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Frederick (Will) William Dittmer & Mary (May) Elizabeth Newman

Taken about 1936 and sourced from Individual - Tony Beard.

Elizabeth, Fred Dittmer and Mother

Will and May were married in March 1927 in Birkenhead.¹ They had a son and a daughter, named Fred and Betty. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- Marriages Mar 1927
  DITTMER Frederick W NEWMAN Birkenhead 8a 833

Personal Details
- Frederick (Will) William Dittmer
  Frederick, known as Will, was born on June 27th, 1905 in Kirkdale.¹
  - Birth Notes
    - Births Sep 1905   (>99%)
      Dittmer Frederick William     W. Derby 8b 413
      Actual date given by Tony Beard
      
      Lancashire BMD had same birth in 1905:
      DITTMER Frederick W Kirkdale Liverpool   KIRK/142/60
  He died at the age of 83 in 1988 in Liverpool.²
  Mary (May) Elizabeth Newman
  
  Mary Elizabeth Dittmer (nee Newman)
  
  Mary, known as May, was born on May 19th, 1897 in County Meath.² She died at the age of 93 on October 12th, 1990 in Wigan. She was buried in October 1990 in Ireland.³³
  - Death Notes
    - DITTMER – MARY ELIZABETH. October 12 1990. Beloved wife of the late William, dear mother of Fred (deceased) and Betty (N.Z.), mother-in-law of Joan, dear nana of Stephen (wife Ann), Anne, Tony and Anne and Andrea (N.Z.), Grandnana of Jon and Tim. Internment in Ireland. No flowers by request, donations in Lieu to Lourdes Fund … etc.

Children
- Frederick (Fred) Joseph Dittmer
  
  Frederick Dittmer
  
  Frederick, known as Fred, was born on July 22nd, 1927 in Liverpool.² He died from a stroke at the age of 60 in June 1988 in Liverpool.²
  - Death Notes
    
    My mum first thought Fred was "Killed on a Liverpool tram", but this was Harold.
    
    Tony Beard's mother thinks he died of a stroke in the mid 1970's. On Tony's second email, he has Fred's death as June 1988.
  Pamela (Betty) Elizabeth Dittmer
  
  Betty Dittmer
  
  Pamela, known as Betty, was born on January 15th, 1933 in Liverpool.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    Births Mar 1933 (25%)
    DITTMER Pamela E Newman Liverpool 8b 132
  - Death Notes
    
    Still alive in 2007

Family Timeline

¹ FreeBMD.org.uk
² Individual - Tony Beard
³ Newspaper - Mary Dittmer

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