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UNKNOWN, Dora
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Name UNKNOWN, Dora Birth 21 Jan 1834 Germany
Gender Female Death 9 Jun 1915 Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA
Person ID I3602 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Family 1 SCHWARTZ, August, b. 6 Dec 1833, Germany
d. 14 Jan 1913, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA
(Age 79 years) Marriage 1874 Kenyon, Minn., United States Of America
Children 1. SCHWARTZ, Effie Augusta, b. Between 1874 and 1875, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA
d. 9 Mar 1964, USA
(Age 90 years)2. SCHWARTZ, Charles d. Yes, date unknown 3. SCHWARTZ, Another d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. SCHWARTZ, Fred d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F790 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 HANSON, Henry d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. HANSON, Frank d. Abt 1918 Family ID F1711 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
DORA SCHWARTZ late HANSON formerly .......... 1834-1915
Her first marriage wass to Henry HANSON
The 1910 US Federal Census for 4th Street S., Aberdeen City, Brown County, South Dakota:
James WESTMORELAND, head, aged 42, married 12 years, born in England, working on his own account as a painter in a paintshop, owned his own house but had a mortgage;
Effie WESTMORELAND, wife, aged 35, married 12 years, had 5 children of whom 5 were living, born in Minnesota of German parents;
Effie WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 10, born in South Dakota;
Olive WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 9, born in South Dakota;
Walter WESTMORELAND, son, aged 6, born in South Dakota;
Nettie WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 4, born in South Dakota;
Edward WESTMORELAND, son, aged 10 months, born in South Dakota;
August SCHWARTZ, father-in-law, aged 77, married 40 years, born in Germany;
*Dora SCHWARTZ, mother-in-law, aged 76, married 40 years, born in Germany.
(www.ancestry.com T624 Roll 1477 Enumeration District 51 Page 3)
She died at 318 First Street South, Aberdeen (the home of her daughter Effie WESTMORELAND, on 9 June 1915 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery. She was 81 years old.
"Mrs. Dora SCHWARTZ, 81 years old, mother of Mrs. James WESTMORELAND, died on June 9, following an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. SCHWARTZ had [one line missing] been in for two weeks.
The deceased was born January 21, 1834, and was a pioneer resident of Brown county. She came with her husband, Henry HANSON from Fairbault, Minn., and homesteaded near Columbia thirty years ago. Two children were born. Henry of Newdale, Can., and Frank of Goodale, Minn. Her second husband was August SCHWARTZ, who died three years ago. Mrs. WESTMORELAND is the only daughter and the deceased has made her home with her at 318 First street south, the past thirteen years. Funeral services were held Friday."
(Aberdeen Weekly News, 17 June 1915)
(revised 09.12.2015)

