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Descendants of Johann Paul Dreiser

Generation 1

1. JOHANN PAUL1 DREISER was born on 09 Sep 1821 in Mayen, Germany1-2. He died on 25 Dec 1900 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY3. He married Sarah Maria Schnepp, daughter of Henry Schnepp and Esther Schaub, on 01 Jan 1851 in near Piqua, Ohio4. She was born on 08 May 1833 in near Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH1. She died on 14 Nov 1890 in , Cook Co., IL5. Johann Paul Dreiser and Sarah Maria Schnepp had the following children:

i. JACOB2 DREISER.

ii. GEORGE DREISER.

iii. XAVIER DREISER.

iv. JOHN PAUL DRESSER JR. was born on 22 Apr 1858 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN. He died on 06 Jan 1906 in New York, NY6. v. MARKUS ROMANUS DREISER was born on 10 Feb 1860 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN7. He died on 21 Mar 1940 in Metropolitan Hospital, Welfare Island, NYC. He married UNKNOWN. 2. vi. MARIA FRANZISKA DREISER was born on 07 Jul 1861 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN8. She died on 02 Jun 1944 in Astoria, Queens, NYC8-9. She married (1) UNKNOWN. He was born date Unknown. He died date Unknown. She married (2) AUSTIN DANIEL BRENNAN on 12 Jun 1897 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL10. He was born on 05 Oct 1847 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. He died on 11 May 1928 in New York, NY11. 3. vii. EMMA WILHELMINA DREISER was born on 29 Jan 1863 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN7, 12. She died on 23 Feb 1936 in Astoria, Queens, NYC13. She met (1) LORENZO A. HOPKINS. He was born in 1847 in New York (state)14. He died on 21 Dec 1897 in St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY15. She married John Nelson in 1898 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL16-18. He was born about 1859 in Sweden19-20. He died between 1910-1921. viii. MARY THERESA DREISER was born on 03 Aug 1864 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN7. She died on 22 Oct 1897 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL21. She married Edwin Davis in 1883 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL17. He was born on 13 Sep 1858 in Brockport, Monroe Co., NY22-23. He died date Unknown in Chicago, IL?. 4. ix. CACILIA DREISER was born on 25 Sep 1865 in Terre Haute, Clay Co., Indiana24-25. She died on 20 Sep 1945 in Astornia, Queens Co., NY26-27. She met (1) UNKNOWN. He was born date Unknown. He died date Unknown. She married Choichiro Kishima on 09 May 1900 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ28-29. He was born on 07 Aug 1874 in Japan30. He died on 14 Jul 1921 in New York, NY31. x. ALPHONS JOACHIM DREISER was born on 28 Jun 1867 in Sullivan Co., IN. He died on 07 Sep 1946 in Los Angeles, CA32. He married Margeruite May Steinman in Jun 1894 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL33-35. She was born on 02 Feb 1867 in Ohio33, 36-37. She died on 07 Aug 1961 in Camarillo State Hosp., Camarillo, Ventura Co., CA38. 5. xi. CLARA CLOTHILDE DREISER was born in 1868 in Sullivan Co., IN. She died on 30 May 1918 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY39. She married (1) THOMAS DOWD on 12 Apr 1898 in Phoenix, Arizona40-42. He was born date Unknown. He died before 1901 in Unknown43. She married (2) HENRY V. GORMLEY about 1902 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL17, 40. He was born in Jan 1861 in Baltimore, MD44-46. He died date Unknown in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY. xii. was born on 27 Aug 1871 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN. He died on 28 Dec 1945 in Los Angeles (Hollywood), Los Angeles Co., CA. He married (1) SARA OSBORNE WHITE, daughter of Archibald Herndon White and Annie Rebecca Drace, on 28 Dec 1898 in Washington, DC47-48. She was born on 29 Apr 1869 in Danville, Montogery Co., MO49. She died on 01 Oct 1942 in Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, MO50-53. He married (2) HELEN ESTHER PATGES, daughter of George Anton Christian Patges and Ida V. Parks, on 13 Jun 1944 in Stevens, Skamania Co., WA54-55. She was born in May 1894 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR56. She died on 22 Sep 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA57-58. 6. xiii. EDUARD MINEROD DREISER was born on 27 Jun 1873 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN. Generation 1 (con't) 6. xiii. EDUARD MINEROD DREISER was born on 27 Jun 1873 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN. He died on 29 Jan 1958 in New York (Queens), NY59. He married Mai V. Skelly on 01 Jun 1899 in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, NY. She was born on 11 Aug 1878 in New York NY33. She died on 11 Jun 1955 in New York, NY59. Generation 2

