Dorey

Hirzel Dorey
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
(Source:  Photo Courtesy of Linda and Larry Kopet, USGenWebArchivesProjectWis.)

William Dorey
An active and energetic man is William Dorey, who since 1911 has owned and operated a farm of fifty-six acres on Section 24, Somers Township. He has always lived in this Township, his birth having occurred on the 13th of April,1874. He is a product of the public school system, having pursued his education to the age of eighteen years, when he concentrated his entire attention upon the work of the fields, with which he had been familiar from early boyhood, having become the active assistant of his father when a young lad. He continued to engage in the cultivation of the old home farm until 1911, when, desirous of conducting business on his own account, he purchased fifty-six and a quarter acres of land on Section 24, Somers Township, and has since concentrated his attention upon its further development with excellent success. The neat and thrifty appearance of his farm indicates his careful supervision and his practical methods. He keeps in touch with modern processes of farming and utilizes the latest improved machinery in facilitating the work of the fields.
On the 9th of November 1910, Mr. Dorey was joined in wedlock to Miss Christina Gardinier, a daughter of Elsworth and Jennie (Harcus) Gardinier, by whom he has three children, Herzel, Hazel, and Harvey.
The family attends the Methodist Church of which Mr. Dorey is a member, and fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen Camp at Somers.  His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party but he has never been as aspirant for office.  A life of diligence and honesty has brought him not only material success but also the confidence, goodwill and high regard of his fellow townsmen.
(Source:  City and County of Kenosha Record of Settlement, by Frank H. Lyman, Vol. II, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1916)

William James Dorey (son of Hirzel Dorey)
"William James Dorey, age 81, passed away Monday night, March 7, at his home after an illness of two weeks.  Mr. Dorey was born in Somers on April 13, 1873, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hirzel Dorey.  He was a farmer and had been a lifetime resident of Somers.  On November 9, 1910, he was married to the former Miss Christina Gardinier.  Surviving are his wife, Christina; four sons, Hirzel E., Kenneth J. and Everett R. of Somers, and Harvey W. of Kenosha; three daughters, Miss Edith Dorey of Somers, Mrs. Clinton O. Buswell and Mrs. Christ Kober, both of Kenosha; one sister, Mrs. Anton Lang of Somers.  His brother, Charles A. Dorey, preceded him in death on March 5, 1955.  Funeral services will be held in the Hansen Funeral Home, Kenosha.  Interment will be in Sunset Ridge Cemetery.
(Source:  Racine Journal, March 8, 1955)

John Dorey
John Dorey, a lifelong resident of Somers Township, now makes his home on Section 24, where he owns and cultivates forty acres of valuable and productive land.  It was in that township that he was born on the 12th of June, 1872, his parents being Herzel and Margaret (Burton) Dorey.  Spending his youthful days in their home, he was sent at the usual age to the public schools, which he attended until he reached the age of sixteen.  He then started to earn his own living, which he did by working with his father upon the home farm and also worked at the carpenter's trade for eighteen years.  He has led a life of diligence and industry and upon those qualities he has based his success.  What he has accomplished has been the legitimate reward of his carefully directed labor.
In 1914 he purchased forty acres of land on Section 24, Somers Township, and is now concentrating his time and attention on the further development and improvement of that tract, which he has already brought under a high state of cultivation.  It is divided into fields of convenient size which are well kept, and he raises the crops best adopted to soil and climatic conditions here.  There are few idle moments in his life, and his earnest work in bringing him well merited prosperity.
In his political views Mr. Dorey is a Republican, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise.  In religious faith he is a Methodist and the guiding principles of his life are found in the teachings of that church.
(Source:  City and County of Kenosha Record of Settlement, by Frank H. Lyman, Vol. II, Chicago,  S.J. Clarke Publishiing Co. 1916)

More About Dorey
Herzel Dorey
Born September 20, 1831 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Died February 4, 1894 in Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Married Margaret Burton in Kenosha County November 17, 1866 (Reference:  Marriage Cert.)
U.S. Federal Census:  Lived in Somers Township 1870 and 1880

Margaret Burton Dorey
Born 1836.  Died 1919.

Children of Herzel and Margaret
Mary L. Dorey, born about 1868
Frederick Dorey, born about 1870
John Dorey, born about 1872, died 1950
William James Dorey, born about 1874
Charlie Dorey, born about 1876, died 1955
Kate Dorey, born about 1861
(Source:  Ancestry.com/Lee Family Tree)

Parents
Jean Dorey
Born July 19, 1780 in Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died August 19, 1858 in Castel, Guernsey, Channel Island
Married Rachel Robert October 18, 1824
Rachel Robert died about 1850

Children of Jean and Rachel
Abraham Dorey, born about 1827.  Died about 1843.
Helier Jean Dorey, born about 1828.  Died about 1889.
Herzel Dorey, born about 1829.  Died about 1894.
(Source:  Ancestry.com/Baker Family Tree)

Research Hint
Try researching on the website familyresearch.org.  You will find a Daniel Dorey whose parents are Daniel Dorey and Clementine Rachel Ozanne who lived in Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  Why this may be of interest is the Ozanne family, also early pioneers of Somers Township, are from Guernsey, Channel Islands.  The fact that the two families settled within miles of one another in the early 1800's may or may not be a coincidence.