Children

 Georg Heinrich Christoph Dittmer
Georg was born on December 8th, 1838 in Hannover.² 
• Birth Notes

  Aged 32 when died
  
  Marriage reord is good for Birth date:
  Name:    Georg Heinrich Christoph Dittmer
  Gender:    männlich (Male)
  Marriage Age:    25
  Event Type:    Heirat (Marriage)
  Birth Date:    8 Dez 1838 (8 Dec 1838)
  Marriage Date:    28 Mrz 1864 (28 Mar 1864)
  Marriage Place:    Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland (Germany)
  Father:    Johann Heinrich Christoph Dittmer
  Mother:    Catharine Magdalene Dittmer
  Spouse:    Catharine Dorothee Wedemann
  Author:    Evangelische Kirche Bardowick (LKr. Lüneburg)
  City or District:    Bardowick u. Beuchte
  Parish as it Appears:    Salzhausen
  Page Number:    90
He died at the age of 32 on April 30th, 1871 in Hannover.  He was buried on May 3rd, 1871 in Hannover.^2 2 
• Death Notes

  Name:    Georg Heinrich Christoph Dittmer
  Death Age:    32
  Event Type:    Beerdigung (Burial)
  Birth Date:    abt 1839
  Death Date:    30 Apr 1871
  Burial Date:    3 Mai 1871 (3 May 1871)
  Burial Place:    Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland (Germany)
  Father:    Johann Heinrich Christoph Dittmer
  Mother:    Katharine Magdalene Dittmer
  Author:    Evangelische Kirche Bardowick (LKr. Lüneburg)
  City or District:    Bardowick u. Beuchte
  Parish as it Appears:    Egestorf


 Peter  Heinrich Georg Dittmer
Peter  was born on December 20th, 1840 in Hannover.² 
• Birth Notes

  DOB and parents shown on marriage record
He died before 1927.


 Johann (Chris) Heinrich Christoph Dittmer

HEADSTONE - Chris & Margaret Dittmer
Johann, known as Chris, was born on June 19th, 1845 in Hannover.³ 
• Birth Notes

  1871 Census records has him age 26 (born about 1845) from Hanover.
  1881 Aged 36, at 45 Ascot St
  1891 Aged 46, at 45 Ascot St
  
  Name is confirmed on declaration of Doris's brith certificate, which also shows both spellings of Dittmer/Dettmer.
  
  Marriage record has his full name as Johann Heinrich C Dittmer.
  
  Cannot be the Johann Heinrich Dettmer, born 27 AUG 1847 in Wolthausen, Hannover, Preussen as he married Marie Dorothee Alwine Meine on 02 APR 1875 at Winsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen.
  
  
  
  
He died at the age of 67 on August 9th, 1912 in Toxteth Park.  He was buried on August 13th, 1912 in Kirkdale.^4 5 
• Death Notes

  Deaths Sep 1912   (50%)
  DITTMER  John H C  67  Toxteth Park  8b 192
  
  There's another John Henry Dittmer who died in 1902. This other John Henry Dittmer was born in Hamburg and lived in Kirkdale.
  Deaths Dec 1902   (>99%)
  Dittmer  John Henry  51  W. Derby  8b 262
  


 Johann (Fred) Heinrich Frederich Dittmer
Johann, known as Fred, was born about 1850 in Hannover Stadt.
• Birth Notes

  Just a guess !
He died before 1926.


 Dorothee Ahrens nee Dittmer
Dorothee was born about 1865 in Diersbüttel.¹ 
• Birth Notes

  Probably a similar age to Henry, and still living in Diersbuttle in 1901
She died after 1926.


 Johann (Henry) Peter Heinrich Dittmer

1938 Henry Dittmer
Johann, known as Henry, was born on August 17th, 1867 in Diersbüttel.¹ 
• Birth Notes

  b 1867-8 in Hanover, Germany according to 1891 census, and also recorded as a "Nat. Brit. Subj."
  
  Aged  23 in Apr-1891 so must have been born after April 1867.
  
  Aged 24 when he married Freda, 28-Feb-1892, but his father was already deceased.  Mum also remebers that the family came from Hanover.
  
  Aged 42 on 1911 census (and Freda 41)
  
  The probate records his name as "DITTMER Peter Henry" and his Naturalisation Certificate "Johann Peter Heinrich Dittmer". His nationalisation application (in the National Archive, Kew), also records his DOB as 17 Aug 1867, place of birth as Diersbuttel, as well as other information about perents etc. He submitted his birth certificate (issued 11 Aug 1886), so this information must have been verified.  He must have applied for a new birth certificate from Amelinghausen to leave Germany, aged 19
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  DOB: 17 Aug 1867 (and of German parents)
  Place of Birth: Diersbuttel, Amelinghausen, Hanover, Germany
  Full Name: Johann Peter Heinrich DITTMER
  Fathers Name: Johann Heinrich DITTMER
  Mothers Name: Katherian Marie Magdalene KUHLMAUN
  
  1939 register confirms DOB as 17 Aug 1867.
  
  
He died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, Broncho Pneumonia & Congestion Cardiac Failure, at the age of 82 on January 25th, 1950 in West Derby.  He was buried in January 1950 at the Landican Cemetery.^6 7 
• Death Notes

  Mum recalls he went to stay with relatives, and died in Belmont Hospital, Liverpool.  He is buried with Freda in Landican cemetery (see references for picture).
  
  The death certificate records Henry's place of death as 42 Belmont Road, Walton.  This was the West Derby Union Workhouse until 1865 which then became Poor Law Institution.  In the 1930's it bacame Belmont Road Hospital run by Liverpool Corporation.  In 1948 it bacame Newsham General Hospital, run by the Ministry of Health.
  
  The probate record shows he was living at 34 Bankburn Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool 13 before he was admitted to hospital.
  
  See the following link for further details:
  http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/lancs/West_Derby_workhouse.htm
  
  Headstone Inscription:
  
  In Treasured Memory of
  FREDA DOROTHY,
  The beloved wife of
  HENRY DITTMER
  Passed away 20th October 1939
  Aged 69
  Peacefully sleeping, resting at last.
  Life’s weary trials and troubles are past.
  Also Henry, beloved Husband of above
  Died 25th January 1950
  Aged 82 years
  
  Grave in CoE Section 8, number 820
  
  Death cetificate shows Henry was of 37 Devonshire Road, Upton.  Henry was retired Corporation Labourer.  The death was reported by his son H Dittmer (i.e.Harry) on 26th Jan 1850.  The registrar was Jamie Jones.
  
  The probate records reveal much more information. 
  The record text is as follows:
  DITTMER Peter Henry otherwise Henry of 34 Bankburn-road Tuebrook Liverpool 13 died 25 January 1950 at 42 Belmont-road Liverpool 6 Probate Liverpool 30 July to Harry Dittmer (the elder) engineer. Effects £231 15s 9d.
  
  Henry wrote his will 18-Oct-1948, only 15 months before he died. Perhaps he was terminally ill then!  A copy of the will was obtailed from the Leeds Probate Office be me 14-July-2012.