Wilhelm (William) Heinrich Dittmer

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

Wilhelm, known as William, was born in December 1884 in Liverpool.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 6 in 1891
  
  DITTMER, WILHELM  HEINRICH      HEUER 
  GRO Reference: 1884  D Quarter in LIVERPOOL 
  Volume 08B  Page 36
  
  
  

William'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, Henry, Chris, John, Charles, Mary, Margaret, Lizzie and Catherine.  He was the sixth oldest of the eleven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named George and Doris or Dora.  He died in an accident or as a result of an injury, Drowning, at the age of 34 on October 14th, 1919.  He was buried in October 1919 in Kirkdale.^2 2 

• Death Notes

  Headstone reads:
  William, / drowned 14th Oct. 1919, aged 34 years.
  
  Its not clear where the drowning occured, but possibly local as the war ended November 1818.
  
  There is no UK death record in 1919.  Bremen, Germany and Hannover, Prussia, Germany, Lutheran BMB records have a death record for Carl Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Dittmer in 1819, so is this him?

‌William and Maggie were married in a religious ceremony in March 1901 in Eccleston.⁴ 

• Marriage/Union Notes

  Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1901
  DITTMER    William    HOUGHTON    Margaret A    St Thomas Eccleston    St Helens    C2/7/81
  
  Name:    William Dittmer
  Date of Registration:    Jan-Feb-Mar 1901
  Registration District:    Prescot
  Inferred County:    Lancashire
  Volume Number:    8b
  Page Number:    794

They had a son and a daughter, named James and Mary.  There are no more children.