Gerhard Doerksen married Sarah E. Plett, daughter of Kleine Gemeinde minister Cornelius L. Plett of Blumenhof, Manitoba. The Gerhard Doerksen family lived in Blumenhof till 1915 when they moved to Satanta, Kansas, with Sarah's father. In 1940 the family returned to Manitoba and settled near Blumenort.

Gerhard wrote extensively, corresponding with cousins in Canada, the United States and Russia, as well as former neighbors in Manitoba. He compiled and maintained genealogical records such as the "Geburts = Register". He collected writings of the faith including an 84 stanza poem, composed by his wife's grandfather, Aeltester Heinrich Enns (1807-81) which he transcribed. Another booklet in Gerhard's collection contained the plea by Aeltester Peter Toews to the Secessionists in the Crimea in 1869 not to forsake the Gospel-centric faith of the Kleine Gemeinde. A more substantial journal of some 50 pages titled: "Dies ist eine Lebens Beschreibung von eiem Aeltester namens Cornelius Regehr, und gehort Gerhard Doerksen in Blumenhof" included the biography of Aeltester Cornelius Regehr, 26 pages, and a 46 stanza poem about Regehr's journey to Russia, a 1828 poem by Kleine Gemeinde Aeltester Abraham Friesen to brother Peter in Prussia, another one from 1833 by Kleine Gemeinde theologian Heinrich Balzer, and an 1833 "New Years Wish". Among Gerhard's treasures was a copy of Volume 1 of Mennon Simons' "Fundamentabuch," published by the Kleine Gemiende in 1833, received by his mother-in-law, nee Sarah Enns, Fischau in 1866, probably a baptismal gift from her parents. An intriguing document is a from of work book or account book in which Gerhard recorded the weather, and a variety of transactions, expenditures and accounts with various neighbors. Another journal contains a lengthy poetic lament expressing the sorrow the 1870s emigrants felt as they left their beloved Russia.

from: Dynasties of the Mennonite Kleine Gemeinde in Imperial Russia and North America, by Delbert Plett, pp.61-62.

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Birth: Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia

Baptism: 4 Feb 1884, Manitoba

Immigration: 18 Jun 1875, S. S. Prussian; arrived Quebec City, Quebec

Death: Blumenhof, Manitoba

Family: SPOUSE: Plett, Sarah E., 7 Nov 1871
Married: 14 Jul 1889;

Children:
1 Doerksen, Gerhard P., 20 Oct 1890
2 Doerksen, Helena P., 23 Oct 1891
3 Doerksen, Sara P., 11 Nov 1892
4 Doerksen, Cornelius P., 3 Feb 1895
5 Doerksen, Heinrich P., 6 Nov 1896
6 Doerksen, Anna P., 6 Jul 1898
7 Doerksen, Margaretha P., 16 Feb 1900
8 Doerksen, Bernhard P., 12 Jan 1902
9 Doerksen, Bernhard P., 23 Dec 1902
10 Doerksen, John P., 23 Dec 1902
11 Doerksen, _____, 13 Nov 1904
12 Doerksen, Bernhard P., 30 Nov 1905
13 Doerksen, Maria P., 14 Jun 1908
14 Doerksen, Peter P., 7 Jul 1910
15 Doerksen, Jacob P., 10 Jun 1912
16 Doerksen, Dietrich P., 10 Jun 1912
17 Doerksen, _____, 13 Nov 1914

Parents:
Father: Doerksen, Gerhard, 20 May 1825
Mother: Dick, Helena, 3 Aug 1832

Notes: Gerhard and Sara Doerksen started their married life in the Blumenort area. In 1915 they immigrated to KS in the Satanta area. The entire family lived here at one time, but all except one daughter, Margaret, returned to Manitoba, quite a few in 1940.