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Dreher Family History & Genealogy

2,764 biographies and 7 photos with the Dreher last name. Discover the family history, nationality, origin and common names of Dreher family members.

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Early Drehers

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Moritz Bernard Dreher of Nhill Australia was born in 1834, and died at age 84 years old in 1918 in Nhill.
Albert Bernhard Dreher of Minyip Australia was born in 1862, and died at age 74 years old in 1936 in Minyip.
Matilda Dreher of Horsham Australia was born in 1863, and died at age 87 years old in 1950 in Horsham.
Pamela Dreher of Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska was born on February 1, 1864, and died at age 110 years old in December 1974.
George Dreher of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida was born on August 20, 1865, and died at age 99 years old in June 1965.
August William Dreher of Bendigo Australia was born in 1867 to Bernhard Dreher and Christina Fried Dreher. He had siblings Wilhelmina Sophia an Dreher, Eliza Dreher, and Albert Bernhard Dreher. August Dreher died at age 75 years old in 1942 in Bendigo.
Eliza Dreher of Nhill Australia was born in 1867, and died at age 30 years old in 1897 in Nhill.
Martha Jane Dreher of Bleigh Australia was born in 1869, and died at age 80 years old in 1949 in Bleigh.
August Dreher of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on November 22, 1869, and died at age 102 years old in December 1971.
Henry Dreher of Rice, Prince Edward County, Virginia was born on March 7, 1871, and died at age 96 years old in December 1967.
Adolph Dreher of Minnesota was born on August 19, 1872, and died at age 90 years old in May 1963.
Barbara Dreher of New York was born on September 19, 1872, and died at age 91 years old in October 1963.

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Molly Ann Magee Dreher was born on June 10, 1956 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan United States to Harold J Magee and Audrey Genevieve Woodcox Magee, and has siblings Arthur John Magee, Donald Keith Magee, Patrick George Magee, Cindy Lou Magee, Michael Clark Magee, James Daniel Magee, Sandra Lynn Magee, Gary Alan Magee, Libby Jean Magee, and John Ivan Magee. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Molly Ann Magee Dreher.
Karl O Dreher of Waterbury, New Haven County, CT was born on April 5, 1910, and died at age 73 years old in January 1984.
Karl E Dreher of El Paso, El Paso County, TX was born on January 19, 1945, and died at age 63 years old on April 13, 2008. Karl Dreher was buried at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery Section GG Site 739 P.o. Box 6342 - 5200 Fred Wilson Avenue, in El Paso.
Francis C Dreher of Allentown, Lehigh County, PA was born on January 14, 1915, and died at age 87 years old on June 25, 2002.
Richard J Dreher of Palm Desert, Riverside County, CA was born on November 10, 1917, and died at age 85 years old on August 8, 2003.
Richard C Dreher of Rocky Ford, Otero County, CO was born on January 11, 1924, and died at age 72 years old on December 24, 1996.
Richard R Dreher of Wamego, Pottawatomie County, KS was born on March 10, 1928, and died at age 80 years old on April 18, 2008.
Alfred F Dreher of Strongsville, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on March 6, 1920, and died at age 75 years old on October 14, 1995.
Yancey B Dreher of Columbia, Richland County, SC was born on March 13, 1920, and died at age 80 years old on August 20, 2000.
Albert W Dreher of Westborough, Worcester County, MA was born on July 3, 1907, and died at age 66 years old in September 1973.
Holmes C Dreher of Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina was born on February 13, 1921, and died at age 89 years old on September 6, 2010.
Wilbert C Dreher of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio was born on December 12, 1912, and died at age 69 years old in March 1982.
Steve R Dreher of Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska was born on July 23, 1915, and died at age 91 years old on October 6, 2006.
Herbert W Dreher of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, CA was born on June 30, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on December 17, 1997.
Herbert P Dreher of Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio was born on May 2, 1914, and died at age 66 years old in February 1981.
Wesley F Dreher of Rosedale, Queens County, NY was born on October 31, 1909, and died at age 96 years old on November 27, 2005.
Frank L Dreher of Nassau, Rensselaer County, NY was born on June 24, 1922, and died at age 78 years old on November 15, 2000.
Frank W Dreher of Rockdale, Milam County, TX was born on May 7, 1923, and died at age 67 years old on February 2, 1991.
Paul J Dreher of Depew, Erie County, New York was born on April 3, 1912, and died at age 62 years old in February 1975.
Paul E Dreher of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland was born on June 5, 1923, and died at age 56 years old in January 1980.

