John Hermann Dittmer

This picture, 'HEADSTONE - Chris & Margaret Dittmer', was taken on June 5th, 2020 in Kirkdale and sourced from Family Photos. Picture Notes

John was born in December 1892 in West Derby.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  
  DITTMER, JOHN  HERMANN      HENER 
  GRO Reference: 1892  D Quarter in WEST DERBY 
  Volume 08B  Page 368
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1892
  DITTMER    John         Kirkdale    Liverpool    KIRK/81/87

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.^2 1 

• Death Notes

  Deaths Jun 1896   (>99%)
  Dittmer, John Hermann 
  Aged 3
  W. Derby  8b 258
  
  Headstone reads:
  John, / died 6th June 1896, aged 3 years.