2. MARIA FRANZISKA2 DREISER (Johann Paul1) was born on 07 Jul 1861 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN8. She died on 02 Jun 1944 in Astoria, Queens, NYC8-9. She married (1) UNKNOWN. He was born date Unknown. He died date Unknown. She married (2) AUSTIN DANIEL BRENNAN on 12 Jun 1897 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL10. He was born on 05 Oct 1847 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. He died on 11 May 1928 in New York, NY11. unknown and Maria Franziska Dreiser had the following child:

i. CHILD3 was born in 187960. Child died in 187960.

3. EMMA WILHELMINA2 DREISER (Johann Paul1) was born on 29 Jan 1863 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN7, 12. She died on 23 Feb 1936 in Astoria, Queens, NYC13. She met (1) LORENZO A. HOPKINS. He was born in 1847 in New York (state)14. He died on 21 Dec 1897 in St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY15. She married John Nelson in 1898 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL16-18. He was born about 1859 in Sweden19-20. He died between 1910-1921. Lorenzo A. Hopkins and Emma Wilhelmina Dreiser had the following children:

7. i. GEORGE KATES3 NELSON61-62 was born on 25 Apr 1892 in New York, NY63-64. He died on 27 Sep 1955 in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY65-66. He married Gunda Ryerson on 17 Jan 1912 in New York, NY61, 67. She was born about 1886 in Norway68. She died on 07 Dec 1944 in Freeport, Nassau Co., NY69. ii. GERTRUDE AMELIA HOPKINS70 was born in Jun 1894 in New York, NY19, 71-72. She died on 22 Jan 1973 in Briarcrest Nursing Home, Ossining, Westchester Co., NY72-73. She married Emil Henry Dorn on 15 Feb 1942 in Nyack, Rockland Co., NY?73-74. He was born on 16 Jun 1901 in New York, NY75-79. He died on 04 Nov 195773, 80. 4. CACILIA2 DREISER (Johann Paul1) was born on 25 Sep 1865 in Terre Haute, Clay Co., Indiana24-25. She died on 20 Sep 1945 in Astornia, Queens Co., NY26-27. She met (1) UNKNOWN. He was born date Unknown. He died date Unknown. She married Choichiro Kishima on 09 May 1900 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ28-29. He was born on 07 Aug 1874 in Japan30. He died on 14 Jul 1921 in New York, NY31. unknown and Cacilia Dreiser had the following child:

i. CARL3 DREISER was born on 16 Oct 188881. He died on 29 Mar 1915 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL82-83. 5. CLARA CLOTHILDE2 DREISER (Johann Paul1) was born in 1868 in Sullivan Co., IN. She died on 30 May 1918 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY39. She married (1) THOMAS DOWD on 12 Apr 1898 in Phoenix, Arizona40-42. He was born date Unknown. He died before 1901 in Unknown43. She married (2) HENRY V. GORMLEY about 1902 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL17, 40. He was born in Jan 1861 in Baltimore, MD44-46. He died date Unknown in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY. Thomas Dowd and Clara Clothilde Dreiser had the following child:

i. DOWD3 was born date Unknown40. Dowd died before 191040. Henry V. Gormley and Clara Clothilde Dreiser had the following child:

