Veteran of WWI & WWII. CM1 United States Naval Reserve.
Son of Joseph W. and Ella E. (Moore) Dora. The census of 1900 counted the Dora family at their 154 Oak Street apartment in Gardner. Joseph W. was a machinst. He and his wife, Ella, had six children. Two had died before the turn of the century. Surviving were: William H., 7, Blanch M., 5, Joseph C., 4, and Ella M., 1.
By 1910 the Doras had moved to 534 North Main Street (now just Main St.) in Gardner. The couple added three more daughters to their family: Rachel, 9, Josephine, 7, and Madeline, 5. In this census Ella was listed as Mildred E. Their oldest child, William, 17, went to work at a theater as a helper. The father was a machinst at a chair shop.
The children at their parents' Main St. home in 1920 was down to five. They were: Blanche, 25, bookkeeper at the chamber of commerce, Joseph, 23, post office clerk, Rachel, 18, schoolteacher, Josephine, 17, stenographer at a law firm, and Madelyn, 15.
Joseph C. Dora married about 1921 to Evelyn M. Brooks, daughter of Peter and Edith (Maynard) Brooks. In 1930 Joseph and Evelyn were enumerated at the home of her widower father, Peter. He lived at 66 Euclid Street in Gardner. Mr. Brooks was a patrolman for an electric power company. Mr. Dora was an instructor at a state reformatory. Mrs. Dora had given birth to four children: Hope J., 7, Joseph Jr., 6, Raymond, 3, and Robert, 1. The oldest two were born in Maine. A birth record for Hope June was found in Veazie, Maine.
Before 1940 Joseph bought a home, for his rapidly expanding family, on Cottage Lane in East Templeton, Massachusetts. Mr. Dora had become an accountant. He was getting close to needing more than two hands to count how many children he had. Four more had been born. The newest additions were: Cornelius, 9, Joan, 7, Beverly, 3, and an infant son named Peter. His father-in-law moved with them and was still at the power company.
Joseph registered for the draft in 1942. There's not much information gained from his WWII draft card except the name of his employer was the Gage Machine Shop, 311 Main Street, Gardner. His East Templeton home did not yet have a telephone.
An obituary for the Doras' daughter, Joan Aalto, very nicely listed all her siblings. Joan had two sisters survive her that were not mentioned above. They were Judith (Dora) Truehart and Martha Dora. Not mentioned in her obituary was Beverly. Did Beverly die young or did her name possibly get changed to Judith or Martha? Also, Hope's married name was Nichols.
Son of Joseph W. and Ella E. (Moore) Dora. The census of 1900 counted the Dora family at their 154 Oak Street apartment in Gardner. Joseph W. was a machinst. He and his wife, Ella, had six children. Two had died before the turn of the century. Surviving were: William H., 7, Blanch M., 5, Joseph C., 4, and Ella M., 1.
By 1910 the Doras had moved to 534 North Main Street (now just Main St.) in Gardner. The couple added three more daughters to their family: Rachel, 9, Josephine, 7, and Madeline, 5. In this census Ella was listed as Mildred E. Their oldest child, William, 17, went to work at a theater as a helper. The father was a machinst at a chair shop.
The children at their parents' Main St. home in 1920 was down to five. They were: Blanche, 25, bookkeeper at the chamber of commerce, Joseph, 23, post office clerk, Rachel, 18, schoolteacher, Josephine, 17, stenographer at a law firm, and Madelyn, 15.
Joseph C. Dora married about 1921 to Evelyn M. Brooks, daughter of Peter and Edith (Maynard) Brooks. In 1930 Joseph and Evelyn were enumerated at the home of her widower father, Peter. He lived at 66 Euclid Street in Gardner. Mr. Brooks was a patrolman for an electric power company. Mr. Dora was an instructor at a state reformatory. Mrs. Dora had given birth to four children: Hope J., 7, Joseph Jr., 6, Raymond, 3, and Robert, 1. The oldest two were born in Maine. A birth record for Hope June was found in Veazie, Maine.
Before 1940 Joseph bought a home, for his rapidly expanding family, on Cottage Lane in East Templeton, Massachusetts. Mr. Dora had become an accountant. He was getting close to needing more than two hands to count how many children he had. Four more had been born. The newest additions were: Cornelius, 9, Joan, 7, Beverly, 3, and an infant son named Peter. His father-in-law moved with them and was still at the power company.
Joseph registered for the draft in 1942. There's not much information gained from his WWII draft card except the name of his employer was the Gage Machine Shop, 311 Main Street, Gardner. His East Templeton home did not yet have a telephone.
An obituary for the Doras' daughter, Joan Aalto, very nicely listed all her siblings. Joan had two sisters survive her that were not mentioned above. They were Judith (Dora) Truehart and Martha Dora. Not mentioned in her obituary was Beverly. Did Beverly die young or did her name possibly get changed to Judith or Martha? Also, Hope's married name was Nichols.