Popular Dreher Biographies

Lou Vera Kayser
Lou Vera (Dreher) Kayser of North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR was born on September 7, 1903, and died at age 69 years old in December 1972.
Molly Ann Magee Dreher was born on June 10, 1956 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan United States to Harold J Magee and Audrey Genevieve Woodcox Magee, and has siblings Arthur John Magee, Donald Keith Magee, Patrick George Magee, Cindy Lou Magee, Michael Clark Magee, James Daniel Magee, Sandra Lynn Magee, Gary Alan Magee, Libby Jean Magee, and John Ivan Magee. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Molly Ann Magee Dreher.
Marie F Dreher
Marie F Dreher was born on February 19, 1924. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marie F Dreher.
Julia Octava Dreher
Julia Octava Dreher was born on April 3, 1909. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Julia Octava Dreher.
Lou Vera Dreher
Lou Vera Dreher was born on September 7, 1903. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lou Vera Dreher.
Carrie Elizabeth Dreher
Carrie Elizabeth Dreher was born on December 3, 1899. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carrie Elizabeth Dreher.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Magdalene (Richert) Dreher.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donald Dreher.
Eunice May Dreher
Eunice May Dreher was born on April 10, 1913. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eunice May Dreher.
Pearl Edith (Gibson) Dreher
Pearl Edith (Gibson) Dreher was born on August 10, 1882. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Pearl Edith (Gibson) Dreher.
William J. Dreher of 4249a DeTonty, in St. Louis, Missouri USA was born on May 31, 1886 in Columbia, IL, and died at age 63 years old on February 13, 1950 at 4249a DeTonty, in St. Louis, MO. William Dreher was buried on February 15, 1950 at New St. Marcus Cemetery in St. Louis.
James Archie "Jim" Dreher
James Archie Dreher was born on November 26, 1875. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Archie "Jim" Dreher.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lorraine Dreher.
Lemuel Archie Dreher
Lemuel Archie Dreher was born on January 25, 1905. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lemuel Archie Dreher.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edna Winslow.
Ernest James Dreher
Ernest James Dreher of Richland, Benton County, WA was born on March 14, 1907, and died at age 71 years old in November 1978.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Dreher.
Phil Allen Dreher was born on June 16, 1952. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Phil Allen Dreher.
Augusta (Stamm) Dreher was born on October 3, 1890 in Missouri USA, and died at age 91 years old on February 1, 1982 in St. Charles.
James A Dreher
James A Dreher of Texarkana, Miller County, AR was born on August 16, 1915, and died at age 88 years old on January 8, 2004.

Dreher Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Dreher family member is 74.0 years old according to our database of 2,411 people with the last name Dreher that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

74.0 years

Oldest Drehers

These are the longest-lived members of the Dreher family on AncientFaces.

