Johann (Henry) Peter Heinrich Dittmer 
Birth Notes
b 1867-8 in Hanover, Germany according to 1891 census, although also recorded as a "Nat. Brit. Subj."
Aged 23 in Apr-1891 so must have been born after April 1867.
Aged 24 when he married Freda, 28-Feb-1892, but his father was already deceased. Mum also remebers that the family came from Hanover.
Aged 42 on 1911 census (and Freda 41)
The probate records his name as "DITTMER Peter Henry" and his Naturalisation Certificate "Johann Peter Heinrich Dittmer". His nationalisation application (in the National Archive, Kew), also records his DOB as 17 Aug 1867, place of birth as Diersbuttel, Amelinghausen, Hanover, Germany, as well as other information about perents etc. He submitted his birth certificate (issued 11 Aug 1886), so this information must have been verified. He must have applied for a new birth certificate from Amelinghausen to leave Germany, aged 19.
1939 register confirms DOB as 17 Aug 1867.
Death Notes
Mum recalls he went to stay with relatives, and died in Belmont Hospital, Liverpool. He is buried with Freda in Landican cemetery (see references for picture).
The death certificate records Henry's place of death as 42 Belmont Road, Walton. This was the West Derby Union Workhouse until 1865 which then became Poor Law Institution. In the 1930's it bacame Belmont Road Hospital run by Liverpool Corporation. In 1948 it bacame Newsham General Hospital, run by the Ministry of Health.
The probate record shows he was living at 34 Bankburn Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool 13 before he was admitted to hospital.
See the following link for further details:
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/West_Derby_workhouse.htm
Headstone Inscription:
In Treasured Memory of
FREDA DOROTHY,
The beloved wife of
HENRY DITTMER
Passed away 20th October 1939
Aged 69
Peacefully sleeping, resting at last.
Life’s weary trials and troubles are past.
Also Henry, beloved Husband of above
Died 25th January 1950
Aged 82 years
Grave in CoE Section 8, number 820
Death cetificate shows Henry was of 37 Devonshire Road, Upton. Henry was retired Corporation Labourer. The death was reported by his son H Dittmer (i.e.Harry) on 26th Jan 1850. The registrar was Jamie Jones.
The probate records reveal much more information.
The record text is as follows:
DITTMER Peter Henry otherwise Henry of 34 Bankburn-road Tuebrook Liverpool 13 died 25 January 1950 at 42 Belmont-road Liverpool 6 Probate Liverpool 30 July to Harry Dittmer (the elder) engineer. Effects £231 15s 9d.
Henry wrote his will 18-Oct-1948, only 15 months before he died. Perhaps he was terminally ill then! A copy of the will was obtailed from the Leeds Probate Office be me 14-July-2012.
General Notes
Johann Peter Heinrich Dittmer (known as Henry) was born 17 Aug 1867 in Diersbüttel, Rehlingen, Germany and went to school at Rehlingen (a 40 minute walk).
Henry arrived in the UK from Germany in 1886 (he had been here 41 years when he applied for citizenship April-1927), and during WW1 he was interned in the Isle-of-Man.
According to his marriage certificate, Henry's father was also Henry (actually Heinrich), who was a farmer. There was a Henry Dettmer (b.1837) from Hanover living in Tunbridge, Kent in 1891, but he was a School Teacher. Henry's father had died before he married in 1892.
Johann Heinrich Christoph Dittmer's father was also Johann Heinrich, farmer (deceased) in 1874, so Chris and Henry were brothers.
England Probate Records are most revealing, showing his name as "DITTMER Peter Henry, otherwise Henry". He left his estate of £231 to his son "Harry Dittmer (the elder) engineer".
He was a lodger (single) at St. Polycarp, North Everton, Liverpool in 1891 (aged 23). Here he worked in the sugar refining industry - It was hard and sometimes dangerous work!
Henry married Friedericke (28-Feb-1892) in Liverpool, Lancashire while living a 2 Great Nelson Street.
About 1901 Henry returned to Germany for 2 weeks to visit his sister (her name not disclosed) in Diersbuttel, Germany (which is also where Henry went to public school).
He also moved to Hull (Sculcoates), Yorkshire with wife Friederike and son Harry (aged 8) in 1901. Here he worked as a labourer at the Sewage works. Perhaps this is the port from where he entered the country, as a Heinrich Dittmer arrived there 12 Aug 1854 on the Britania from Hamburg. However, this Heinrich was a ships cook.
