Dora was a foster child in the Huelsdonk family, since orphaned at age six. She was living with the rest of John’s family in Iowa, when he returned in 1892. They married and began their life of adventure on the homestead, in Washington, where they raised four daughters. Dora died a few weeks after John in 1947.
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"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJWG-P9H : accessed 14 August 2015), John Huelsdonk and Dora Wolf, 05 Oct 1892; citing Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, reference p 412 cn 6099; FHL microfilm 1,018,504.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGVD-QQF : accessed 14 August 2015), John Huelsdonk, Pacific, Jefferson, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,669.
United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJW-JKJ : accessed 14 August 2015), John H Huelsdonk, Pacific, Jefferson, Washington, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration,
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS5-4CJ : accessed 14 August 2015), John Huelsdonk, Spruce, Jefferson, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0028, sheet 1A, family 1, line 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2487; FHL microfilm 2,342,221.
HistoryLink.org - Cyberpedia Library article, "Iron Man of the Hoh," by Daryl Mcclary
Find a Grave memorial page for Dora Carolina Wilhelmina Wolff Huelsdonk (2 Oct 1863–27 Apr 1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #40944189, citing Huelsdonk Cemetery, Clearwater, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
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