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Marion DORIAN1858 - 1932     PIONEER    PARENTS    LIFE    NOTES    LABELS    PHOTOS    THANK YOU

PIONEER

Marion DORIAN

nationality
occupation
birth 17 Dec 1858, Washington, D.C.
baptism
death 17 July 1932, Washington DC (1424 Meridian Place, Northwest)
burial
marriage married to:

Louise/Lulu SILVERS

b. <1859>, New York
d. 6 Sept 1933, Bethesda, MD

children
  • Grace Marion

    b. 22 July 1882, Washington DC
    d. 4 June 1907, Kensington, London, ENGLAND

  • Haviland

    b. 16 Feb 1885, Findlay, Ohio
    d. 7 Oct 1918, New York

  • Otis Crosby

    b. 25/28 May 1887, Washington DC
    d.


PARENTS

father Thomas Haviland DORIAN (1860) stonecutter

b. 29 Oct 1829, New York
d. 16 Mar 1874, ..........

mother Annie/Ann Swinbourne ROBINSON

b. 19 Jan 1833, .....
d. 2 Sept 1899, .......

children
  • George

    b. 1852, ........
    d. 02/03/1855, New York City

  • Thomas

    b. 20 June 1854, .................

  • William

    b. ....... 1856, .................. - probably died at young age)

  • Marion

    b. 17 Dec 1858, Washington DC
    d. 17 July 1932, Washington DC

  • Annie
  • Eva
  • John H.
  • Francis
  • Eliza H.

LIFE



1860 CENSUS (16 June 1860, Washington DC):
Thos H. DORIAN (31y)
Annie DORIAN (28y)
- Thos (6y)
- Marion (1y)





1870 CENSUS:





1880 CENSUS (4 June 1880, Washington DC):
Ann S. DORIAN (46y) dressmaker
- Marion (21y) (1y in 1860) clerk in law office
- Annie (19y)
- Eva (14y)
- John H. (12y)
- Francis (10y)
- Eliza H. (7y)





Lulu DORIAN
+ Haviland DORIAN
SS "MAJESTIC"
13 April 1904 Liverpool (Paris & London)
21 April 1904 NY



Marion DORIAN (45y; married) Columbia Phonograph Co.
SS "KAISER WILHELM II"
27 July 1904, Southampton
2 Aug 1904, New York
last residence: Paris/London
final destination: Washington



Edward D. EASTON (48y) lawyer
final destination: Arcola, NJ
+ Mortimer EASTON (16y)
+ Florence EASTON (14y)
+ Marion DORIAN (45y) Columbia Phonograph
last residence: Paris & London
final destination: Washington
+ Thomas Wood (= Hood) MACDONALD (45y) manager
+ Victor H. EMERSON (38y) expert
final destination: Newark
SS "KAISER WILHELM II"
dep.: 27 July 1904, Southampton
arr.: 1 Aug 1904, New York



Marion DORIAN (50y) single
SS "ADRIATIC"
dep: 16 Dec 1908, Southampton
arr: 26 Dec 1908, New York



1880 CENSUS:
............ Clerk in Law Office
Spent 10 years in Europe




remark: not found in 1911 CENSUS.





1910 CENSUS (19/20 Apr 1910, Manhattan, New York, NY):
Marion DORIAN (51y) traveling auditor Phonograph Co.
Lulu DORIAN (51y)
Haviland DORIAN (25y; b. Ohio) salesman phonographs





1920 CENSUS (8 Jan 1920, Manhattan, New York, NY):
Marion DORIAN (61y) Auditor in Office
Louise DORIAN (62y)



Treasurer of the Columbia Phonograph Co.
Retired ca 1920



1930 CENSUS (10 May 1930, Wheaton, Montgomery, MD):
Otis C. DORIAN (43y; <1887>, Washington DC) proprietor radio store
Annie Ethel Dorian (42y; b. <1888>, ...., ENGLAND)
- Otis S. DORIAN (20y; <1910>, PA) salesman radio store
- Dorothy G. DORIAN (18y; b. <1912>, American City) stenographer radio store
- Allen L. DORIAN (9y; b. <1921>, American city)




WW I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 (3 June 1918)
Otis Crosby DORIAN
b. 28 May 1887, Washington DC
General Manager Pathé Phonograph Co. in Toronto, CANADA
* 119(?) Seventh Ave., New York City
* 149 Evelyn Ave., Toronto, CANADA



Otis DORIAN
+ Ethel (= Anne) DORIAN
SS "ROTTERDAM" (cruise)
dep 18 Aug 1934, New York
arr 31 Aug 1934, New York
res.: 7101 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, MD



Otis C. DORIAN
+ Anne DORIAN
SS "CITY OF HAMBURG"
dep 2 June 1936, Southampton
arr 12 June 1936, Baltimore
7101 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, MD


Passport Applications
1899
1901


NOTES


COMPANIES & LABELS



PHOTOS

From left to right: John, Frank and Marion


THANK YOU


Pete Williams