It was interesting to see the marriage certificate for Nathan
H’s parents. As to whether his father was Donal or Donald, most entries on
Ancestry and also the Find a Grave site say the latter. The census returns for
1880 and 1910 also read Donald, but of course the enumerator could easily have
misheard. I would agree with Rachael that we should try and go with original
documentation. On Nathan’s sister’s birth certificate he is Donell, which is
another variation. It is interesting that the “issue” is generally fudged. On
the marriage certificate he is D Ellsworth Knorr. In trade directories he is D
Ellsworth Knorr, and his death certificate reads the same. Maybe the query
rumbled on during his lifetime, a bit like Malcom (or was it Malcolm?)
Rutherford.
There are quite comprehensive details of the Knorr family on
Ancestry. D Ellsworth Knorr was the son of Aaron Herb Knorr. His grandfather
was Samuel Knorr. The line is traced back to Hans Knauer born 1720 in Airfeld,
Bavaria. D’s mother was Mary Margaret Schmidt (1835-1900). I have no real
opportunity of checking the accuracy of all the connections, but the details of
siblings for various generations are very comprehensive and suggest that others
have done their homework.
D married Estella Bloss as shown in Rachael’s last post and
they had three children.
In addition to Nathan Homer Knorr, they had:
Daughter Isabel Estella Knorr, 20 June 1906 – 2 June 1999.
Robert Ellsworth Knorr, born 19 September 1903, died March
1972, married Alma Fry and had one son, also named Robert E Knorr (1932-2015).
Nathan married Audrey Mock (1921-2014) in 1953. After Nathan’s
death she married Glen Hyde (1922-1988) c. 1978.
Photographs of Nathan’s parents and also a photo from his
high school yearbook are on Ancestry. Also photographs of Audrey Mock and her
parents. I’m not reproducing them here because I’m unsure of copyright issues.
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