1 Biography of Frederick Dorner in: Anonymous 1888 Frederick Dorner; Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana: Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, pages 885-887. Hereinafter cited as Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record. Events reported in the biography indicate that the publishing date was probably around 1898 rather than 1888.
2 Dorner biographies in: Esarey, Logan 1928 History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922: National Historical Association, Dayton, Ohio, 3 vols."Theodore A. Dorner"; v., pages 198-199. "Fred E. Dorner"; v., page 199. "Frederick Dorner"; v., pages 200-201. Hereinafter cited as Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
3 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
4 Gazetteer entry on Schiltach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany, in: Anonymous 1856 Schiltach: A Gazetteer of the World, or Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge: A. Fullarton and Co., Edinburgh, v. 6, page 480.
5 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
7 Naturalization certificate of Philip Dorner. Issued in Tippecanoe County Circuit Court in Lafayette, Indiana, on 18 April, 1854.
8 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
9 Passenger list, dated 8 May, 1855, of the ship "Trumbull", which had arrived at the Port of New York probably from le Havre, France. Port of New York Passenger List no. 295. LDS microfilm no. 0175508. [Only relevant parts copied.] List includes, in the second cabin: 49 Frederick Dorner. Hereinafter cited as Trumbell list no. 295
10 Naturalization certificate of Frederick Dorner. Issued in Tippecanoe County Circuit Court in Lafayette, Indiana, on 3 May, 1859. Hereinafter cited as Naturalization certificate, Frederick Dorner. (The passenger list was submitted the day following his arrival, May 8, per Trumbell list no. 295, cited above.)
11 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
12 Hawkins, Barbara Merrick 19? Bouquet for our City: ? A biography of Frederick Dorner. Sent by TIPCOA. Hereinafter cited as Hawkins.
13 Naturalization certificate, Frederick Dorner.
15 Biography of Frederick Dorner in: DeHart, General R. P. 1909 Frederick Dorner; Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana: B. R. Bowen and Co., Indianopolis, v., pages 565-567. Hereinafter cited as DeHart.
16 Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
18 Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
19 Marriage license of Frederick Dorner and Margaret S. Eihl. Given in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, on 2 March, 1861. Tippecanoe Co. Marriage Register v. 9, page 362.
20 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
23 1880 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaret S. (Eihl)Dorner and family, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll, master page. E.D. 32, sheet 25, lines 32-42. Includes A. Margaretha (Kramer) Schellhammer. Line 42; See also Lawsuit brief filed by George F. Sheridan against Laurent Eihl and Frederick Dorner in Tippecanoe County Court of Common Pleas, Lafayette, Indiana. Suit no. 256, June term, 1867. Hereinafter cited as Sheridan lawsuit; DeHart; Note that after 1864, Frederick is not listed in the Lafayette poll tax record until his return to Lafayette in the early 1870s (Transcriptions of all Dorner, Eihl, and Kramer (all spellings) entries in the poll and land property tax books of Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. [1858-1863 LDS microfilm no. 0872155; 1863-1866 LDS microfilm no. 0872156; 1866-1869 LDS microfilm no. 0872157]); Margaret and Frederick's daughter, Christina Dorner, was born on September 4, 1866, in Indiana (1870 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaret S. (Eihl) Dorner and family, in Somers Twp., Kenosha Co., Wisconsin. Census roll 1720, master page 316b. Original page 4, lines 1-6. Includes A. Margaretha (Kramer) Eihl. Line 7; hereinafter cited as 1870 US Census, Kenosha County, WN), probably in Lafayette (Sheridan lawsuit). The first of their two sons named Frederick Dorner, who died on October 29, 1866, was buried in Lafayette (Summary report on a survey of records in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, concerning persons with the last name of Dorner. Compiled by TIPCOA during June, 1986), indicating that the Dorners did not move until after that date.
24 Their son, Frederick E. Dorner, was born in Kenosha County, Wisconsin (Transcriptions of data from applications for marriage licenses filed by Dorner family members in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Compiled by TIPCOA in July, 1986; hereinafter cited as Dorner marriage license transcriptions), on November 25, 1867 (Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana).
26 Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
27 1870 US Census, Kenosha County, WN.
