Dorothea Koelle

b. 10 October 1876, d. 11 April 1945
  • Dorothea Koelle was born on 10 October 1876 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • She was baptized/christened on 19 November 1876 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, sponsored by Margaretha Walter and George Seitz.
  • Georg R. Kölle and Cäcelie Walter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Dorothea Koelle, Susan Anna Koelle, George Koelle and Katharine Scheck.
  • She married Francis Walter McKinnon circa 1898.
  • She was a sponsor at the baptism/christening of Leonard Koelle Zinter on 18 July 1909 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, New York.
  • Francis Walter McKinnon registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Niagara County, New York, while living with his wife Dorothy at 722 Pierce Avenue in Niagara Falls, and employed there as a foreman at US Light & Heat Corp., 3215 Highland.
  • Dorothea Koelle died on 11 April 1945 at age 68 in Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, at Mount St. Mary's Hospital.
  • Francis Walter McKinnon became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 12 April 1945 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Dorothy Koelle McKinnon, wife of Francis W. McKinnon, 722 Pierce avenue, died in Mount St. Mary's hospital last night. She had been ill since January 1 and had been in the hospital seven days.
         A native and lifelong resident of Niagara Falls, Mrs. McKinnon was a member of an old Niagara family. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jerauld Fletcher; two granddaughters, Diana and Johce Pletcher; three sisters, Mrs. Dempster Hardy, Mrs. William Zinter and Mrs. Bert McConnell, and two brothers, John and Chris Koelle, all of this city.
         Funeral services will be held at the family home at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Arthur H. Schmoyer officiating. Interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery.
  • The following appeared on 17 April 1945 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: The funeral of the late Dorothy Koelle McKinnon was held Saturday, April 14, 1945, from the family home, 722 Pierce Avenue. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery. The pallbearers were J. Hiller, E. Kysor, F. Dietrick, W. Williamson, G. Lock and A. Kelberer.
  • Last Edited: 21 Oct 2013

Family: Francis Walter McKinnon b. 9 February 1875, d. 1957