Steen-Frost Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameDorothea (“Dora”) Margaret Loerzer 
Birth27 Jun 1891, Holtsee, Germany
Immigration7 Nov 1908, New York, New York
Death17 Nov 1971, Chicago, Illinois
OccupationBookkeeper in dental lab (1930 US Census); other sources say Nurse.
MiscellanyMargery Voutsas said that Dorothea “ran a nursing home” but there appears to be no other evidence of this.
Flags#Bertholds, Immigrant, Linked, Thumbnail, [FamLabel], [Gen10], [GenYes]
FatherFritz Ivers
MotherMargaretha Catharina Wulf (1870-)
Spouses
Marriage30 Jun 1934, Chicago, Illinois
Birth30 Sep 1891, Sorau, NL, Germany [now Żary, Poland]
Immigration8 Oct 1913, New York, New York
Lived1918, 4337 Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, Illinois
Death10 Aug 1929, 3714 Lawrence Ave., Chicago, Illinois
OccupationGeneral practice dentist (1910 US Census); dental lab at Lawrence & Broadway; later orthodontist; taught at Northwestern
EducationNorthwestern Univ. Dental School
FatherHugo Berthold
Marriage29 Sep 1917, Chicago, Illinois
ChildrenDietrich Arthur George (“Buster”) (1918-1942)
Arthur Frank (1926-2002)
Notes for Dorothea (“Dora”) Margaret Loerzer
In 1908 on the ship manifest (see line 2) when she arrived at Ellis Island, Dorthea used the nickname “Dora” and reported that she would be staying with an uncle named Fritz Wulff at 339 Melrose St., Chicago, Ill. She also reported having lived most recently with her father Franz Loerzer at 20 Larrie Drive, Kiel.
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Dorothea went by “Dora” as a young adult (e.g., when immigrating, and on early census records), but by Dorothy later in life. The license for her marriage to Arthur H.R. Berthold identified her formally as Dorothea Magdalene Loerzer, but a year later on the birth certificate of her first child (Dietrich) whe was identified as Dorothy Margaret Loesser.
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After Arthur H. R. Berthold died in 1929, Dorthea married George Koehler, owner of a book-binding company, in 1934. He died just two years later.
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Sibylle Guenzel, granddaughter of Dora’s sister Elise, reports that Dorothea & Elise emigrated to America on Oct. 28 1913.
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Dorothea went by “Dora” as a young adult (e.g., when immigrating, and on early census records), but by Dorothy later in life. The license for her marriage to Arthur H.R. Berthold identified her formally as Dorothea Magdalene Loerzer, but a year later on the birth certificate of her first child (Dietrich) whe was identified as Dorothy Margaret Loesser.
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After Arthur H. R. Berthold died in 1929, Dorthea married George Koehler, owner of a book-binding company, in 1934. He died just two years later.
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Sibylle Guenzel, granddaughter of Dora’s sister Elise, reports that Dorothea & Elise emigrated to America on Oct. 28 1913.