After they married, Henry and Freda lived at 6 Doctor Lane, Idle, Bradford. Henry worked for the sewerage company. He was recorded as a German subject in the 1901 census, living in Sculcoates, Yorkshire. and living in North Bierley, Yorkshire in 1911, aged 42 with wife Frederika (aged 41) and son Harry (aged 18).
Mum recalls that after Freda’s death, Henry (and son Harry) came to live in Devonshire Rd, Upton for a while (~1939). However, there wasn’t much space for him there so he went to live in lodgings at Glebe Park Rd (near Arrowe Park) for a while and then moved to Liverpool (about 1940), where he lived with some distant Dittmer relatives, possibly two old aunts.
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Occupation Details
Occupation Notes
Henry Dittmer was a labourer at Sugar Mill in 1891, 1892 and 1901.
Occupation Notes
Interned during WW1 at Handford, Isle of Man, Leighterton (Gloucestershire), Alexander Palace, Frimley, and then discharged as a Grease Boiler.
Hanry was released from internment and granted exemption from repaturation.Occupation Notes
Worked at Sewerage Works in Idle, Bradford (1920's). This was also recorded on the 1911 census. Henry's UK Citizen application (April 1927) records him as a "Grease Boiler" by occupation, and employed by the City of Bradford Sewage Dept with 25yrs of service.
1939 register also shows "Grease Boiler Retired"
From about 1890 to 1902 Henry's occupation was Sugar House Labourer in manufacturing for Sugar Refinery, in Liverpool.4From July 27th, 1915 his occupation was Interned intern in Isle of Man.1From 1902 his occupation was Grease Boiler in services for Sewerage Works, in Idle. He retired in 1933.5
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Whereabouts
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Henry lived on a temporary basis at 89 Opic Street for four years from 1891 to about 1895.4
Occupancy/Contact Notes
Henry Dittmer was a Lodger with Christian and Sophie Westphahl and daughters Bertha and Merri in 1891
He lived at 104 Opic Street from March 1893.3Occupancy/Contact Notes
Harry Dittmer was born at 104 Opic Street, which was also their registered address (born 28-Jan, registeded 13 March).
He lived at 4 Brunswick Road from 1901.6He lived at 56 Mossman Street for five years from 1911 to about 1916.7Occupancy/Contact Notes
Home of Henry, Friedericke and young Harry (aged 18) in 1911
He lived at 6 Doctor Lane for twenty-three years from April 20th, 1916 to 1939.1Occupancy/Contact Notes
1939 Register also shows 6 Doctor Lane, so must have moved to Upton after register taker, or only as a temporary stay.
He lived on a temporary basis in Upton for one year from 1939 to 1940.5Occupancy/Contact Notes
After Freda’s death, Henry (and son Harry) came to live in Devonshire Rd, Upton for a while (~1939). However, there wasn’t much space for him there so he went to live in lodgings at Glebe Park Rd (near Arrow Park) for a while and then moved to Liverpool (about 1940), where he lived with some distant Dittmer relatives, possibly two old aunts.
He lived at 34 Bankburn Road for nine years from about 1941 to January 1950.8Occupancy/Contact Notes
Henry was believed to have lived with some distant Dittmer relatives, possibly two old aunts.
Several of the Liverpool Dittmers lived at this address
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Connections & Relationships
Relationship Notes
Probably brothers as both fathers are Henry/Heinrich (farmers).
Where in West Derby together in 1892/3 where John and Harry were born.
Believed to have traved to Liverpool together on the British Queen in April 1872.
Henry lived with Catherine Dorothee Sophie Dittmer after his wife died. This was quite likely his spinster step-sister and closest living relative.Relationship Notes
Henry was lodging with Christian and Sophie Westphal in Everton, Liverpool in 1891Relationship Notes
Matthew and Lizzie Walker lived at 34 Bankburn-road Liverpool until 1949, when he died at The Eye and Ear Infirmary, LiverpoolRelationship Notes
Peter Henry Dittmer left his eatate of £231-15-9 to his son Harry (the elder), or should he have predeceased him, then to his grandson Harry (the younger)Relationship Notes
Possibe brother and sister (DNA connection)Relationship Notes
Henry Dittmer was recorded as living at 34 Bankburn Road, Tuebrook in 1950 before he died. Anna also lived at Tuebrook, Liverpool.
