John Hermann Dittmer

John was born in December 1892 in West Derby.¹

John's father was Johann (Chris) Heinrich Christoph Dittmer and his mother was Katharina (Margaret) Margretha Magdalena Heuer. His paternal grandparents were Johann Heinrich Dittmer and Katherina Marie Magdalene Kuhlmaun; his maternal grandparents were George Heuer and <unknown>. He had six brothers and four sisters, named George, Fred, William, Henry, Chris, Charles, Mary, Margaret, Lizzie and Catherine. He was the third youngest of the eleven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named George and Doris or Dora. He died due to a childhood disease at the age of 3 on June 6th, 1896 in West Derby. He was buried in June 1916 in Kirkdale.²¹