Pamela Dreher of Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska was born on February 1, 1864, and died at age 110 years old in December 1974.
110 years
Marie Dreher of Glen Cove, Nassau County, NY was born on May 27, 1877, and died at age 105 years old in July 1982.
105 years
Daniel Dreher was born on September 20, 1882, and died at age 103 years old in June 1986. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Dreher.
103 years
Esther Dreher of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ was born on May 8, 1883, and died at age 103 years old in June 1986.
103 years
Roy K Dreher of Masonic Home, Jefferson County, KY was born on March 16, 1896, and died at age 102 years old on May 19, 1998.
102 years
Mary Dreher of Saint Charles, Saint Charles County, Missouri was born on August 24, 1875, and died at age 101 years old in April 1977.
101 years
Oscar Dreher of Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA was born on July 4, 1897, and died at age 101 years old on May 17, 1999.
101 years
Nora Dreher of McDonough, Henry County, GA was born on October 14, 1894, and died at age 101 years old on June 9, 1996.
101 years
August Dreher of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on November 22, 1869, and died at age 102 years old in December 1971.
102 years
Agnes L Dreher of Lexington, Fayette County, KY was born on July 21, 1894, and died at age 101 years old on March 12, 1996.
101 years
Gladys Adelaide Dreher of Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota was born on March 7, 1907, and died at age 100 years old on February 29, 2008.
100 years
Rosa C Dreher of Columbia, Richland County, SC was born on November 28, 1898, and died at age 100 years old on January 5, 1999.
100 years
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I am the great-grandniece of the first wife of Henry George Dreher, b. 1840 in Germany. His first wife was Magdalena Raunser, b. 1847 in Germany. They moved to Louisville, KY, where Henry died in 1920. I have quite a bit of information on his descendants and would be happy to share if he is part of your Dreher family. I do not know who his parents were.
During the 1930s and 1940s, James Albert Dreher was employed with the school system of Foreman, Arkansas as a handyman, janitor, and he drove the school bus for over ten years. It was during this time he became Santa to the children of Foreman.
Some of Uncle James' former student bus riders came forward with delightful memories, assuring us the students well remember Uncle James. They recalled him singing to the kids, sometimes in Choctaw, his favorite language, and a sound they found fascinating and always quieted to. They recalled his kindness, how he always sensed when they had problems or troubles and how he went out of his way to cheer them. Mostly, the children of Foreman remember Uncle James for Christmas.
Each Christmas morning, students who rode Uncle James' bus, those who would not ordinarily have a Christmas, found a large box had mysteriously appeared on the front porch of their house. Inside were small gaily wrapped gifts, groceries, oranges, apples, candy, and nuts. Each box also contained a brand new pair of shoes for the bus-riding child. How did Santa know the size? No one knows.
The Christmas boxes remained the "Foreman Santa Claus Mystery" for many years. One year, several older students - perhaps ten or twelve years old - made the decision most children do at that age. They made a pact to stay up late or get up early Christmas morning and catch Santa in the act.
Several children didn't make it but those too excited to sleep were awake, up and dressed, waiting for Santa long before the dawn. What they observed became a treasured secret among the children of the community for many years to come. Uncle James' truck pulled up and James and Mela got out, got a box from the truck bed, carried it across the yard, and quietly set it down on the front porch. Some children remembered the sound of James and Mela's boots crunching in the icy morning snow. After the box was delivered, James and Mela turned and left just as quietly as they arrived – smiling, and sometimes holding hands. They got back into the truck and headed for the next house, where the children observed them repeat the pattern of Christmas box delivering.
The children never told their parents or Uncle James what they knew, fearing the gifts would cease. It was a secret the older children only whispered about. They knew who Santa Claus was. When a little one was finally old enough to be trusted with the secret, it was a crossing into the threshold of adulthood.
Times were hard in the 1930s and 1940s in Foreman, a rural farm and ranch area with a hometown-type downtown we can only dream about today. Hard-hit by the Depression and the Dust Bowl, families with a pair of new shoes received a major financial windfall. Oranges, candy, sweets and small gifts were luxuries only seen at Christmas.
Uncle James and Aunt Mela had one son, Billy Joe Dreher. Neither Aunt Mela nor Uncle James were large in stature, but baby Billy Joe was a big baby and he did not survive the birth. This is how Uncle James told the story:
”My son Billy Joe weighed over ten pounds and was 24" long. He was born dead in 1939. He was so big. You didn't take a woman in labor to the hospital back then and we had to have the doctor come to the house. We had to meet him about four miles off from the house with a wagon and team to get him to where we was living at the time and he'd come as far as he could in his car. The river was swollen and you couldn't get the car across, so I'd meet him with the team there. And every day he'd come down to see Mela while she was a-laboring. This went on for many, many days. Billy's head was just too big. You couldn't do nothing for the hurting. It drove her crazy. When they put the forceps on and pulled him to try to get him out, they broke his neck and he was born dead. He's buried in Tom Cemetery in Tom, Oklahoma.”
Uncle James and Aunt Mela were unable to have more children, so they adopted the children of Foreman. Aunt Mela eventually lost her mind to her grief and had to be cared for. Uncle James hired people to come in, keep the house, and be with Aunt Mela. After she died, James married Mela's loving and gentle caregiver, Marie (Franco) Yeager.
In October 1997, after a reunion in Little Rock, the family caravanned cars south to Foreman, Arkansas and spent the day visiting with Uncle James and Aunt Marie. I teased him about his long white beard and resemblance to Santa. I could tell he was thinking of something and his blue eyes really did twinkle.
In 2002, a family member ran into one of Uncle James' former bus students. She told the Santa Claus story and put us in touch with other students, who verified it. Now we understand that twinkle and the tug on his white beard. He was reminiscing! Uncle James told us many stories of his life, but he never said a word to anyone of this generous act of love and charity. Now we know. And now you know, Foreman, Arkansas.
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James Albert Dreher died January 9, 2004, at De Queen, Arkansas. He was 88 years old. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. on January 12, 2004. James was buried at Tom Cemetery, McCurtain Co, Oklahoma, near his parents, some siblings, his son, and his wives, Mela (Cowling) Dreher and Marie (Franco) Dreher.

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