8. i. PAUL DRESSER3 GORMLEY84 was born on 15 Oct 1902 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY85-87. He died on 18 Jun 1976 in Ventura, CA87-89. He married (1) RUTH. She was born on 24 Feb 1894 in New York (state)86, 90. She died in Feb 1978 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co., PA91. He married (2) KATHLEEN LYONS. 6. EDUARD MINEROD2 DREISER (Johann Paul1) was born on 27 Jun 1873 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN. He died on 29 Jan 1958 in New York (Queens), NY59. He married Mai V. Skelly on 01 Jun 1899 in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, NY. She was born on 11 Aug 1878 in New York NY33. She died on 11 Jun 1955 in New York, NY59. Eduard Minerod Dreiser and Mai V. Skelly had the following child:

9. i. VERA3 DREISER was born on 11 May 1908 in New York, NY86, 92. She died on 17 Generation 2 (con't) 9. i. VERA3 DREISER was born on 11 May 1908 in New York, NY86, 92. She died on 17 Nov 1998 in Macon Manor Nursing Home, Macon, Bibb Co., GA86, 93. She married (1) ALFRED E. SCOTT in 193950. He was born about 1896. He died in 1948. She married (2) ALIA ARIANA after 1947. He was born date Unknown. He died date Unknown. Generation 3

7. GEORGE KATES3 NELSON (Emma Wilhelmina2 Dreiser, Johann Paul1 Dreiser)61-62 was born on 25 Apr 1892 in New York, NY63-64. He died on 27 Sep 1955 in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY65-66. He married Gunda Ryerson on 17 Jan 1912 in New York, NY61, 67. She was born about 1886 in Norway68. She died on 07 Dec 1944 in Freeport, Nassau Co., NY69. George Kates Nelson and Gunda Ryerson had the following children:

10. i. GEORGE VINCENT4 NELSON65 was born on 07 Dec 1914 in New York, NY64, 67-68, 86. He died on 24 Dec 1995 in Briarcrest Nursing Home, Ossining, Westchester Co., NY94-95. He married (1) MURIEL ADELE BROWN. She was born on 13 Oct 191386. She died in Nov 1979 in Columbus, Polk Co., NC86, 94. He married (2) UNKNOWN. He married (3) UNKNOWN. ii. GLORIA RUTH NELSON65 was born on 31 Jan 1927 in New York, NY65, 67, 69. She married AUGUSTUS VEVANTE. He died in Aug 196286. 8. PAUL DRESSER3 GORMLEY (Clara Clothilde2 Dreiser, Johann Paul1 Dreiser)84 was born on 15 Oct 1902 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY85-87. He died on 18 Jun 1976 in Ventura, CA87-89. He married (1) RUTH. She was born on 24 Feb 1894 in New York (state)86, 90. She died in Feb 1978 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co., PA91. He married (2) KATHLEEN LYONS. Paul Dresser Gormley and Ruth had the following child:

11. i. RUTH C.4 GORMLEY33 was born about 1927 in New York (state)90. She married PICKARD. 9. VERA3 DREISER (Eduard Minerod2, Johann Paul1) was born on 11 May 1908 in New York, NY86, 92. She died on 17 Nov 1998 in Macon Manor Nursing Home, Macon, Bibb Co., GA86, 93. She married (1) ALFRED E. SCOTT in 193950. He was born about 1896. He died in 1948. She married (2) ALIA ARIANA after 1947. He was born date Unknown. He died date Unknown. Alfred E. Scott and Vera Dreiser had the following child:

i. TEDI4 DREISER was born date Unknown. She married (1) ROBERT BARRY LANDON. She married (2) JOEL GODARD date Unknown. He was born on 31 Mar 1938 in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA96. Generation 4

10. GEORGE VINCENT4 NELSON (George Kates3, Emma Wilhelmina2 Dreiser, Johann Paul1 Dreiser)65 was born on 07 Dec 1914 in New York, NY64, 67-68, 86. He died on 24 Dec 1995 in Briarcrest Nursing Home, Ossining, Westchester Co., NY94-95. He married (1) MURIEL ADELE BROWN. She was born on 13 Oct 191386. She died in Nov 1979 in Columbus, Polk Co., NC86, 94. He married (2) UNKNOWN. He married (3) UNKNOWN. George Vincent Nelson and Muriel Adele Brown had the following child:

12. i. JUDY5 NELSON was born on 07 Jun 194194. She married Robert Kroehler in North Carolina62. 11. RUTH C.4 GORMLEY (Paul Dresser3, Clara Clothilde2 Dreiser, Johann Paul1 Dreiser)33 was born about 1927 in New York (state)90. She married PICKARD. Pickard and Ruth C. Gormley had the following child:

i. DAVID5 PICKARD.