It appears Henry lived with his niece until she died in 1942, and then took over the house until he died in 1950.Relationship Notes
According to his nationalisation application Henery visited his sister Dorothee for 2 weeks in Germany about 1901.
At the time of his nationalisation application in 1926, Dorothee was the only living sibling (parents also dead).
Henry and Johann (Chris) Heinrich Christoph Dittmer knew each other.He lived with Christian Friedrich Westpfahl.He lived with Matthew (Mat) Walker.He funded Harry (Harold) Dittmer.He was a relative of Anna Dittmer.He lived with Anna (Mary) Marie Christina Dittmer.Henry was a relative of Dorothee Ahrens nee Dittmer.
Henry and Freda were married in a religious ceremony on February 28th, 1892 at All Saints (Liverpool) by Curate C H E Croffer (?) and witnessed by Charles and Bertha Heinz.9
Marriage/Union Notes
"Friedericke Westphal" married "Henry Dittmer" in 1892 at All Saints Church, Liverpool in the presence of Charles and Bertha Heinz.
Note: Claus Heinz married Anna Dittmar in 1855, so were the witnesses related to Anna?
The 1911 census show than Henry and Fridericka had been married 19 years, and had only had the one child, Harry.
Family Notes
No: 181
When Married: Feb 28th 1892
Names: Henry Dittmer (24) & Feiederike Westphal (22)
Condition: Bachelor & Spinster
Occupation: Sugar Refiner
Grooms father: Henry Dittmer, Farmer
Brides father: Christian Westpfhal, Sugar refiner
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Children
Birth Notes
Born: West Derby, Lancashire.
Civil Registration List 2a p35_
Harry was born on 28-Jan-1893 at 104 Opic Street, North Everton in the district of West Derby. His father was Peter Henry Dittmer (known as Henry), a sugar house labourer, and his mother was Frederica Dittmer, formerly Westpfhal.
The birth was registered on 13-March-1893 by Geo. Hleaver (registrar). The 1939 register confirms the DOB.
The 1911 censis confirms he was born in Liverpool.
Name: Harry Dittmer
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 12 Apr 1893
Baptism/Christening Place: Holy Trinity, Liverpool, Lancashire
Father's Name: Henry Dittmer
Mother's Name: Fredericka
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03147-6
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1656018
Reference Number: item 5 p 68
Death Notes
Harry retired early due to ill health.
He died, aged 73 at St. Catherine's Hospital Annex, Birkenhead.
Occupation on death certificate was "Fitter and Turner".
The death was registered on 18th March 1966.
The death was recorded by his eldest son Harry, of 7 Woodcoate Bank, Birkenhead.
He had a thrombosis in the leg and was in great pain. The doctor wanted to amputate, but he wouldn’t sign the consent form, so he was prescribed whisky instead. What a result! He survived many years after the thrombosis. Cause of death is unknown (Mum doesn't remember).
DITTMER – March 17 peacefully in hospital of 37 Devonshire Road, Upton aged 73 years. Harry dear husband of Elsie, beloved father of Harry, Joan and Cliff. Service St Marys Church, Upton on Tuesday next at 11am,: Cremation at Landican 11:30am.
Probate:
DITTMER Harry of 37 Devonshire Road Upton Birkenhead died 17 March 1966 at St Catherines Hospital Annex Birkenhead. Probate Chester 11 May to Elsie Dittmer widow £3,493.
Harry (Harold) Dittmer
Harry, known as Harold, was born on January 28th, 1893 in Everton and his baptism took place there on April 12th, 1893.3 10
1 Nationalisation Application
2 Headstone - Freda & Harry Dittmer
3 Certificate - Birth
4 1891 UK Census
5 Individual - Mum & Dad
6 1901 UK Census
7 1911 UK Census
8 National Probate Records
9 Certificate - Marriage
10 Liverpool CoE Baptisms 1813-1919
11 Newspaper - Harry Dittmer Snr
Further sources/citations:
FamilySearch.org, 1939 Register Transcription
2 Headstone - Freda & Harry Dittmer
3 Certificate - Birth
4 1891 UK Census
5 Individual - Mum & Dad
6 1901 UK Census
7 1911 UK Census
8 National Probate Records
9 Certificate - Marriage
10 Liverpool CoE Baptisms 1813-1919
11 Newspaper - Harry Dittmer Snr
Further sources/citations:
FamilySearch.org, 1939 Register Transcription
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