was a bootmaker. Hers son John and Alfred were labourers in Crow's Nest.
  • Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries and William John Gillam appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1949 living at Crow's Nest. Elizabeth carried out home duties while her son Bill was a bootmaker.
  • Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries died on 27 June 1970 in Queensland at age 92. Her daugther Maud and her husband had returned to Crow's Nest to care for her mother until her death. Bill, Maud and her husband and Elizabeth all lived in Lalor Street.
  • Elizabeth was buried on 30 June 1970 in Crow's Nest Cemetery. CE1-00H-0004.

Children of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dorries and Arthur (John/Jack) Gillam

Ernest Dorries

M, b. 20 February 1904, d. July 1973

Child of Ernest Dorries and Elsie Florence Gersekowski

Florence Irene Dorries

F, b. 1904

Harry Walter Dorries

M, b. 1903, d. 1913

Heinrich Carl (Harry) Dorries

M, b. 7 November 1870, d. 1 January 1945
  • Heinrich Carl (Harry) Dorries was born on 7 November 1870 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • He was the son of Carl August Heinrich Dorries and Elizabeth Naumann.
  • At the age of 24 years, 10 months and 6 days, Heinrich Carl (Harry) Dorries married Auguste Elizabeth Bauge on 13 September 1895 in Queensland.
  • Heinrich Carl (Harry) Dorries died on 1 January 1945 in Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, at age 74.
  • Heinrich was buried on 2 January 1945 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. CE2A-002-0011.

Children of Heinrich Carl (Harry) Dorries and Auguste Elizabeth Bauge

Johann Christof (Christy) Dorries

M, b. 6 August 1879, d. 3 October 1961

Children of Johann Christof (Christy) Dorries and Charlotte Diflo

Johanna Christine (Tina) Dorries

F, b. 17 July 1885, d. 1969

Johannes (Jack) Dorries

M, b. 17 March 1872, d. 1943
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries was born on 17 March 1872 in Queensland. The surname was spelt Derres on the birth registration.
  • He was the son of Carl August Heinrich Dorries and Elizabeth Naumann.
  • At the age of 26 years, 6 months and 19 days, Johannes (Jack) Dorries married Elizabeth Humberdross, daughter of Abraham Humberdross and Friedrike Amelia Carolina Wassmund, on 6 October 1898 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries and Elizabeth Humberdross appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Djuan. John was a farmer.
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries enrolled his daughter Beatrice May Dorries in Pinelands State School on 31 January 1906. Roy, Ernest, Arthur, Edward and Thelma were enrolled in later years
    ; She was 6 years old. Her father was a farmer at Pinelands.
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries enrolled his son Roy Dougal Dorries in Pinelands State School on 23 July 1907; He was 5 years and 3 months old. His father was a farmer at Pinelands.
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries and Elizabeth Humberdross appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1913 living at Pinelands, Crow's Nest. John was a farmer.
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries was listed as the next of kin of Cecil Alfred Dorries when she enlisted in the Australian Army on 14 March 1941 in Toowoomba. Cecil was living in Toowoomba at the time he enlisted and gave his father John as his next of kin. He was discharged on 4 Jul 1946 with the rank of Private in the 25th Battalion.
  • Johannes (Jack) Dorries died in 1943.

Children of Johannes (Jack) Dorries and Elizabeth Humberdross

Joyce Matilda Dorries

F, b. 11 November 1922, d. 13 January 2010
  • Joyce Matilda Dorries was born on 11 November 1922 in Oakey.
  • She was the daughter of Wilhelm Henry Dorries and Elsie Margaret Lucht.
  • At the age of 25 years, 5 months and 24 days, Joyce Matilda Dorries married Keith Wilkin, son of Henry Wilkin and Rebecca Jane Watson, on 5 May 1948 in Maclagan. Keith worked at the cheese factory.
  • Joyce Matilda Dorries died on 13 January 2010 at age 87.
  • Joyce was buried on 19 January 2010 in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery. CE2A-007-0008.

Maria Louisa (Lucy) Dorries

F, b. 15 August 1888, d. 1982
  • Maria Louisa (Lucy) Dorries was born on 15 August 1888 in Gowrie Road, Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • She was the daughter of Carl August Heinrich Dorries and Elizabeth Naumann.
  • At the age of 18 years, Maria Louisa (Lucy) Dorries married Henry Francis Smith on 15 August 1906 in Lutheran Parsonage, James Street, Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • Maria Louisa (Lucy) Dorries was the informant of the death of Carl August Heinrich Dorries on 4 June 1920 in cnr Greenwattle Street and Carrington Road, Toowoomba, Queensland. Carl died from Bronclitis and cardiac failure. He had been ill for a week and attended by Dr David Horn the previous day. His age was given as 92 years, 11 months and was a farmer, son of Christian Dorries, also a farmer, and Annie Frike. The informants were his son in law WE Hawes of Taylor Street, and daughter ML Smith of Greenwattle Street.
  • Maria Louisa (Lucy) Dorries married Edward John Jones.
  • Maria Louisa (Lucy) Dorries died in 1982 in Queensland.