Generation 5

12. JUDY5 NELSON (George Vincent4, George Kates3, Emma Wilhelmina2 Dreiser, Johann Paul1 Dreiser) was born on 07 Jun 194194. She married Robert Kroehler in North Carolina62. Robert Kroehler and Judy Nelson had the following children:

i. KEIITH6 KROEHLER. Generation 5 (con't) i.

ii. CINDY KROEHLER.

iii. CHLLD KROEHLER. Sources 1 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 12. 2 1900 U.S. census, Census Place: Rochester Ward 10, Monroe, New York; Roll: T623 1075;Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 70. 3 Rochester, NY directory, 1901. 4 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 22. 5 Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, DREISER, SARAH M 11/14/1890 CHICAGO 57 YR U 00002856 COOK 16 Feb2007 . 6 death record - Paul Dresser, Jan. 6, 1906, New York, NY, cert #3493. 7 Baptismal record, St. Joseph Univerity Parish, Terre Haute, IN. 8 death record - Mary Brennan, June 2 1944, Queens, NY - cert #4515, Mary Frances Brennan. Date of death, June 2, 1944. Age 82-10-25.Address, 31-30 28th Road. Widower; husband - Austin. Housewife. Length of residence in , 40 years. DOB, July 7, 1861. Place of birth, . Father, Paul Dreiser (b. Germany). Mother Sarah Schep (b. Ohio). Cancer of bladder; contributory - atherosclerotic heart disease. Fresh Pond Crematory. Informant, Sylvia C. Kishima, sister. 9 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 191. 10 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, BRENNAN, AUSTIN D / DREISER, MARY F 06/12/1897 / 263534½COOK 20 Feb 2007 . 11 death record - Austin Daniel Brennan - May 11, 1928, New York City,Manhattan, #13591, Date of death, May 11,1928. Age 79 yrs ___ months __ days. Address,82 Washington Place West (apartment). Married. Occupation, Dry Goods. Diabetes mellitus and ______? gangrene, both feet; duration 11 months; contributory - pulmonary oedama & cardiac paralysis. How long resident in New York Ccity? life. POB, U.S. Father, Andrew Brennan (b. Ireland). Mother Coneia S. (?) Cross (b. U.S.). Burial, St. Raymonds Cemetery, May 12. 12 death record - Emma Wilhemina Nelson - Feb 23, 1936, New York City,Queens - cert #1611. 13 death record - Emma Wilhemina Nelson - Feb 23, 1936, New York City,Queens - cert #1611, Residence, 33-12 28th Avenue. Date of death, February 23, 1936. DOB,January 29, 1863. POB, Indiana. Age 73 years. Widow; husband, John. Occupation, housewife. Cause of death, Encephalomalycis?; contributory, _____?. Parents, Paul Dreiser (b. Germany) and Sarah Schnepp (b. Ohio). Interment, Fresh Pond Cemetery [Crematory?], February 26, 1936. How long did resident live in New York City? 35 years. Informant, sister. 14 gravestone - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens Co., NY, FATHER / LORENZO A. HOPKINS 1847-1897 (Hillside, grave #345). 15 death record - Lorenzo A. Hopkins - Dec 31, 1897, Brooklyn, NY - Dept of Health of the City of Brooklyn #20105, Place of death, St. Peter?s Hospital, Brooklyn, ward 6. Date of death,December 21, 1897. Age 53 yrs ___ months __ days. Widower. Occupation, bartender. How long a resident in New York City? 2 years. POB, U.S. Father's and mother's place of birth: left blank. Burial, Dec 22, 1897, Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Cause of death: I - Chronics Nephritis?; II - Heart Failure. 16 Pizer, Donald, The Novels of Theodore Dreiser, 351 n. 4. 17 Dresser Genealogy - Partial Family Lines - 9 Jan 2007. 18 A.R. Markle, ”Theodore Dreiser; collection of material from various sources”. 19 1910 U.S. census, Census Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1028;Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 731; Image: 5. 20 1880 U.S. census, Census Place: Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York; Roll:T9_840; Family History Film: 1254840; Page: 6.2000; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 0263. 