Wed 1st Forrest Albert Tucker, 3 Jan 1917. Widowed. They had 2 children, Forrest Meredith Tucker (the actor) and Elizabeth Jean Tucker (Reed, Hitchcock).
Wed 2nd Paul Kenneth Patton, 28 Sep 1933. They appear to have separated by the 1940 census (when Doris is living in Washington DC and P.K. is living in Indiana), but do not appear to have divorced. They had 1 child, Robert Forbes Patton.
I am using the maiden name and birth date that Doris used. It is not known whether or not she was named at birth (making her actual maiden name Simons). I am using Nebraska as her birth place because it's the most common one used . Doris was likely born in late 1896 or very early 1897, probably in IA or NE, but her actual birth date and place will likely never be known (regardless of what census' or any other "after the fact" records say).
Doris is the biological daughter of Peter Hubert Simons and Lula "Alma" Dunbar, who separated without him knowing Alma was pregnant. There appears to have been some contact between Pete, Alma & their 4 children for some time during the long separation (a couple of years?), but Pete was never informed about their 5th child and at some point, Alma fled with the children. While in hiding, on an unknown date (possibly Dec. 1896) and location, Alma gave birth to Doris. According to Pete & Alma's eldest son, soon after, Alma sold the baby for $1000. to Charles A. & Paulina (Barker) Heringlake (Herringlake) and the remaining children were not allowed to mention the baby again. In the 1900 census, Alma counts Doris among her living children (5 of 7 children living. 4 in the household). Sometime after the 1900 census, Alma put at least the 2 eldest, and possibly all of the remaining children, in orphanages. Eventually Pete filed for divorce and custody of the 4 children he knew about. In 1901, Pete was awarded sole custody of the 4 children, but still had no idea where they were. From the time they went missing, it took Pete and private detectives 5-6 years to locate the children and get them back (a 1905 article states 1 was found in Iowa, another 2 in Kansas. We suspect the eldest, about 17, had either been released from or fled the orphanage, as he'd already reconnected with Pete). The statement that the Heringlakes knowingly, illegally obtained the baby is supported by the fact that when Doris turned 18, the Heringlake's told her her true identity and how to locate her father. She was welcomed with open arms by her Simons family, who say Pete spent the rest of his life trying to make it up to her. Some Heringlake researchers show Doris as their adopted daughter, but her Simons siblings said she was not adopted (which wouldn't have been legal, anyhow) and referred to the Heringlake's as Doris foster family.
Wed 2nd Paul Kenneth Patton, 28 Sep 1933. They appear to have separated by the 1940 census (when Doris is living in Washington DC and P.K. is living in Indiana), but do not appear to have divorced. They had 1 child, Robert Forbes Patton.
I am using the maiden name and birth date that Doris used. It is not known whether or not she was named at birth (making her actual maiden name Simons). I am using Nebraska as her birth place because it's the most common one used . Doris was likely born in late 1896 or very early 1897, probably in IA or NE, but her actual birth date and place will likely never be known (regardless of what census' or any other "after the fact" records say).
Doris is the biological daughter of Peter Hubert Simons and Lula "Alma" Dunbar, who separated without him knowing Alma was pregnant. There appears to have been some contact between Pete, Alma & their 4 children for some time during the long separation (a couple of years?), but Pete was never informed about their 5th child and at some point, Alma fled with the children. While in hiding, on an unknown date (possibly Dec. 1896) and location, Alma gave birth to Doris. According to Pete & Alma's eldest son, soon after, Alma sold the baby for $1000. to Charles A. & Paulina (Barker) Heringlake (Herringlake) and the remaining children were not allowed to mention the baby again. In the 1900 census, Alma counts Doris among her living children (5 of 7 children living. 4 in the household). Sometime after the 1900 census, Alma put at least the 2 eldest, and possibly all of the remaining children, in orphanages. Eventually Pete filed for divorce and custody of the 4 children he knew about. In 1901, Pete was awarded sole custody of the 4 children, but still had no idea where they were. From the time they went missing, it took Pete and private detectives 5-6 years to locate the children and get them back (a 1905 article states 1 was found in Iowa, another 2 in Kansas. We suspect the eldest, about 17, had either been released from or fled the orphanage, as he'd already reconnected with Pete). The statement that the Heringlakes knowingly, illegally obtained the baby is supported by the fact that when Doris turned 18, the Heringlake's told her her true identity and how to locate her father. She was welcomed with open arms by her Simons family, who say Pete spent the rest of his life trying to make it up to her. Some Heringlake researchers show Doris as their adopted daughter, but her Simons siblings said she was not adopted (which wouldn't have been legal, anyhow) and referred to the Heringlake's as Doris foster family.
