Johanna Dörrzapf

1897 - 1980  (82 years)

• Name	Johanna Dörrzapf
  Nickname	Joan
  Born	27 Dec 1897	Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Aug 1980	Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I67458	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Johannes Dörrzapf,   b. 16 May 1867, Böllenborn, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 18 Jun 1934, Blankenborn, Pfalz, Bayern  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Karolina Magdalena Holleritter,   b. 17 Jun 1874, Bundenthal, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 19 Apr 1947, Blankenborn, Pfalz, Bayern  (Age 72 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1897	Bundenthal, Pfalz, Bayern
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frank Kurek Kurch,   b. 7 Nov 1900, Deutschland ,   d. 14 Sep 1977, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	12 Jun 1926	Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
  Children	1. Mary Benedicta Kurch,   b. 16 Apr 1927, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 14 Oct 1964, New York, USA  (Age 37 years)   2. Martha L. Kurch,   b. 19 May 1928, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1996, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 67 years)   3. Elizabeth Annamarie Kurch,   b. 25 Nov 1930, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 2008, Batavia, Genesee County, New York, USA  (Age 77 years)   4. Benno Francis Kurch,   b. 12 Feb 1932, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 0Mar 1983, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA  (Age 51 years)   5. Margaret Gemma Kurch,   b. 31 Oct 1933, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 2020, Jekyll Island, Glynn Country, Georgia, USA  (Age 86 years)   6. Joan Erna Kurch,   b. 5 Sep 1937, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F30907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Our Family Tree Entries: 3418 Updated: Sat Aug 25 17:58:19 2001 Contact: Kevin Ellis elliskey@yahoo.com Came to US to be a nun. Had to work to send money back to family in post-WWI Germany. Because of the dire situation in Germany, she was never able to become a nun. When she arrived in the US, she was sent to a TB sanitarium in Colorado, where it was determined that she did not have TB, but pneumonia. She recovered at the sanitarium, then went to Buffalo, where her uncle Benno Hollaritter was working as a Franciscan Monk. She met her husband, Frank Kurch, in night school. She, at the time, still planned on becoming a nun. He "fell in love at first sight" with her. She declined his advances, but he persevered. The story is that he had a car and offered to drive her home, every night, from school. Every night she declined, so he would drive very slowly, talking to her as she walked home. After receiving word from her mother in Germany that the family would continue to need money sent, she gave up her goal of becoming a nun. She decided to accept Frank's continual marriage proposals. One night, as he was driving alongside her, she stopped walking. He noticed this and asked her why she had stopped. She told him that if she was going to be his wife, she should ride in his car.

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Joan Kurch SSN: 057-52-7553 Last Residence: 14220 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America Born: 27 Nov 1897 Died: Aug 1980 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (1973)