John Frederick Dietrich

Immigrant by 1840

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John Frederick Dietrich is not in my direct ancestry. His son William Dietrich married Mary Frederick, and his daughter Louise Dietrich married Frank J. Frederick. Mary and Frank Frederick are related as follows: Siblings of Elizabeth Anna Frederick Children of John Frederick and Anna Catherine Kenemuth The Dietrich and Jung families immigrated from Hitzerode, Germany, to Clarion County PA, as did the Frederick family.

John Frederick Dietrich was born in 1822, confirmed at age 16, and worked as a wagon maker in Germany. He immigrated to America, and by 1840 was settled in Allegheny County PA. He wed Anna Elizabeth Meyers in PA and in 1849 their first child was born. In Oct. 1855 John Dietrich became a U.S. citizen.

Note that John Frederick Dietrich was born in Hitzerode Germany in 1822, the same town and year as our ancestor John Frederick. John Frederick Dietrich settled in Allegheny County PA in 1840; his brother Wilhelm "William" Dietrich, also born in Hitzerode but in 1827, settled in Clarion Co. PA (date unknown to us) as did our John Frederick in 1852. Our John Frederick is thought to have made his initial trip to Pennsylvania in 1852, alone, perhaps to purchase land before returning for the 2nd voyage with his wife in 1852. It is possible he met with John Frederick Dietrich or brother William at the time of this first trip, to confer about available land; John Frederick Dietrich, and possibly brother William, having arrived in 1840 would have been well settled by 1852. Eventually two children of John Frederick would marry children of John Frederick Dietrich.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	25 Sept 1822	Hitzerode, Germany
Marriage			To Anna Elizabeth Myers born 1826 in PA
Death	29 Jan 1893
Burial		possibly Etna Cemetery in Indiana Twp., Allegheny Co. PA?; see Source Notes

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 4              Generation 5                Generation 6
 
+-- Frank J. Frederick                                +-- Johann Heinrich Diederich
|   (1856-1892)                                       |    (1791-1836)
|                        +-- John Frederick Dietrich--+
|                        |   (1822-????)              |
+-- Louisa Dietrich -----+                            +-- Anna Catherina Jung
    (1857-1934)          |                                    (1795-1857)
                         |
+-- William Dietrich ----+                            
|   (1851-1900)          |                                      
|                        +-- Anna Elizabeth Myers
|                            (1826-~1908)
+-- Mary Frederick
    (1852-~1921)
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Children

(all children with Anna Elizabeth Myers)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary Dietrich	F	1849
William Dietrich	M	2 Jan 1851	Allegheny Co.,PA	Mary Frederick
Anna Margaret Dietrich	F	Mar 1856	PA	Henry Emrich born Jan 1847 in Germany
Louisa Dietrich	F	26 Dec 1857	PA	Frank J. Frederick
John Dietrich	M	Apr 1860	PA	1) Karoline Myers b. 1869 2) Magdalena Myers b. Jan 1872 in PA
Henry "Harry" G. Dietrich	M	Aug 1863	PA	Sarah Frey b. Aug 1866
Fred Dietrich	M	Apr 1866	PA	Amelia S. Zimmerman b. Mar 1865 in PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Hitzerode, Hesse Germany	1822-by 1851
PA (expect Indiana Twp., Allegheny Co.)	1851-????

Of unknown significance to this Dietrich family, "S. Dietrich" appears on the map of Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA, in the 1977 Caldwell Atlas.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1870 United States Federal Census, Oil City, Venango Co, PA, page 34. Census dated 27 Aug 1870. Lines 2-15: John Dietrich, 48, hotel keeper, b. Germany, parents foriegn born; Lizzie, 42, keeping house, b. PA, parents foriegn born; Children: Willie, 19; Anne, 14; Lou, F, 12, John, 10; Harry, 8; Fred, 5; All b. PA, father foriegn born. Also Caroline Berger, 26, servant, b. PA; Jacob Uyen, 25, b. NY, parents for. born; Fred Herman, 24, Ger, parents for. born; Thomas Cook, 60, Ger, parents for. born; Fred Johnson, 28, Sweden, parents for. born; James Wilson, 30, Canada, parents for. born. It is not clear if these individuals are guests or employees of the hotel.
2	1880 United States Federal Census, District 63, Indiana Twp, Allegheny Co, PA, page 19. Census dated 21-22 June 1880. Lines 44-49: John Dietrich, 58, farmer, b Hessen (and parents); Elizabeth, 54, wife, keeping house, b. PA, parents b. Switzerland; Louisa, 22, at home; John, 19, laborer; Henry, 17, laborer; Frederick, 14, laborer. Children b. PA, father Hessen, mother PA.
3	Research of Dr. Kurt Guenther, parish at Albungen where the registers (after 1804) of Hitzerode are preserved. (Older registers, since 1626, preserved at Frankershausen).	See full text of report, Kurt Guenther Research, Church Records of Frankershausen & Hitzerode, Germany
4	Personal correspondence Wilda DeHart, 1992-ongoing; descendant of Mary Frederick and Will Dietrich. Contracted Dr. Kurt Guenther to research Frederick & Dietrich church records in Hitzerode, Germany. Annie E. Dietrich, mother of Louisa Dietrich, was in 1900 census, and Pearl Sallade Dietrich (born 1904) remembers Annie E. Dietrich when Pearl was 4 yrs. old. Annie E. Dietrich therefore survived until 1908. Her tombstone says she died 1898. Wm. Dietrich, son of John F. Dietrich, "returned with his family in mid-1870's to the Dietrich farm in Indiana Twp., Allegheny Co. PA, and remained there until their deaths.They are buried in Etna Cemetery, Allegheny Co. PA.
5	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams,great-granddau. of Ella Frederick

Source notes

• Per the research of Wilda Dietrich(DeHart), Will Dietrich, son of John Frederick Dietrich, brought his family to his parent's farm in Indiana Twp., Allegheny Co. PA, and is buried in Etna Cemetery. It is therefore possible that his parents are also buried there.

Conjecture

• Death records kept by the city of Pittsburgh between 1851 & 1857 (only the index is available), pg 89 lists Eliza Dithrich died 1854. Her relationship if any is unknown. An alphabetized listing for names beginning with "A" to "E" is published in Western Pennsylvanian Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2008, p. 15-36.