Wed 1st Forrest Albert Tucker, 3 Jan 1917. Widowed. They had 2 children, Forrest Meredith Tucker (the actor) and Elizabeth Jean Tucker (Reed, Hitchcock).
Wed 2nd Paul Kenneth Patton, 28 Sep 1933. They appear to have separated by the 1940 census (when Doris is living in Washington DC and P.K. is living in Indiana), but do not appear to have divorced. They had 1 child, Robert Forbes Patton.
I am using the maiden name and birth date that Doris used. It is not known whether or not she was named at birth (making her actual maiden name Simons). I am using Nebraska as her birth place because it's the most common one used . Doris was likely born in late 1896 or very early 1897, probably in IA or NE, but her actual birth date and place will likely never be known (regardless of what census' or any other "after the fact" records say).
Doris is the biological daughter of Peter Hubert Simons and Lula "Alma" Dunbar, who separated without him knowing Alma was pregnant. There appears to have been some contact between Pete, Alma & their 4 children for some time during the long separation (a couple of years?), but Pete was never informed about their 5th child and at some point, Alma fled with the children. While in hiding, on an unknown date (possibly Dec. 1896) and location, Alma gave birth to Doris. According to Pete & Alma's eldest son, soon after, Alma sold the baby for $1000. to Charles A. & Paulina (Barker) Heringlake (Herringlake) and the remaining children were not allowed to mention the baby again. In the 1900 census, Alma counts Doris among her living children (5 of 7 children living. 4 in the household). Sometime after the 1900 census, Alma put at least the 2 eldest, and possibly all of the remaining children, in orphanages. Eventually Pete filed for divorce and custody of the 4 children he knew about. In 1901, Pete was awarded sole custody of the 4 children, but still had no idea where they were. From the time they went missing, it took Pete and private detectives 5-6 years to locate the children and get them back (a 1905 article states 1 was found in Iowa, another 2 in Kansas. We suspect the eldest, about 17, had either been released from or fled the orphanage, as he'd already reconnected with Pete). The statement that the Heringlakes knowingly, illegally obtained the baby is supported by the fact that when Doris turned 18, the Heringlake's told her her true identity and how to locate her father. She was welcomed with open arms by her Simons family, who say Pete spent the rest of his life trying to make it up to her. Some Heringlake researchers show Doris as their adopted daughter, but her Simons siblings said she was not adopted (which wouldn't have been legal, anyhow) and referred to the Heringlake's as Doris foster family.
Wed 2nd Paul Kenneth Patton, 28 Sep 1933. They appear to have separated by the 1940 census (when Doris is living in Washington DC and P.K. is living in Indiana), but do not appear to have divorced. They had 1 child, Robert Forbes Patton.
I am using the maiden name and birth date that Doris used. It is not known whether or not she was named at birth (making her actual maiden name Simons). I am using Nebraska as her birth place because it's the most common one used . Doris was likely born in late 1896 or very early 1897, probably in IA or NE, but her actual birth date and place will likely never be known (regardless of what census' or any other "after the fact" records say).
Doris is the biological daughter of Peter Hubert Simons and Lula "Alma" Dunbar, who separated without him knowing Alma was pregnant. There appears to have been some contact between Pete, Alma & their 4 children for some time during the long separation (a couple of years?), but Pete was never informed about their 5th child and at some point, Alma fled with the children. While in hiding, on an unknown date (possibly Dec. 1896) and location, Alma gave birth to Doris. According to Pete & Alma's eldest son, soon after, Alma sold the baby for $1000. to Charles A. & Paulina (Barker) Heringlake (Herringlake) and the remaining children were not allowed to mention the baby again. In the 1900 census, Alma counts Doris among her living children (5 of 7 children living. 4 in the household). Sometime after the 1900 census, Alma put at least the 2 eldest, and possibly all of the remaining children, in orphanages. Eventually Pete filed for divorce and custody of the 4 children he knew about. In 1901, Pete was awarded sole custody of the 4 children, but still had no idea where they were. From the time they went missing, it took Pete and private detectives 5-6 years to locate the children and get them back (a 1905 article states 1 was found in Iowa, another 2 in Kansas. We suspect the eldest, about 17, had either been released from or fled the orphanage, as he'd already reconnected with Pete). The statement that the Heringlakes knowingly, illegally obtained the baby is supported by the fact that when Doris turned 18, the Heringlake's told her her true identity and how to locate her father. She was welcomed with open arms by her Simons family, who say Pete spent the rest of his life trying to make it up to her. Some Heringlake researchers show Doris as their adopted daughter, but her Simons siblings said she was not adopted (which wouldn't have been legal, anyhow) and referred to the Heringlake's as Doris foster family.
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