Dorschke Family of Ratibor, Upper Silesia
Victor Dorschke (1889-1969) was the head of the Dorschke Family in Ratibor, Upper Silesia. Victor (or Viktor) Dorschke was born Dec 1 1889 in Hohenbirken, Ratibor, Silesia. He died Jul 1 1969 in Muhldorf am Inn, Bavaria, Germany. Victor Dorschke was a displaced person from the East after WWII. Victor Dorschke was married to Marie Kokot (1897-1948) and they had six children together: Eduard, Maria, Angelika, Dorothea, Rudi, and Arnold. Marie Kokot, aka by her married name Marie Dorschke, was born Jan 31 1897 in Adamowitz, Landkreis Ratibor, Upper Silesia. Upper Silesia was a province of Prussia at this time. Marie Kokot died on Mar 4, 1948. It is unknown where she died. She was the 1st wife of Victor Dorschke. His 2nd wife may have been ‘Toni’, although she may have just been a girlfriend. The Heimat of the Dorschke Family was Ratibor. It is believed that the Dorschke surname is of Polish origin and that the Dorschke’s of Ratibor were Catholic. It is known the Dorschke’s spoke German with a Polish accent.
Victor Dorschke was a displaced person in Bavaria after WWII and seems to have registered in Ludwigsburg, Germany as well. He settled in Waldkraiburg, Bavaria, after the war. The address of Victor Dorschke and Marie Kokot was Memel str. 13 in Ratibor during the wartime period 1939-1945.
The six children of Victor Dorschke (1889-1969) and Marie Kokot (1897-1948) were Eduard Dorschke (1916-2003), Maria Dorschke (1919-1984), Angelika 'Gela' Dorschke (1920-1996), Dorothea 'Doris' Dorschke (1922-1951), Rudi Dorschke Sr. (1923-1995), and Arnold Dorschke (1925-1945). Marie Kokot Dorschke (1897-1948) should not be confused with her daughter Maria Dorschke (1919-1984).
Dorothea Dorschke married Paul Ernst Kaess (1921-2002) on Mar 14 1944 in the St. Johannes Pfarrkirche (parish church) of Ratibor, a Catholic church that still stands. They had two children: Elke Angelika Kaess (b.1945, d. 1945), and Gerd Edwin Paul Kaess (1947-1972).
Victor Dorschke has descendants living in Germany, the USA, and Mexico.
I am looking for lookups for family names in addressbooks in prewar Silesia and any other info on the Dorschke Family.