Josephine Dietsch1905–
- Name
- Josephine Dietsch
- Given names
- Josephine
- Surname
- Dietsch
Sister Bernadette …
- Name
- Sister Bernadette …
- Name prefix
- Sister
- Given names
- Bernadette
| Birth | March 18, 1905 44 |
| Death of a brother | Ernest Dietsch May 31, 1915 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henri Dietsch August 22, 1915 (Age 10 years) Text: On 22.8.1915, he was killed in Northern Poland. On 14.9.1915, there was a requiem said for him at the church here. |
| Death of a mother | Marie Elisabeth Schwartz August 15, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Jean Baptiste Dietsch January 2, 1927 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Albert Dietsch August 3, 1959 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jean-Baptiste Dietsch July 29, 1969 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | Isador Dietsch September 8, 1969 (Age 64 years) |
| Occupation | Nun Address: Le château d'Oberbronn Corporation: Soeurs du Très Saint Sauveur |
| Occupation | Nun |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jean Baptiste Dietsch Birth: November 11, 1860 30 32 Death: January 2, 1927 |
| mother |
Marie Elisabeth Schwartz Death: August 15, 1920 |
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Marriage: January 22, 1884 — |
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3 years elder brother |
Henri Dietsch Birth: July 13, 1886 25 Death: August 22, 1915 — Northern Poland, Poland |
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-20 months elder brother |
Albert Dietsch Birth: November 16, 1884 24 Death: August 3, 1959 |
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4 years elder brother |
Jean-Baptiste Dietsch Birth: August 14, 1888 27 Death: July 29, 1969 |
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23 months elder sister |
Maria-Anna Dietsch Birth: July 14, 1890 29 |
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2 years elder sister |
Maria Victoria Dietsch Birth: September 18, 1892 31 |
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23 months elder brother |
Eugen Dietsch Birth: August 26, 1894 33 |
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2 years elder brother |
Isador Dietsch Birth: December 12, 1896 36 Death: September 8, 1969 |
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22 months elder brother |
Ernest Dietsch Birth: October 25, 1898 37 Death: May 31, 1915 |
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2 years elder sister |
Elisabeth Dietsch Birth: January 1, 1901 40 |
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4 years herself |
Josephine Dietsch Birth: March 18, 1905 44 |
| Source | Chronicle: The Grussenheim Papers, English Translation Citation details: page 34 Text: Josephine born 18.3.1905. She, too, became a nun in the kloster of Oberbroun under the name Bernadette. She is presently installed in Stratsbourg-Neuhof.
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. |
| Occupation | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 395 × 251 pixels File size: 33 KB Type: Photo Publication: http://reichshoffen.free.fr/Comple/Oberbronn.html Text: Le château d’Oberbronn : son existence est mentionnée pour la 1ère fois dans un document officiel en 1186. Il appartient alors aux Seigneurs de Born. Mais au cours de l’histoire les propriétaires aux noms illustres, se succèdent par le jeu des héritages, des mariages, des évènements politiques ou des ventes: les Comtes d’Ochsenstein, de Lichtenberg, de Linange-Westerbourg, les familles De Sinclair, Lewenhaupt, Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Stralenheim. Après la mort du Comte Karl Auguste de Stralenheim, ses enfants décidèrent la vente du Château, en 1857. C’est alors que Mère Alphonse-Marie décida de l’acheter.
En devenant couvent, le château s’ouvrait au Seigneur le plus illustre, le Saint-Sauveur La Congrégation a été fondée à Niederbronn en 1849 par Élisabeth EPPINGER, en religion Mère Alphonse-Marie. Elle connaît une extension très rapide. En 1857 elle acquiert le château d’Oberbronn pour y installer le noviciat et plus tard en faire la Maison-Mère. C'est en effet là qu'Élisabeth Eppinger (1814-1867) a fondé en 1849, sous les débuts de la IIème République, peu après la Révolution de 1848, une première petite communauté de dix jeunes filles. Elles se donnaient pour mission d'accompagner les malades, secourir les enfants déshérités, visiter les familles, accueillir les vieillards, bref soulager les souffrances des «blessés de la vie».
Elisabeth, fille de cultivateurs, aînée de onze enfants, devenue en religion Mère Alphonse-Marie, n'était pas une érudite, mais une croyante rayonnante. Aidée par le curé Jean-David Reichard, elle réussit à convaincre l'évêque de Strasbourg, Mgr André Raess, qui vint d'ailleurs la voir en 1848, de la valeur de son projet. C'est le 28 août 1849 que les onze jeunes femmes s'installent dans leur première maison, le Kloesterlé (le petit couvent), base de départ d'une croissance très rapide. |