Harris Edgar Dietrich1

M, #40905, b. 19 August 1883, d. 20 November 1933
  • Last Edited: 29 Nov 2022
  • Harris Edgar Dietrich is also referred to as Harry E. Dietrich in some sources.
  • He was born on 19 August 1883, Enders, Dauphin County, PA.3
  • He was the son of Philip Dietrich and Ida C. Zimmerman.2
  • Harris Edgar Dietrich married Amelia Mae Hoffman, daughter of James Franklin Hoffman and Elizabeth Mae Kissinger, on 22 May 1905, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.4
  • Harris Edgar Dietrich died on 20 November 1933, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA, at age 50.3
  • He was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, PA.3
  • Father*: Philip Dietrich2 b. 15 Aug 1853, d. 23 Nov 1924
  • Mother*: Ida C. Zimmerman2 b. 21 Jan 1863, d. 18 May 1915

Child of Harris Edgar Dietrich and Amelia Mae Hoffman

Citations

  1. [S870] William Dietrich, Our Dietrich Lines ( Published by William Dietrich, 2007), p. 541. Hereinafter cited as Our Dietrich Lines.
  2. [S870] William Dietrich, Our Dietrich Lines, pp. 515, 519.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50965879/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S870] William Dietrich, Our Dietrich Lines, pp. 528, 541.

Amelia Mae Hoffman1

F, #40906, b. 27 April 1885, d. 12 April 1953
  • Last Edited: 29 Nov 2022
  • Amelia Mae Hoffman also went by the name of Millie.
  • She was born on 27 April 1885, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.5
  • She was the daughter of James Franklin Hoffman and Elizabeth Mae Kissinger.2,3,4
  • Amelia Mae Hoffman married Harris Edgar Dietrich, son of Philip Dietrich and Ida C. Zimmerman, on 22 May 1905, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.1
  • Amelia Mae Hoffman died on 12 April 1953, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA, at age 67.5
  • Newspaper obituary:
    MRS. MILLIE M. DIETRICH
    Mrs. Millie Mae Dietrich, wife of the late Harry E. Dietrich, of Elizabethville, died at her home early Sunday morning.
    Mrs. Dietrich was the daughter of the late James P. Hoffman and Elizabeth M. Kissinger, of Valley View. She is survived by eleven children. One child, Helen, preceded her in death.
    The surviving children are: Mrs. A. H. McCallough, of Long Island; Mr. James P. Dietrich, of Culver City, California; Mrs. Leroy Huntzinger, of Tower City; Mrs. Harvey Williams of Long Island; Mrs. Robert Beistel, of York; Mrs. Mark Shadle, of Tower City; Mr. Ernest Dietrich, of Elizabethville; Mrs. Donald Wilt, of Millersburg; Mrs. Milford Schlegel, of Santa Ana, California; Mrs. Donald Zewe, of Millersburg and Gerald Dietrich at home.
    Also five sisters survive: Mrs. Oliver Kemble of Schuylkill Haven; Mrs. Robert Reed, of Myerstown; Mrs. Edward Conrad of Valley View; Mrs. Ralph Kreiss of Tremont and Mrs. Allen Koppenhaver of Pottsville.
    There are 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
    She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Elizabethville. All eleven children were confirmed members of the same church and all eleven were graduates of the Elizabethville High School.
    She was born April 27, 1885 and died April 12 at the age of 67 years, 11 months and 13 days.
    The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. W. Z. Artz officiating. Burial was made in Enders cemetery.
    West Schuylkill Herald (Tower City, Pennsylvania), 17 Apr 1953, Fri, Page 1.3
  • She was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, PA.5
  • Father*: James Franklin Hoffman4 b. 1 Aug 1855, d. 8 Jan 1913
  • Mother*: Elizabeth Mae Kissinger2,3 b. 2 Apr 1859, d. 24 Aug 1925

Child of Amelia Mae Hoffman and Harris Edgar Dietrich

Citations

  1. [S870] William Dietrich, Our Dietrich Lines ( Published by William Dietrich, 2007), pp. 528, 541. Hereinafter cited as Our Dietrich Lines.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210437533/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Millie M. Dietrich, West Schuylkill Herald (Tower City, Pennsylvania), 17 Apr 1953, Fri, Page 1.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210437303/…
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181974533/…