Person:John Dietrich (4)

Watchers
m. 23 Aug 1868
  1. Catharine Elisabeth Dietrich1865 - 1927
  2. Adolph Dietrich1867 - 1943
  3. Kaspar George Dietrich1870 - 1949
  4. John Dietrich1875 - 1949
m. 14 Sep 1895
  1. Ida Christina Dietrich1896 - 1968
  2. John Adolf Dietrich1899 - 1964
  3. Clara Catherine Dietrich1901 - 1977
  4. Catherine Emilie Dietrich1902 - 1989
  5. August Caspar Dietrich1904 - 1988
  6. Henry Herman Dietrich1908 - 1981
  7. Anita Dietrich1909 - 1968
  8. Ewald John Reinhold Dietrich1912 - 1998
  9. Emily Eliza Dietrich1912 - 1998
  10. Gustav Edgar Dietrich1916 - 1917
Facts and Events
Name John Dietrich
Gender Male
Birth? 18 Apr 1875 (Klings/Kaltennordheim) Thuringen, Germany
Emigration? 1885 From Germany
Marriage 14 Sep 1895 Door County, Wisconsin, United Statesto Emilie Dietrich
Occupation? Farmer
Residence? Turtle Lake (Township), Barron, Wisconsin, United States
Death[1] 29 Apr 1949 Turtle Lake (Township), Barron, Wisconsin, United States
Burial? Silver Creek Cemetery (Mount Hope), Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States
  • John Dietrich (b. 18 April 1875) came to the U.S. in 1885 at the age of 10, according to 1910 Census.

According to 1900 Federal Census, John came to the U.S. in 1883 (at the age of 8!) the same year as his parents.

The John Dietrich, Caspar Dietrich, & Caspar Bittorf families appear tohave been in: 1882 - 1896 or 1897 Jacksonport, Door County, Wisconsin 1897 - 1900 or 1901 South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia (This is southern Virginia near the North Carolina border) 1900 - 1904 Shawnee County, Kansas (somewhere near Topeka)

After 1902 or 1904 Wisconsin (Turtle Lake, BarronCounty)


In 1900 Federal Census, John & Emilie Dietrich, (children Ida & John)were in Monmouth Township, Shawnee Co., Kansas. John & Emilie are both listed as "alien" citizens. Conrad & Christina Dietrich were also living with them. John & Conrad were renting a house together (not a farm) and worked as farm laborers.

VOL 49, ED 134, Sheet 3, Line 13

Emily says her father was a "good writer"


WWI draft registration (Barron WI)

medium height, blue eyes, light hair

References
  1. Barron County, Wisconsin, Vital Records.