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John Henry Dittmer

John was born in 1851 in Hamburg.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 30 in 1881, born Germany
  Aged 51 in Q4/1902 when died
  
  Name: John Dittmer
  Age: 40 (in 1891)
  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
  Relation: Head
  Spouse's Name: Alice Dittmer
  Gender: Male
  Where born: Hamburg, Germany
  
  Name: John Dittmer
  Age: 50 (in 1901)
  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
  Relation: Head
  Gender: Male
  Where born: Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein

John's father was Louis Dettmer and his mother was <female> Dettmer. He died at the age of 51 in December 1902 in West Derby.²

Death Notes
- Name: John Henry Dittmer
  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
  Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1902
  Age at Death: 51
  Registration district: West Derby, Lancashire
  Volume: 8b
  Page: 262

General Notes
- John Henry Dittmer arrived in England Apr-1872 on the British Queen from New Messow. He was travelling with two other Dittmers including Heinrich Dittmer.
  
  He was a marriner, and after he married, later became a Shoe Maker (like his father-in-law).
  
  In 1901, John Dittmer (50), widower was a master marriner, living in Liverpool with his sons William (20) and Leonard (19), his only surviving children.
  
  Q4 1902, John Henry died in West Derby, Liverpool, aged 51 (so born 1851).
  
  John's father was Louis Dettmer, a Stone Mason (shown on 1978 marriage record).

Occupation Details
- From before 1876 to 1878 John's occupation was Mariner in transportation in Liverpool.
  - Occupation Notes
    - When Sidney Albert christened, and also when marrying Elizabeth Cunningham
  From April 1881 his occupation was Dock Labourer in Kirkdale.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- John lived at 43 Cornwallis Street from before 1878 to after 1878.
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Abode of John Henry & Elizabeth Dittmer (in Liverpool) when Sidney Albert was christened.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- John lived with John Cunningham.
  - Relationship Notes
    - John and son William (from Belfast) were staying with John & Elizabeth in 1881
  He was a relative of Johann (Chris) Heinrich Christoph Dittmer.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Possibly cousins (but not brothers) as also John Henry, and all living in Kirkdale in the early 1900s.
      Marriage records show different fathers.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Louis Dettmer
  - b. in Germany
  
  John Henry Dittmer
  - b.1851 in Hamburg d.Dec 1902 in West Derby
  
  Dettmer

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of John's family with Elizabeth Maud Cunningham

Click here for details of John's family with Alice Randles

¹ 1901 UK Census
² FreeBMD.org.uk
Source/Citation 1891 UK Census