Click to expand/collapse all notes

Click to expand/collapse all other details

George William Dittmer

Taken about 1925 and sourced from Individual - Tony Beard.

This picture was taken about 1925 and sourced from Individual - Tony Beard.

Individual Picture Notes
- Picture may be from Grange Road, Birkenhead

George was born in December 1878 in Liverpool.¹

Birth Notes
- DITTMER, GEORGE WILLIAM HAUER
  GRO Reference: 1878 D Quarter in LIVERPOOL
  Volume 08B Page 51

George'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 Fred, William, Henry, Chris, John, Charles, Mary, Margaret, Lizzie and Catherine. He was the third oldest of the eleven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named George and Doris or Dora. He died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, Asthema, at the age of 59 on October 25th, 1938 in Port Sunlight, Lower Bebington.²

Death Notes
- George worked at Lever Brothers (now Unilever) at Port Sunlight Soap Works. He suffered very badly from asthma, possibly caused by his work. He died before Alice of chest trouble..
  
  He died before Alice, who was Killed in 1940
  
  Probate:

General Notes
- Living at 45 Ascot Street, (Scotland ward), Liverpool in 1881 and 1891.
  
  In 1901, living at 63 Lambeth Road, Birkdale.
  
  In 1911, George W and Alice M Dittmer were living in Lower Bebington, Wirral with Ethel Hewis or Lewis (b.1894) and Frederick Charles Underwood (b.1891)

Occupation Details
- From 1901 George's occupation was Labourer in Birkdale.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- George lived at 45 Ascot Street from 1891.³
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Living at 45 Ascot Street, (Scotland ward), Liverpool in 1891.
  He lived at 63 Lambeth Road from 1901.⁴
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of some of the Lancashire Ditmers in 1901
  He lived in 9 Boundry Road from after 1935.²
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - George and Alice lived in Boundary Rd., Port Sunlight. This was probably one of Leaver's workers houses.
      The house was hit by a mine during WW2, which killed Alice.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- George was a godfather of Harry (Harold) Dittmer.
  - Relationship Notes
    - George and Alice may have been Godparents of Harry, as they looked after Harry and family while they were in Liverpool. They had no children of their own.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Johann Heinrich Dittmer
  - b.~  1821 in Germany d.<  1874 in Hannover
  
  Johann (Chris) Heinrich Christoph Dittmer
  - b.19 Jun 1845 in Hannover d.09 Aug 1912 in Toxteth Park
  
  Katherina Marie Magdalene Kuhlmaun
  - b.~  1821 in Hannover d.>  1867
  
  George William Dittmer
  - b.Dec 1878 in Liverpool d.25 Oct 1938 in Port Sunlight, Lower Bebington
  
  George Heuer
  - b.<  1817 d.>  1874
  
  Katharina (Margaret) Margretha Magdalena Heuer
  - b.1853 in Hannover d.07 Mar 1927 in West Derby

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of George's family with Alice Mary Williams

¹ 1881 UK Census
² Individual - Mum & Dad
³ 1891 UK Census
⁴ 1901 UK Census
Source/Citation Individual - Val Hawkyard