Leonard Dietsch1832–
- Name
- Leonard Dietsch
- Given names
- Leonard
- Surname
- Dietsch
| Birth | June 4, 1832 44 |
| Birth of a brother | August Bernard Dietsch March 25, 1837 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | August Bernard Dietsch 1841 (Age 8 years) |
| Marriage | Karoline Schmitt — View this family October 21, 1862 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | François Joseph Dietsch December 20, 1865 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a brother | Johann-Baptist Dietsch October 4, 1870 (Age 38 years) Cause: Pneumonia Note: Contracted pneumonia while hunting. |
| Death of a sister | Marie-Victoire Dietsch October 23, 1905 (Age 73 years) Address: Home of her daughter, Anna Soener |
| Death of a brother | Maximin Serephin Franz “Max” Dietsch December 27, 1916 (Age 84 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Maximin Serephin Franz “Max” Dietsch February 1, 1917 (Age 84 years) Cemetery: Mount Olivet |
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Marriage: 1812 — Houssen, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France |
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23 months elder sister |
Christine Dietsch Birth: December 15, 1813 25 |
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23 months elder sister |
Maria Anna Theresia Dietsch Birth: November 14, 1815 27 |
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3 years elder sister |
Maria Helena Dietsch Birth: May 14, 1818 30 |
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4 years elder sister |
Maria Antonia Josepha Dietsch Birth: June 13, 1822 34 |
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22 months elder brother |
Franz Joseph Markus Dietsch Birth: April 25, 1824 36 |
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20 months elder sister |
Birth: December 24, 1825 37 — Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Death: October 23, 1905 — Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA |
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2 years elder brother |
Birth: May 19, 1828 40 — Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Death: December 27, 1916 — Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA |
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21 months elder brother |
Johann-Baptist Dietsch Birth: February 11, 1830 42 — Grussenheim, Canton of Andolsheim, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Death: October 4, 1870 |
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2 years himself |
Leonard Dietsch Birth: June 4, 1832 44 |
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5 years younger brother |
August Bernard Dietsch Birth: March 25, 1837 49 Death: 1841 |
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Leonard Dietsch Birth: June 4, 1832 44 |
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Karoline Schmitt Birth: Ebersheim, Canton of Sélestat, Sélestat-Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France |
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Marriage: October 21, 1862 — |
| Source | Chronicle: The Grussenheim Papers, English Translation Citation details: page 29 Text: Leonard born 4.6.1832. Married Karoline Schmitt of Ebersheim on 21.10.1862. Chronicle: Translation of the Grussenheim Papers Type: Document Chronicle: The Grussenheim Papers, German original Type: Manuscript Note: Introductory letter from Marg Saunders:
Alice Mosley Siedelman and Barbara Mosley Peck have been working for over twenty years researching our family's history. A few others have joined with them, but the bulk of the work and time has been theirs. Recently Janet Fries of Bloomington received some very interesting papers and she passed them on to Barb and Alice.
These papers are 12½ single spaced, typewritten pages. They were compiled by Abbe Raymond Seeman of Grussenheim, France. This is a part of his ongoing search for the descendants of the villagers of
Grussenheim.
There was only one problem with these papers. They were written in medieval and modern French and German. We tried, unsuccessfully, to find someone who would translate the papers for us. Being stubborn and naive, I decided to translate the papers myself. I was fully immerged and in eminant danger of being fully submerged, when a good friend came to my rescue.
Inga Kremeyer is a well educated lady who speaks German and French. She was raised in Germany and has a good understanding of German-French history. After I had researched each word, and listed all the possible meanings, Inga and I would place ourselves mentally into the historical time frame and then Inga would translate. As she read, I would check the words against my research and sometimes I was able to correlate English words or terms that eluded Inga. There is one word that we were unable to translate: SIGRESTEN. If you know the meaning, please let us know.*
I have placed this document in notebook form so that it can be expanded. When we have more information we will share it. At the end of the papers you will find a form that you can use for your own family history sheet.
- I have used slash marks (/) to separate my own comments from the main body of the translations. I hope these comments and explanations will clarify the more confused parts of the papers. You will also note that the European method of dating has been used. Example: 29.5.1856, 29th of May, 1856 — day/month/year.
If you can add anything to our information about our family, we would like to hear from you.
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*As we go to the printer's, we have found the meaning of the word "Sigresten". It is of Swiss dialect, a sacristan, an officer in church entrusted with the care of the sacristy, a sexton.
Note: The footnotes in the pdf version of the document refer to the "Corrections to the Translation of the Grussenheim Papers" by Abbe Raymond Seemann. You can find that document in the Mulitmedia Object section below. |