Johanna (Anna) C Dittmer

1946 Anna Witthoft nee Dittmer (b.1857)

Johanna, known as Anna, was born on June 24th, 1857 in Lüneburg.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 37 in 1895, in Cedar, Iowa, born Germany
  Aged 62 in 1910, in Cedar, Iowa
  
  Born: 24 Jun 1857, Barnstedt
  Place: Barnstedt, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
  
  Barnstedt is only 6 miles East of Diersbüttel where Henry was from

Anna's father was Henry Dittmer and her mother was Marie Stienhaur.  She died at the age of 89 on December 12th, 1946 in Iowa.¹ 

• Death Notes

  Washington County, Iowa, USA
  
  Name    Anna Witthoft
  [Anna Dittmer]
  Gender    Female
  Race    White
  Marital Status    Widowed
  Age    89
  Birth Date    24 Jun 1857
  Birth Place    Barnstedt, Germany
  Death Date    12 Dec 1946
  Death Place    Washington, Washington, Iowa, USA
  Father    Dittmer
  Mother    Marie Stienhaur
  Spouse    Christopher H Witthoft
  Certificate Number    924/6181

• General Notes

  Hannah or Johanna (or maybe Anna Magdalena) Dittmer is an unconfirmed sister or cousin of Henry Dittmer.
  
  Anna Dittmer was born: 24 Jun 1857, Barnstedt, Lüneburg, about 6 miles East of Diersbüttel.  She is probably related to Henry Dittmer of Diersbüttel.  Both Colin Dittmer and I have 10 cM DNA matches to her g-granddaughter, although not a shared connection.
  
  Anna may be Anne Dorothee E Dittmer, born 24 Jun 1857 in Barnstede (see Thorsten Meyer’s tree) so Anne may be the Dorothee his sister.
  
  30 Oct 1862 The family emigrated from Hambourg to the USA on the ship Oder (steerage class).
  
  In 1870, Anna Dittmer (15) was in Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. She was with assumed parents Friderick  (a shoe maker) and Mary Dittmer (53 & 42) and brother Gustavus (17), all born in Prussia.
  
  13 Oct 1873 Johann Dittmer (16), sailing from Liverpool on the "City of Paris", arrived in New York. She was the daughter of Lorenz and Dorothea Dittmer (46 & 45) and was with 5 other siblings, so this may be a different person.  They also lived in Illinois and are buried at Pleasant Valley, Jo Daviess County.
  
  By 1880, Anna's brother Gustave (27), a boot and shoe  dealer was married to Jennie (20 from Vermont), was still living at Augusta, Eau Claire with his father Ferderick (63) a shoemaker.
  
  

Details of Anna's family with Christoph Heinrich Witthoft Jnr