When Georg Friedrich Doerr was born on 29 September 1840, in Odessa, Kherson, Russian Empire, his father, Georg Jacob Doerr, was 24 and his mother, Elisabeth Beck, was 19. He married Barbara Becker on 3 November 1864, in Odessa Uyezd, Kherson, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 9 June 1900, in Freeman, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Wolf Creek Cemetery, Freeman, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States.