In his third year of life, he moved with his parents twenty miles northeast to Oneka Township, Washington County, MN where they opened a farm. He grew up working on the family farm, oldest of ten children, and he helped his dad in the family ice harvesting and delivery business.
After marriage to neighbor Catherine Thein, Tom moved back to Minneapolis where he became a patrolman beginning in 1909 and soon after promoted to detective with the Minneapolis Police Dept. On the job, he was apparently quick afoot--a fast runner--and his criminal chasing and arrest success was featured in local papers including one front page news story in the Minneapolis Tribune.
He and wife Kate had five sons, Walter b 1905, Tom b. 1907, Donald b. 1910, George b. 1912 and William b. 1925. They owned a home at 4104 41st Ave. S., Minneapolis.
He served a short sentence at the Stillwater Penitentiary on a 1931 forgery charge (Minneapolis Tribune 22 February 1931) and later, after being demoted, left his family and moved in with another woman. Tom committed suicide by .38 pistol in Minneapolis suburb of Crystal, Minnesota at age 71 years old in 1953. written by Gregory Dorr
In his third year of life, he moved with his parents twenty miles northeast to Oneka Township, Washington County, MN where they opened a farm. He grew up working on the family farm, oldest of ten children, and he helped his dad in the family ice harvesting and delivery business.
After marriage to neighbor Catherine Thein, Tom moved back to Minneapolis where he became a patrolman beginning in 1909 and soon after promoted to detective with the Minneapolis Police Dept. On the job, he was apparently quick afoot--a fast runner--and his criminal chasing and arrest success was featured in local papers including one front page news story in the Minneapolis Tribune.
He and wife Kate had five sons, Walter b 1905, Tom b. 1907, Donald b. 1910, George b. 1912 and William b. 1925. They owned a home at 4104 41st Ave. S., Minneapolis.
He served a short sentence at the Stillwater Penitentiary on a 1931 forgery charge (Minneapolis Tribune 22 February 1931) and later, after being demoted, left his family and moved in with another woman. Tom committed suicide by .38 pistol in Minneapolis suburb of Crystal, Minnesota at age 71 years old in 1953. written by Gregory Dorr
Family Members
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Mary "Mamie" Dorr
1880–1881
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Frances Ellen Dorr Benson
1884–1957
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Ellen Agnes "Nell" Dorr Benson
1887–1930
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Girl Dorr
1889–1889
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John Joseph Dorr
1890–1956
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George Albert Dorr
1892–1915
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Otto Francis Dorr
1895–1974
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Donald Valentine Dorr
1897–1917
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Marie Dorr LaBore
1900–1994
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Catherine Mary Dorr
1903–1994
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Agnes Grace Dorr Dragert
1906–2004
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