21 Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, DAVIS, TRESIA 10/22/1897 CHICAGO 31 YR U 00003951 COOK 2 March2007 . Sources (con't) 22 1900 U.S. census, Census Place: Riverside, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 294; Page: 7B;Enumeration District: 1187. 23 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1; Volume #: Roll 0001 - Certificates: 4980-6580, 02 Jan 1906-02 Feb 1906. 24 death record - Sylvia Kishima - Sept 20, 1945, New York City, Queens#7326, date of death, September 20, 1945; age, 80-11-25 (or 20?) days; informant, Edward Dresser, brother. 25 1940 census, Queens, NY; page 9B, Enumeration District: 41-67, Sylvia Kishima, age 74; resident, Mary Brennan household, 31-30 28th Road, Queens (New York City), New York; page 9B, Enumeration District: 41-67. 26 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 211. 27 death record - Sylvia Kishima - Sept 20, 1945, New York City, Queens#7326, Date of death, September 20, 1945 at 5 p.m. Place of death, Queens.Age 80-11-25 (unclear -- not sure if 25 days or 20 days was written). Widow. Husband, ______? [ Heede?; hard to read). Address, 31-30 28th Road, Astoria. Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure. DOB, September 25, 1864. POB, Indiana. Father Paul Dreiser, b. Indiana. Mother Sarah Schnebb, b. Indiana. Length of residence in New York City, 30 years. informant, Edward Dresser, brother, 2278 Mott Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY ... Fresh Pond Crematory, September 24, 1945. 28 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 96. 29 New Jersey, United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970. 30 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 18 Feb. 2007. 31 death record - Choichiro Kishima, July 14, 1925 - New York, NY - cert#17407, Date of death, July 14 1921. Male; married. Residence, 15 WadsworthAvenue (apartment). Cause of death, ______? Tuberculosis. Age 43 yrs __ months ___days. Importer. POB, Japan. How long resident in U.S.A.? 23 yrs. How long resident in New York City? 23 yrs. Birthplace of father: Japan. Birthplace of mother, Japan. (Parents' names not given.) Burial, Kensico Cemetery [Mount Pleasant, Westchester Co., NY], July 16. 32 Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997. 33 1930 U.S. census. 34 Chicago Daily Tribune, June 29, 1894, pg. 8. 35 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, DREISER, ALPHONS J / STEINMAN, MARGARET MAY / 06/28/1894 / 220028COOK 16 Feb 2007 . 36 California Death Index (Internet), http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=1&f1=margeruite&f2=&f0=dresser&= &f4Day=&f4Month=&f4Year=&f6=&f5Day=07&f5Month=Aug&f5Year=1961&f7=&f10=&f9=&f3 =&f8=&prox=1&f4=++&f5=07+Aug+1961&db=cadeath1940&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&r ecid=1971458&recoff=1+2. 37 death certificate, Margaret Dresser, August 7, 1961, Camarillo, Ventura Co., CA. 38 death certificate, Margaret Dresser, August 7, 1961, Camarillo, Ventura Co., CA, Margaret Dresser ... maiden name "Unknown Steiner" ... place of birth, Ohio ... widow ... housewife ... age 94 yrs. ... date of death, August 7, 1961 ... place of death, Camarillo State Hospital, Camarillo, Ventura Co., CA .... last usual residence, Millhaven Sanatorium ... cause of death, Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease; Associated with Senile Brain Disease, with Psychotic Reaction ... cremated August 9 - Westwood Memorial Park Crematory; Armstrong Family Mortuary, Los Angeles. 39 letter H. V. Gormley to Theodore Dreiser, June 8, 1918 - University ofPennsylvania Library, Dreiser Collection. 40 1910 U.S. census, Census Place: Schenectady Ward 11, Schenectady, New York; Roll:T624_1078; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 212; Image: 816. Sources (con't) 41 Arizona Republican, "City and County in Brief." Arizona Republican. 