Brief Life History of Dorothea
When Dorothea Oberrath was born on 12 June 1872, in Pfersdorf, Poppenhausen, Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Cornelius Bernhard Oberrath, was 33 and her mother, Anna Marie Neubert, was 38. She married Johann Georg Rittmann on 21 June 1893, in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1920 and Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1940. She died on 20 August 1960, in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (29)
- Dora Papendick in entry for Otto Rudolph Papendick, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
- Dora Papendick in household of Augusta Papendick, "United States Census, 1940"
- Dora Papendeck in entry for Annie E. Papendeck, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
Spouse and Children
1859–1937 Male
1872–1960 Female
Children (10)
1895– Female
1896–1898 Female
1897–1974 Female
1899–1974 Male
1900–1978 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1838– Male
1834– Female
Siblings (1)
1872–1960 Female
World Events (8)
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Age 5
1890
Age 18
1903
Age 31
Name Meaning
form of a post-classical Greek name, from dōron ‘gift’ + theos ‘god’ (the same elements as in Theodora , but in reverse order). The masculine form Dorotheus was borne by several early Christian saints, the feminine by only two minor ones, but only the girl's name has survived. In modern use in the English-speaking world it represents either a 19th-century Latinization of Dorothy or a learned reborrowing.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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