Headstone - Chris & Margaret Dittmer
Kirkdale Cemetery
“Large grey granite, rounded top, lying flat on its back. In loving memory of / Christopher DITTMER / died 9th Augt. 1912, / aged 67 years. / Also Margaret, / wife of the above, / died 7th March 1927, aged 73 years. / Frederick, / torpedoed on the S.S. Verdi, / Aug. 22nd 1917, aged 35 years. / William, / drowned 14th Oct. 1919, aged 34 years. / John, / died 6th June 1896, aged 3 years. / Sons of the above. / Also Marie, / beloved daughter of the above / who died 14th May 1941, aged 65 years. / Also Dorothea, / beloved daughter of the above / who died 14th July 1942, aged 73 years. // Charles, / grandson of the above, / died 112th Feb. 1929, aged 6 years”
The cited information was sourced from Tombstone / Gravestone published on June 1st, 2020 <
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ormandy/folklore/page2.html> (Ref: 10978 DITTMER. (G.5.76)) The author/originator was Tony Beard. This citation is considered to be evidence of questionable reliability (interviews, census, oral genealogies, or potential for bias for example, an autobiography).
A potted history of the Dittmer families from Liverpool.
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