Veteran of WWI & WWII. CM1 United States Naval Reserve.
Son of Joseph W. and Ella E. (Moore) Dora. The census of 1900 counted the Dora family at their 154 Oak Street apartment in Gardner. Joseph W. was a machinst. He and his wife, Ella, had six children. Two had died before the turn of the century. Surviving were: William H., 7, Blanch M., 5, Joseph C., 4, and Ella M., 1.
By 1910 the Doras had moved to 534 North Main Street (now just Main St.) in Gardner. The couple added three more daughters to their family: Rachel, 9, Josephine, 7, and Madeline, 5. In this census Ella was listed as Mildred E. Their oldest child, William, 17, went to work at a theater as a helper. The father was a machinst at a chair shop.
The children at their parents' Main St. home in 1920 was down to five. They were: Blanche, 25, bookkeeper at the chamber of commerce, Joseph, 23, post office clerk, Rachel, 18, schoolteacher, Josephine, 17, stenographer at a law firm, and Madelyn, 15.
Joseph C. Dora married about 1921 to Evelyn M. Brooks, daughter of Peter and Edith (Maynard) Brooks. In 1930 Joseph and Evelyn were enumerated at the home of her widower father, Peter. He lived at 66 Euclid Street in Gardner. Mr. Brooks was a patrolman for an electric power company. Mr. Dora was an instructor at a state reformatory. Mrs. Dora had given birth to four children: Hope J., 7, Joseph Jr., 6, Raymond, 3, and Robert, 1. The oldest two were born in Maine. A birth record for Hope June was found in Veazie, Maine.
Before 1940 Joseph bought a home, for his rapidly expanding family, on Cottage Lane in East Templeton, Massachusetts. Mr. Dora had become an accountant. He was getting close to needing more than two hands to count how many children he had. Four more had been born. The newest additions were: Cornelius, 9, Joan, 7, Beverly, 3, and an infant son named Peter. His father-in-law moved with them and was still at the power company.
Joseph registered for the draft in 1942. There's not much information gained from his WWII draft card except the name of his employer was the Gage Machine Shop, 311 Main Street, Gardner. His East Templeton home did not yet have a telephone.
An obituary for the Doras' daughter, Joan Aalto, very nicely listed all her siblings. Joan had two sisters survive her that were not mentioned above. They were Judith (Dora) Truehart and Martha Dora. Not mentioned in her obituary was Beverly. Did Beverly die young or did her name possibly get changed to Judith or Martha? Also, Hope's married name was Nichols.
Son of Joseph W. and Ella E. (Moore) Dora. The census of 1900 counted the Dora family at their 154 Oak Street apartment in Gardner. Joseph W. was a machinst. He and his wife, Ella, had six children. Two had died before the turn of the century. Surviving were: William H., 7, Blanch M., 5, Joseph C., 4, and Ella M., 1.
By 1910 the Doras had moved to 534 North Main Street (now just Main St.) in Gardner. The couple added three more daughters to their family: Rachel, 9, Josephine, 7, and Madeline, 5. In this census Ella was listed as Mildred E. Their oldest child, William, 17, went to work at a theater as a helper. The father was a machinst at a chair shop.
The children at their parents' Main St. home in 1920 was down to five. They were: Blanche, 25, bookkeeper at the chamber of commerce, Joseph, 23, post office clerk, Rachel, 18, schoolteacher, Josephine, 17, stenographer at a law firm, and Madelyn, 15.
Joseph C. Dora married about 1921 to Evelyn M. Brooks, daughter of Peter and Edith (Maynard) Brooks. In 1930 Joseph and Evelyn were enumerated at the home of her widower father, Peter. He lived at 66 Euclid Street in Gardner. Mr. Brooks was a patrolman for an electric power company. Mr. Dora was an instructor at a state reformatory. Mrs. Dora had given birth to four children: Hope J., 7, Joseph Jr., 6, Raymond, 3, and Robert, 1. The oldest two were born in Maine. A birth record for Hope June was found in Veazie, Maine.
Before 1940 Joseph bought a home, for his rapidly expanding family, on Cottage Lane in East Templeton, Massachusetts. Mr. Dora had become an accountant. He was getting close to needing more than two hands to count how many children he had. Four more had been born. The newest additions were: Cornelius, 9, Joan, 7, Beverly, 3, and an infant son named Peter. His father-in-law moved with them and was still at the power company.
Joseph registered for the draft in 1942. There's not much information gained from his WWII draft card except the name of his employer was the Gage Machine Shop, 311 Main Street, Gardner. His East Templeton home did not yet have a telephone.
An obituary for the Doras' daughter, Joan Aalto, very nicely listed all her siblings. Joan had two sisters survive her that were not mentioned above. They were Judith (Dora) Truehart and Martha Dora. Not mentioned in her obituary was Beverly. Did Beverly die young or did her name possibly get changed to Judith or Martha? Also, Hope's married name was Nichols.
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