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'''Alma Doering ''' was born in Chicago to German Lutheran immigrants. Her father, William,<ref>Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, Doering, Alma http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Doering, Alma Accessed October 20, 2015.</ref> was a Civil War veteran and her paternal grandfather one of the early settlers of Chicago.<ref>Alma Doering | Unevangelized Tribes Mission | Zoominfo.com. http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Alma-Doering/1519452500 Accessed October 27, 2015.</ref> Her mother, born in Germany, lost both parents by age eleven. Her faith was ridiculed and restricted by the foster family who took her in, and she eventually immigrated to America in search of religious freedom. According to Doering’s writings, her mother was very influential in her life.<ref>Doering, Alma, "Busy Mothers as God's Prayer Warriors", The Latter Rain Evangel, July, 1914. Accessed at https://ifphc.org on October 6, 2015.</ref> At least three children were born to the family, but two died in childhood within a single year.<ref>Doering, Alma, "Busy Mothers as God's Prayer Warriors", The Latter Rain Evangel, July, 1914. Accessed at https.://ifphc.org on October 6, 2015</ref> Alma’s brother, Edward Doering, who lived in Cleveland, Ohio, supported her missionary work.<ref>Doering, Alma, Leopard Spots or God's Masterpiece--Which? (Cleveland, OH:"Malembe" Publisher, Evangel Publishing House, 1916), p.10</ref>