Marie Helene (Mary) Dorries

F, b. 20 June 1881, d. 19 February 1962
  • Marie Helene (Mary) Dorries was born on 20 June 1881 in Queensland.
  • She was the daughter of Carl August Heinrich Dorries and Elizabeth Naumann.
  • At the age of 26 years, Marie Helene (Mary) Dorries married Jonathan Pegg in 1908 in Queensland.
  • Marie Helene (Mary) Dorries died on 19 February 1962 in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 80.
  • Marie was buried on 21 August 1962 in Southport Cemetery.

Children of Marie Helene (Mary) Dorries and Jonathan Pegg

Myrtle Dorries

F, b. 1914, d. 1915

Norman Joseph Dorries

M, b. 1909

Roy Dougal Dorries

M, b. 1 June 1901, d. 11 April 1929
  • Roy Dougal Dorries was born on 1 June 1901 in Main Range, Toowoomba, Queensland.
  • He was the son of Johannes (Jack) Dorries and Elizabeth Humberdross.
  • Roy Dougal Dorries commenced school at Pinelands State School on 23 July 1907.
  • Roy Dougal Dorries died on 11 April 1929 in Sandy Creek Falls, Queensland, at age 27. He died while swimming at the falls. He was a wool presser.
  • Roy was buried on 12 April 1929 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. CE7-008-0017.

Thelma Georgina Dorries

F, b. 28 May 1909
  • Thelma Georgina Dorries was born on 28 May 1909 in Queensland. According to her Pinelands School enrollment records she was born on 6 May 1911 - not 28 May 1909.
  • She was the daughter of Johannes (Jack) Dorries and Elizabeth Humberdross.
  • Thelma Georgina Dorries commenced school at Pinelands State School on 10 July 1916.
  • At the age of 18 years, 11 months and 16 days, Thelma Georgina Dorries married Leslie Alexander Thomson on 14 May 1928 in Queensland.

Unnamed Dorries

M, b. 26 May 1912, d. 27 May 1912

Vadne Coral Dorries

F, b. 1936, d. 20 August 1939
  • Vadne Coral Dorries was born in 1936.
  • She was the daughter of Ernest Dorries and Elsie Florence Gersekowski.
  • Vadne Coral Dorries died on 20 August 1939 in Queensland.
  • Vadne was buried on 21 August 1939 in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Violet Elsie Dorries

F, b. 1908

Wilhelm Henry Dorries

M, b. 1895, d. 10 October 1947
  • Wilhelm Henry Dorries was born in 1895 in Queensland.
  • He was the son of Heinrich Carl (Harry) Dorries and Auguste Elizabeth Bauge.
  • At the age of 27 years, Wilhelm Henry Dorries married Elsie Margaret Lucht, daughter of John (Frederick) Lucht and Wilhelmina (Louisa) Kann, on 18 January 1922 in Queensland.
  • Wilhelm Henry Dorries and Elsie Margaret Lucht appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1925 living at Doctor's Creek. William was a farmer.
  • Wilhelm Henry Dorries died on 10 October 1947 in Queensland. He was killed in a motor vehicle accident. The Courier Mail reported " TOOWOOMBA. Friday.— Wilhelm Heinrich Dorries, 50, farmer, of Maclagan, via Jondaryan, was killed instantly when the car he was driving was struck by a hit and run truck driver on the Oakey-Toowoomba Road, about two miles from Toowoomba, at 7 p.m. to-day. Dorries' wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law, who were in the car, were not injured. Dorries was driving towards Oakey and the truck towards Toowoomba when the collision occurred. The car hood was ripped off, and Dorries' chest was crushed by the impact."
  • Wilhelm was buried on 11 October 1947 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. CE2A-007-0009.

Child of Wilhelm Henry Dorries and Elsie Margaret Lucht

Wilhelmine (Minnie) Dorries

F, b. 22 October 1875, d. 15 August 1950
  • Wilhelmine (Minnie) Dorries was born on 22 October 1875 in Queensland.
  • She was the daughter of Carl August Heinrich Dorries and Elizabeth Naumann.
  • At the age of 23 years, 7 months and 2 days, Wilhelmine (Minnie) Dorries married Julius Peter Ehlers, son of Nicholous Ehlers and Wilhelimine Santowski, on 24 May 1899 in Queensland.
  • Wilhelmine (Minnie) Dorries and Julius Peter Ehlers appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Crow's Nest. Julius was a farmer and Wilhelmina carried out domestic duties.
  • Wilhelmine (Minnie) Dorries and Julius Peter Ehlers appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1913 living at Pinelands, Crow's Nest. Julius was a farmer.
  • On 26 May 1915,her husband, Julius Peter Ehlers died in Queensland at age 38.
  • Wilhelmine (Minnie) Dorries died on 15 August 1950 in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 74.
  • Wilhelmine was buried on 17 August 1950 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. LUTH1-004-0041.