14 April 1898. (Pagenumber illeigible.) Item re marriage of Thomas Dowd and Clare Dreiser. "Mr Thomas Dowd, superintendant of the Crown Point mine, abd Miss Claire Dreiser were married in this city on Tuesday night. They will remain in town for a few days after which they will return to the northern part of the territory. Mr Dowd expects to leave for the Klondyke shortly." (April 14, 1898 was a Thursday.). 42 Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner, "From Friday's Daily." Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner 20 April 1898 pg.3: "Thomas Dowd, foreman of the Crown Point mine, was married in Phenix [sic] on Wednesday to Miss Claire Dreiser." (April 20, 1988 was a Wednesday.) Bibliographic source: America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922. 43 1900 U.S. census, Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 289; Page:19A; Enumeration District: 1080. 44 1920 U.S. census, Census Place: Schenectady Ward 11, Schenectady, New York; Roll:T625_1263; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 1101. 45 Gormley Family Genealogy Forum, message posted 4 Feb 2001 by Ruth Gormley Pickard 2 May 2008. Thomas J. Gormley (1831-1896) Baltimore Posted by: Ruth Gormley Pickard Date: February 4, 2001 Seek parents of Thomas J. Gormley, b. Baltimore, Md., 1831. Married Margaret Hargrove, 1859. One child: Harry/Henry V. Gormley, b. Baltimore, Jan 1861. Occupation: House painter employed by his brother-in-law William Hargrove. Religion: protestant. Wife Margaret Hargrove Gormley was a Roman Catholic. She was employed as a milliner. Believe Thomas J. Gormley to have been an orphan and an only child. 46 1880 U.S. census, 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T9_505;Family History Film: 1254505; Page: 485.2000; Enumeration District: 215; Image: 0552. 47 Lingeman, Richard, Theodore Dreiser, Vol. I: At the Gates of the City 1871-1907 (Name: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986;), 208. 48 Loving, Jerome, The Last Titan: A Life of Theodore Dreiser (Name: Berkeley, Univ of California P, 2005;), 125. 49 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 20 Feb 2007. 50 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 175. 51 obituary - Theodore Deiser - New York Times - Dec 29, 1945. 52 obituary - Sarah Osborne White Dreiser - Associated Press, dated Oct2, 1942; printed in Hatford Courant, Oct 3, 1942, pg. 4. 53 obituary - Mrs. Theodore Deiser - New York Times - Oct 3, 1942, pg. 15. 54 Newlin, Keith, ed., A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia (Name: Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003;), 101. 55 marriage record, Skamania Co., WA, certificate #11704. groom's name: "Herman Dreiser". 56 1900 U.S. census, Census Place: Portland Ward 4, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T623 1348;Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 49. 57 obituary - Helen Esther Dreiser - Los Angeles Times, Sept 27, 1955. 58 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 215. 59 death index, New York City Department of Health. 60 Dreiser, Vera with Brett Howard, My Uncle Theodore (Name: New York: Nash, 1976;), 37. 61 marriage record - George Nelson and Gunda Ryerson, January 17, 1912,New York, NY - cert #2090. 62 telephone interview - Gloria N. Vevante, January 18, 2007. 63 World War I Draft Registration Cards, http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=NY-1766250-3567&fn=Ge orge+Kator&ln=Nelson&st=r&ssrc=&pid=2407017 <27 Aug 2006>. 64 1920 U.S. census, Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 12, New York, New York;Roll: T625_1208; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 925; Image: 113. 65 probate record - George K. Nelson - Nassau County, NY, 1955 - file#3353. 