Brief Life History of Emma Mae
When Emma Mae Orendorff was born on 29 September 1900, in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, William Orendorff, was 34 and her mother, Julia Dawson Ricketts, was 31. She married Lee Cornell Dorr on 2 June 1919, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 15 years and Election Precinct 70, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 2 August 1988, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Emma Mae Dorr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Emma May Orendorff, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Emma M Dorr, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1900–1990 Male
1900–1988 Female
Children (4)
1920–1987 Male
1923–2016 Female
1928–2016 Male
1936–1959 Male
Parents and Siblings
1866–1904 Male
1869–1910 Female
Siblings (3)
1894–1976 Female
1897– Female
1900–1988 Female
World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 1
1901 · City Hall Built
Age 1
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 23
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Ohrendorf: habitational name, perhaps from Ohrdruf, near Gotha, or, alternatively, as a variant of Ohrdorf, from Ohrdorf, a place on the Ohre river in Lower Saxony. Compare Orendorf , Orndoff , Orndorf , and Orndorff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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