28 Ibid. The 1870 U.S. Census does not credit them with any real estate.
31 Divorce brief filed by A. Margaretha (Kramer) Eihl against Laurent Eihl at the Tippecanoe County Civil Circuit Court in Lafayette, Indiana, during the October, 1871, term; hereinafter cited as Eihl divorce brief.
33 Dorner marriage license transcriptions; 1870 US Census, Kenosha County, WN; Obituary of Amelia Dorner in the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier, 7 October, 1952, page 12 (hereinafter cited as Amelia Dorner obituary).
34 Obituary of Frederick E. Dorner in the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier, 18 April, 1945, page 14 (hereinafter cited as Frederick Dorner obituary); Amelia Dorner obituary.
35 DeHart; Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana, states that the business was established in 1872.
36 Dorner listings in the Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, city directories (1874).
38 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record, states that he grew his own flowers starting at an early phase in his business; DeHart states that he rented the greenhouses on the Gaasch's Gardens property.
39 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
40 DeHart. Later this part of Lafayette was platted as part of the Echo Addition.
42 Dorner listings in the Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, city directories, p. 174.
45 Dorner listings in the Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, city directories (1891).
46 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record; Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana, states that Moses Fowler died in 1889 and that the move was occasioned by his death; DeHart states that the year was 1900 and that the move was also precipitated by Fowler's death. This latter date must be considered suspect since DeHart was printed at a time more removed from the event than was Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record. Did Fowler die in 1889, but the firm move in 1891 due, perhaps, to wrangling with the heirs over lease terms?
48 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
51 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
53 Dorner listings in the Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, city directories (1898-1899).
54 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record; the seven were, besides Frederick and his sons Frederick and Theodore: his daughters Emily, Anna, and Emma, and Anna's husband, Fred Hudson (DeHart).
57 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
58 Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
61 Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
62 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
63 Esarey, 1928 History of Indiana.
65 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
67 Obituary of Frederick Dorner in the Lafayette (Indiana) Morning Journal, 30 December, 1910, page 3. Hereinafter cited as Frederick Dorner obituary, Lafayette Morning Journal.
70 Ibid. Theodore's daughter, Lucille, recalled that "when the florists from England and Holland would come, they would stay at our house and we had to give up our beds and go over to grosspapa's to sleep."
72 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
73 1880 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaret S. (Eihl) Dorner and family, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll, master page. E.D. 32, sheet 25, lines 32-42. Includes A. Margaretha (Kramer) Schellhammer. Line 42.
74 Frederick Dorner biography, 1888 Tippecanoe County Biographical Record.
76 1900 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaret S. (Eihl)Dorner and family, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll 405, master page 188b. E.D.103, sheet 20b, lines 58-62. Includes Frederick E.and Eda M.(Prass) Dorner and family. Lines 67-71. Includes Fred E. and Anna (Dorner)Hudson and family. Lines 63-65.
77 1910 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaretha Sophia (Eihl)Dorner and family, at 1922 Indiana Avenue, and Fred E. and Anna (Dorner) Hudson and family at 1914 Indiana Avenue, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll T624-382, E.D. 173, p. 10a, lines 27-34.
80 The elms have since been killed by Dutch elm disease and are no longer standing (Hawkins).
81 1910 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaretha Sophia (Eihl)Dorner and family, at 1922 Indiana Avenue, and Fred E. and Anna (Dorner) Hudson and family at 1914 Indiana Avenue, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll T624-382, E.D. 173, p. 10a, lines 27-34.
83 Frederick Dorner obituary, Lafayette Morning Journal.
84 Ibid. The only exception was his son, William P. Dorner. Emma (Dorner) Riddle had come to Lafayette from California in order to spend the holidays with her parents.
85 Funeral report of Frederick Dorner in the Lafayette (Indiana) Daily Courier, 2 January, 1911, page 1.
86 Summary report on a survey of records in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, concerning persons with the last name of Dorner. Compiled by TIPCOA during June, 1986.
87 1880 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaret S. (Eihl) Dorner and family, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll, master page. E.D. 32, sheet 25, lines 32-42. Includes A. Margaretha (Kramer) Schellhammer. Line 42.
89 1880 U.S. Census listing of Frederick and Margaret S. (Eihl) Dorner
and family, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Census roll, master page. E.D. 32, sheet 25, lines 32-42.
Includes A. Margaretha (Kramer) Schellhammer. Line 42.
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