My recent research focus has been on the parents of Elizabeth
Dietrich, Heinrich Dietrich and Maria Diller. Henry and Mary Dietrich’s
children included Adam, Daniel, Samuel, Henry and three daughters, one of whom
was Elizabeth. According to Mary’s gravestone, she was born in 1770, married
Heinrich Dietrich in 1788 and died in 1804. Henry then married Mary’s sister, Sarah
and had several more children.[1]
The Trinity Lutheran Church Burial Records, 1744-1900[2]
reveal more about this family many of whom are buried on the Dietrich family
property. While these records will be used to properly identify the members of
this family, the list of burials is rather poignant.
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Burial
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Page
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12 August 1793
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on our churchyard, Henrich
Dietrich’s little son, Philip,
age 1 yr, 7 mos, 5 days, of
infant cholera.
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64
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23 September 1797
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in the country, Philip
dietrich, age 27 yrs, 10 mos, 3 wks.
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74
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7 July 1799
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in the country, Henrich’s
Dietrick’s little son.
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76
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1 October 1804
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in the country, Henrich
Dietrich’s little daughter Salome, age 1 yr, 2 mos.
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83
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5 October 1804
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Also in the country, his
wife [Heinrich Dietrich’s] who died of fever.
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83
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10 June 1809
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Buried in the country,
Henrich Dietrich’s little son, age 8 yrs.
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88
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13 September 1816
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Philip Dietrich, age 90
yrs, 8 mos, 17 dys.
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97
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8 April 1827
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Heinrich Dietrich, age 62
yrs, 2 mos.
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110
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20 April 1847
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Sarah Dietrich, in the
country, age 66 yrs.
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139
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9 January 1873
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Henry Dietrich died January
6 1873, age 47, 6 mos, 18 dys. Lancaster Cemetery.
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197
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[1]
Family notes, letter written by Sallie LeFevre, transcribed and in the
possession of the author.
[2] The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy
Trinity, Lancaster Pa, Vol. 5, Burial Records, translated and edited by
Joan Kahler, Debra D. Smith and Pastor Frederick S. Weiser, Closson Press,
Apollo, Pa, 2011.
