John Frederick Dietrich

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.

Johan Frederick Dietrich was born in 1822, confirmed at age 16, and worked as a wagon maker in Germany. He immigrated to America with his brother Henry, 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.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	25 Sept 1822	Hitzerode, Germany
Marriage			To Anna Elizabeth Myers born 1826 in PA
Death	29 Jan 1893
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

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

Sources:

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 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 Ashland Twp., Clarion Co.)	1851-????

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Research of Dr. Kurt Guenther, parish at Albungen where the registers (after 1804) of Hitzerode are preserved. (Older registers, since 1626, preserved at Frankershausen).
2	Personal correspondence Wilda DeHart, 1992-ongoing; descendant of Mary Frederick and Will Dietrich; contracted Dr. Kurt Guenther to research church records in Hitzerode, Germany.
3	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams,great-granddau. of Ella Frederick