Dora was the third child in a family of 10 children. Her brothers and sisters were:
Mamie C. Fertig-Horne (1885-1978),
Jacob Stanton Fertig (1886-1957),
Walter William Fertig (1891-1959),
Ingri Fertig (Died in infancy),
Charles Alexander Fertig (1893-1964),
John Laurence Fertig (1896-1942),
Anna L. Fertig-Hansen (1898-1976),
Mabel Irene Fertig-Smilanich (1901-1985), and
Ellis Raymond Fertig (1906-1993), all born in Minnesota.
Dora was raised in a life of farming in Kittson County where she was also a teacher in the public schools.
About 1914, Dora married Royden William Belcher, born July 1, 1890, in Mexico (later the state New Mexico). He was a son of Charles W. Belcher, born in Pennsylvania (1855-), and Mary Jane Dodd, born in Minnesota (1857-).
During their marriage Royden (Roy) and Dora lived in St. Louis, Pennington, and other counties in Minnesota, where Roy worked as foreman on bridge construction. They raised three known children: David William Belcher (1916-1990), Leona Faye Belcher-Young (1920-2007), and Royden A. Belcher (1925-), all born in Minnesota.
Dora died on May 2, 1939, in Pennington County, Minnesota.
Dora was the third child in a family of 10 children. Her brothers and sisters were:
Mamie C. Fertig-Horne (1885-1978),
Jacob Stanton Fertig (1886-1957),
Walter William Fertig (1891-1959),
Ingri Fertig (Died in infancy),
Charles Alexander Fertig (1893-1964),
John Laurence Fertig (1896-1942),
Anna L. Fertig-Hansen (1898-1976),
Mabel Irene Fertig-Smilanich (1901-1985), and
Ellis Raymond Fertig (1906-1993), all born in Minnesota.
Dora was raised in a life of farming in Kittson County where she was also a teacher in the public schools.
About 1914, Dora married Royden William Belcher, born July 1, 1890, in Mexico (later the state New Mexico). He was a son of Charles W. Belcher, born in Pennsylvania (1855-), and Mary Jane Dodd, born in Minnesota (1857-).
During their marriage Royden (Roy) and Dora lived in St. Louis, Pennington, and other counties in Minnesota, where Roy worked as foreman on bridge construction. They raised three known children: David William Belcher (1916-1990), Leona Faye Belcher-Young (1920-2007), and Royden A. Belcher (1925-), all born in Minnesota.
Dora died on May 2, 1939, in Pennington County, Minnesota.
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