Brief Life History of Beatrice Thresa
When Beatrice Thresa Dormer was born on 7 February 1891, in Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Patrick Dormer, was 27 and her mother, Mary Agnes Eagan, was 21. She married Edward Charles Conbeer in 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 14 July 1943, in Coal Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Briget Darmer in household of Patrick Darmer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Dormer, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951"
- Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Spouse and Children
1887–1954 Male
1891–1943 Female
Children (5)
1920–2002 Male
1922–1987 Female
1924–2018 Female
1926–1994 Male
1932– Female
Parents and Siblings
1863–1951 Male
1869–1944 Female
Siblings (9)
1891–1943 Female
1893–1965 Male
1895– Female
1898– Female
1900–1934 Male
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 7
1905 · The Movie Theater
Age 14
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): nickname for a lazy man or a sleepyhead from Old French dormeur ‘sleeper, sluggard’ (from Latin dormitor, from dormire ‘to sleep’).
Irish (Kilkenny): when not of the same origin as 1 above, this is a shortened Anglicized form of the Donegal name Ó Díorma, a shortened form of Ó Duibhdhíormaigh ‘descendant of Duibhdhíormach’, a personal name composed of Gaelic dubh ‘black’ + díormach ‘trooper’.
German (Dörmer): occupational name for a watchman on a tower (of a castle or town), from an agent derivative of Middle Low German torn or Middle High German turn ‘tower’. Compare Dermer and Dorner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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