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Johanna (Anna) C Dittmer

Taken on December 12th, 1946 and sourced from US Social Security Records.

1946 Anna Witthoft nee Dittmer (b.1857)

This picture was taken on December 12th, 1946 and sourced from US Social Security Records.

Johanna, known as Anna, was born on June 24th, 1857 in Lüneburg.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 37 in 1895, in Cedar, Iowa, born Germany
  Aged 62 in 1910, in Cedar, Iowa
  
  Born: 24 Jun 1857, Barnstedt
  Place: Barnstedt, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
  
  Barnstedt is only 6 miles East of Diersbüttel where Henry was from

Anna's father was Henry Dittmer and her mother was Marie Stienhaur. She died at the age of 89 on December 12th, 1946 in Iowa.¹

Death Notes
- Washington County, Iowa, USA

General Notes
- Hannah or Johanna (or maybe Anna Magdalena) Dittmer is an unconfirmed sister or cousin of Henry Dittmer.
  
  Anna Dittmer was born: 24 Jun 1857, Barnstedt, Lüneburg, about 6 miles East of Diersbüttel. She is probably related to Henry Dittmer of Diersbüttel. Both Colin Dittmer and I have 10 cM DNA matches to her g-granddaughter, although not a shared connection.
  
  Anna may be Anne Dorothee E Dittmer, born 24 Jun 1857 in Barnstede (see Thorsten Meyer’s tree) so Anne may be the Dorothee his sister.
  
  30 Oct 1862 The family emigrated from Hambourg to the USA on the ship Oder (steerage class).
  
  In 1870, Anna Dittmer (15) was in Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. She was with assumed parents Friderick (a shoe maker) and Mary Dittmer (53 & 42) and brother Gustavus (17), all born in Prussia.
  
  13 Oct 1873 Johann Dittmer (16), sailing from Liverpool on the "City of Paris", arrived in New York. She was the daughter of Lorenz and Dorothea Dittmer (46 & 45) and was with 5 other siblings, so this may be a different person. They also lived in Illinois and are buried at Pleasant Valley, Jo Daviess County.
  
  By 1880, Anna's brother Gustave (27), a boot and shoe dealer was married to Jennie (20 from Vermont), was still living at Augusta, Eau Claire with his father Ferderick (63) a shoemaker.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Anna was a relative of Johann (Henry) Peter Heinrich Dittmer.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Possibe cousins (DNA connection)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Henry Dittmer
  - b. in Diersbüttel
  
  Johanna (Anna) C Dittmer
  - b.24 Jun 1857 in Lüneburg d.12 Dec 1946 in Iowa
  
  Marie Stienhaur

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Anna's family with Christoph Heinrich Witthoft Jnr

¹ Ancestry Family Trees