66 obituary - George K. Nelson - NY Times, Sept 28, 1955, pg. 35. 67 1930 U.S. census, Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1508; Page: 3B;Enumeration District: 1119; Image: 293.0. 68 telephone interview - Gloria N. Vevante, February 13, 2007. Sources (con't) 69 telephone interview - Gloria N. Vevante, January 18, 2007, Daughter Gloria was not certain about year of death. 70 probate record - Gertrude A. Hopkins (aka Gertrude Hopkins Dorn) -Westchester Co., NY - 1973 - #1175, genalogical chart (prepared apparently by Gertrude Hopkiins) fromwithin her probate file. 71 Social Security Death Index: U.S., DOB June 3, 1894. 72 death record - Gertrude A. Hopkins - Jan 22, 1973, Ossining, NY -Register No. 5905, DOB June 4, 1894. 73 probate record - Gertrude A. Hopkins (aka Gertrude Hopkins Dorn) -Westchester Co., NY - 1973 - #1175. 74 letter Gertrude Nelson to Helen Dreiser, January 21, 1942 - Universityof Pennsylvania Library, Dreiser Collection. 75 U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, 16 Feb 2007. 76 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 20 Feb 2007. 77 marriage record - Emil Henry Dorn and Clare Anna Couzen, June 14, 1923- New York, NY - cert #1091. 78 1930 U.S. census, Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1540; Page: 7A;Enumeration District: 475; Image: 255.0. 79 New York City Births, 1891-1902, cert # 23074 .... 20 Feb 2007. 80 probate record - Emil H. Dorn - Westchester Co., NY - 1957 - #3353. 81 Carl Dreiser to Theodore Dreiser, Oct 16, 1908, at Dreiser Web Source, U of Penn,http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=2535&pageposition=6 <3 August 2006>. 82 Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, DRESSER, CARL / 03/29/1915 CHICAGO / 26 YR U / 00004257 COOK 16 Feb2007 . 83 Carl Dresser death certificate, Carl Dresser ” certificate of death #14567 ... Department of Health, Chicago ... date of birth, unknown ... age, 26 years ... date of death, March 29, 1915 ... occupation, Bellboy ... buried Elmwood, March 31, 1915 ... evidence obtained at inquest ... Cause of death - Asphyxiation by illuminating gas (suicide) ... his street address is given, but handwriting was unreadable .... length of time living in city - 4 years ... name of father - unknown ... name of mother - unknown. 84 Dowell, Richard W., Dreiser vs. Terre Haute, or Paul Dresser's Body Lies A-Moldern' in theGrave (Name: Dreiser Studies;), 20:17 (fall 1989). 85 California Death Index (Internet). 86 Social Security Death Index: U.S. 87 death record - Paul Dresser Gormley - 18 June 1976 - Ventura, CA. 88 California Death Index (Internet), GORMLEY, PAUL D Social Security #: 045054710 Sex: MALE Birth Date:15 Oct 1902 Birthplace: NEW YORK Death Date: 18 Jun 1976 Death Place: VENTURA 3 March 2007 . 89 Social Security Death Index: U.S., Paul Gormley SSN: 045-05-4710 Last Residence: 79925 El Paso, ElPaso, Texas Born: 15 Oct 1902 Died: Jun 1976 SSN issued: Connecticut (Before 1951). 90 1930 U.S. census, Census Place: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York; Roll: 1645; Page:2A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 553.0. 91 Social Security Death Index: U.S., Ruth Gormley SSN: 208-24-4959 Last Residence: 17022 Elizabethtown,Lancaster, Pennsylvania Born: 24 Feb 1894 Last Benefit: 17022 Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: Feb 1978 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951). 92 obituary, Vera Dreiser, Atlanta Journal Constitution 11-21-1998, age 90 at death. Sources (con't) 93 obituary, Vera Dreiser, Atlanta Journal Constitution 11-21-1998. 94 telephone interview - Judith Koehler, 15 Feb 2007. 95 Social Security Death Index: U.S., last known residence, Winter Haven, Fla. 96 Internet, http://www.tv.com/joel-godard/person/155728/summary.html <22 August2006>.