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Oscar Alonzo Dresser 1840–1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 JUL 1840

Birth Location: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 17 SEP 1915

Death Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA

Father: Silas Dresser

Mother: Sarah Garfield

Spouse(s): Ellen Day

Children(s): Aurilla Dresser, Myron Dresser, Florence Dresser, Elmer Dresser, Effie Dresser, Louis Dresser

The story of Oscar Alonzo Dresser began in 1840 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. Oscar Alonzo Dresser married Ellen Day, and had children including Aurilla May Dresser, Effie Arabelle Dresser, Elmer Irving Dresser, Florence Dresser, Louis Victor Dresser, Myron Brafford Dresser. Oscar Alonzo Dresser passed away in 1915 in Brown Co., Minnesota, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Oscar Alonzo Dresser began in 1840 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
  • Oscar Alonzo Dresser married Ellen Day, and had children including Aurilla May Dresser, Effie Arabelle Dresser, Elmer Irving Dresser, Florence Dresser, Louis Victor Dresser, Myron Brafford Dresser.
  • Oscar Alonzo Dresser passed away in 1915 in Brown Co., Minnesota, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Silas Dresser
1800–1860
Birth Location: Orwell, Rutland, Vermont, USA
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Sarah Garfield
1799–1886
Birth Location: Leicester, Addison, Vermont, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ellen Day
1845–1925
Birth Location: New Jersey, USA
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Children(s)

Aurilla Dresser
1877–
Birth Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
AD
Myron Dresser
1880–1963
Birth Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
MD
Florence Dresser
1889–1891
Birth Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
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Elmer Dresser
1869–1956
Birth Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
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Effie Dresser
1871–
Birth Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
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Louis Dresser
1874–1939
Birth Location: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
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Oscar Dresser's Ancestors

Self
Oscar Dresser
1840–1915
Birth Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Parents
Silas Dresser
1800–1860
Orwell, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Sarah Garfield
1799–1886
Leicester, Addison, Vermont, USA
Grandparents
Moses Dresser
1765–1824
Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Lois Crosbee
1769–1860
Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Oliver Sr.
1737–1809
Olive Osgood
1742–1809
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aaron Dresser
1707–1787
Mehitable Scott
1708–1768

Oscar Dresser's Descendants

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Oscar (Alonzo) Dresser (28 JUL 1840–17 SEP 1915) m. Ellen Day (4 SEP 1845–8 JUL 1925)
  1. 1. Aurilla (May) Dresser 1877– m. H.G. Dodge 1873–1938
    1. 1. Lorne (Doone) Dodge 1902–
    2. 2. Percy (Henry) Dodge 1906–1938
  2. 2. Myron (Brafford) Dresser 1880–1963 m. Bonetta Dodge 1884–
    1. 1. Jay (D.) Dresser 1910–1983
    2. 2. Oliver (Jay) Dresser 1917– m. Elizabeth Brown 1884–
  3. 3. Florence Dresser 1889–1891
  4. 4. Elmer (Irving) Dresser 1869–1956 m. Mabel (Nettie) Allison 1873–1927
    1. 1. Bernice (Ellen) Dresser 1900–
    2. 2. Mildred (Maude) Dresser 1903–
    3. 3. Infant (Son) Dresser 1904–1904
    4. 4. Ethel (Myrtle) Dresser 1905–
    5. 5. Lloyd (Allison) Dresser 1906–1980
    6. 6. Walter (Stanley) Dresser 1908–1999
    7. 7. Carlyle (May) Dresser 1911–
    8. 8. Arthur (W.) Dresser 1895–1919
    9. 9. Blanche (Elizabeth) Dresser 1898–
  5. 5. Effie (Arabelle) Dresser 1871– m. William (Matthew) Wigham 1868–1927
    1. 1. William (Paul) Wigham 1894–
    2. 2. Wilma (Nellie) Wigham 1901–
    3. 3. Margaret (Viola) Wigham 1904–
  6. 6. Louis (Victor) Dresser 1874–1939 m. Emma Dodge 1878–
    1. 1. Everett (Oscar) Dresser 1897–1966 m. Inga Bjranard 1900–

Oscar Dresser's Timeline

2 Records

1840
28 JUL 1840
Birth of Oscar Alonzo Dresser in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
1915
17 SEP 1915
Age 75
Death of Oscar Alonzo Dresser in Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
Brown Co., Minnesota, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 JUL 1840
    Event Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 SEP 1915
    Event Place: Brown Co., Minnesota, USA
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