William Dorries

M, b. 26 May 1912, d. 29 May 1912

Elizabeth Dorrough

F, b. circa 1845

Children of Elizabeth Dorrough and Robert Young Arthur

Dorothy Irene Palmer Dorsett

F, b. circa 1895

Children of Dorothy Irene Palmer Dorsett and John James Henry Frederick Beer

Emilie Augusta Louise Dossler

F, b. 1848, d. 1897
  • Emilie Augusta Louise Dossler was born in 1848 in Germany. She was the daughter of __ Dossler and ___ Franke.
  • Emilie Augusta Louise Dossler married Ferdinand Franke circa 1875.
  • Emilie Augusta Louise Dossler died in 1897 in Queensland.

Children of Emilie Augusta Louise Dossler and Ferdinand Franke

Edith Isabel Dothie

F, b. 24 October 1859, d. 1898
  • Edith Isabel Dothie was born on 24 October 1859 in 53 Collins Street East, Melbourne, Victoria.
  • She was the daughter of James Dothie and Sarah Ann Wilkinson.
  • In October 1878 Edith attended St Kilda Scotch College and passed her martriculation examination in October 1878.
  • Edith Isabel Dothie married Reverend Reuben Newell circa 1881 in Victoria.
  • Edith Isabel Dothie died in 1898 in Queensland.

Ella Maud Dothie

F, b. 30 April 1862, d. 2 July 1950
  • Ella Maud Dothie was born on 30 April 1862 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.
  • She was the daughter of James Dothie and Sarah Ann Wilkinson.
  • At the age of 32 years, Ella Maud Dothie married David Cossart, son of Henry Cossart and Mary Walker, in 1895 in Queensland.
  • On 6 September 1902,her husband, David Cossart died in Queensland at age 43. He had "for the last twenty years, suffered from an insidious disease, which has baffled the skill of many doctors .... and once before, about ten years ago had been at deaths door .... about six weeks ago he was compelled to take to his bed......he endured great pain which was borne with great fortitude".
    Rev John Adamson described David - "as a man, his physical frame was not robust, and this was the result of years of suffering; but intellectually he was strong, vigorous, capable, while morally and spiritually his life was of a high type indeed. He was modest and retiring to the end, and deeply appreciated his home and the company of his wife and child, whom he dearly loved."
  • The following article appeared in the The Brisbane Courier on 26 January 1903. Name of Deceased Proprietor.-David Cossart, late of Dugandan, sawyer.
    Date of Death.-6th September, 1902.
    Name of Claimant.-Ella Maud Cossart, of the same place, widow of deceased.
    Description and Situation of Land. Allotments 6 and 7 of section 1, town of Dugandan ; portion 205, parish of Dugandan ; and resubdivision 5 of subdivision 2 of resubdivison 1 and of resubdivision 6 of subdivision 1 of portion 209, parish of Coochin ;-all in the county of Ward.
    Estate Claimed to be Transmitted.-Fee simple.
    Particulars of Will or Otherwise -Will dated 23rd August, 1902.
    Date within which Caveat may be Lodeed -2nd March, 1903.
  • Ella Maud Dothie died on 2 July 1950 in St Kilda, Melbourne, at age 88.
  • Ella was buried on 4 July 1950 in St Kilda Cemetery.

Child of Ella Maud Dothie and David Cossart

Female Dothie

F, b. 30 April 1862

Florence Mary Dothie

F, b. 16 April 1857, d. 1909
  • Florence Mary Dothie was born on 16 April 1857 in Chilwell, Geelong. Florence also had a twin sister.
  • She was the daughter of James Dothie and Sarah Ann Wilkinson.
  • At the age of 30 years, 8 months and 15 days, Florence Mary Dothie married John Henry Hill on 31 December 1887 in Primitive Methodist Chapel, Cairns.
  • Florence Mary Dothie died in 1909 in Queensland.

James Dothie

M, b. circa 1831, d. 11 January 1866
  • James Dothie was born circa 1831 in Ipswich, Suffolk.
  • James Dothie married Sarah Ann Wilkinson on 3 February 1855 in Independant Chapel, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
  • James Dothie died on 11 January 1866. He drowned at sea. The following article appeared in "The Argus" on 24 March 1866 -" DOTHIE.—Drowned on the 11th January, in the Bay of Biscay, in the wreck of the London, Mr. James Dothie, jun., aged thirty-five, formerly of Ipswich, Suffolk, and son-in-law of Mr. Henry Wilkinson, of St. Kilda, where he leaves a wife and five children to mourn their irreparable loss."

Children of James Dothie and Sarah Ann Wilkinson