Kayser and Koch Families - Person Sheet
NameTheodora (Dora) Koch 
Birth27 Jan 1885, Portage County, Wisconsin
Death26 Aug 1977
OccupationPlayed organ in Detroit church while studying at Detroit Conservatory
EducationDetroit Conservatory of Music.
FatherReverend Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Koch (1854-1940)
MotherSophia Sassmann (1866-1944)
Spouses
Birth4 Jun 1874, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death24 Aug 1915, Tolleston (Gary), Indiana
BurialChesterton, Indiana
OccupationPastor, St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gary, Indiana
ReligionProtestant
EducationEden Theological Seminary, Wellston (St. Louis), Missouri 1893-1896.
FatherAlbert Heinrich Herman Kayser (1838-1915)
MotherAnna Karoline Elisabeth Katharine Faber (1850-1927)
Marriage18 Oct 1906, Casco, St Clair, Michigan
Notes for Theodora (Dora) Koch
For 4 years after husband’s death 1915-1919 family lived in Grand Haven, Michigan with her parents and her teen age siblings. Moved to Manchester, Michigan in summer 1919 where they lived 10 years until 1929 in 2 different homes without indoor toilets. Lived in Ann Arbor. Living in Dexter, Michigan in 1936.
1930 census Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan:
Dora Kayser 45
Edmund Kayser 22
Elfrieda Kayser 18
Victor P Kayser 17
1930 census Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan:
Dora Kayser 45
Edmund Kayser 22
Elfrieda Kayser 18
Victor P Kayser 17