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John Diederich (1812 - 1874) & Anna Clasen (1814 - 1879)
John4 Diederich (Johann Nicolaus3, Paul2, Johann Nicholas1) was born 4 M ay 1812 at Lierstall, Province of the Rhineland, West Germany, the s on of Johann Nicolaus and Anna Maria Catharina (Esper) Diederich. His bir th is recorded in the civil birth register of Virneburg, Province of the R hineland, and his birth and baptism are recorded in the baptismal regist er of St. Remigius Roman Catholic Church at Retterath, Province of the Rhi neland.He died 18 August 1874, age 62 years, three months, and 14 days, probab ly at his farm at Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wisconsin. The funeral w as probably held at St. Mary's Catholic Church at DePere, Brown County, a nd he is buried in Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery at DePere. His dea th is recorded in the death register of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Also s ee Brown County death certificates, v. 3, p. 124, no. 370.He married Anna Clasen 21 November 1837 in a civil ceremony at Virnebur g, and on 30 November 1837 in a religious ceremony at St. Remigius Cathol ic Church at Retterath. Witnesses were Bartholomew Klapperich and John Sch neider. The marriage is recorded in the Virneburg civil marriage regist er and in the marriage register of the church.Anna Clasen was born 22 June 1814 at Arbach, Province of the Rhineland, t he daughter of Peter and Margaretha (Einig) Clasen. Her birth is record ed in the civil birth register of Virneburg, and her birth and baptism a re recorded in the baptismal register of St. Remigius Catholic Church at R etterath. She died in June 1879, age 65, probably in the family farmhou se at Town of Lawrence. The funeral was probably held at St. Mary's Cathol ic Church at DePere, and she is buried beside her husband in Mount Oliv et Catholic Cemetery there.John Diederich's birth is recorded in the civil birth register of Virnebu rg under the name of "Jean Dederich". The civil birth register of Virnebu rg dates from 1798, when it was set up by the French after France annex ed the territory west of the Rhine. Entry No. 209 for 1812, translated fr om the French original, reads:In the year one thousand eight hundred twelve, on the fourth of May, at ni ne o'clock in the morning, appeared before us, burgomaster of Virneburg, O fficer of the Civil Register of the Community of Lierstall, district and m unicipality of Virneburg, Department of Rhine and Moselle, Nicolas Diederi chs, twenty-eight years old, residing at Lierstall, farmer, who exhibit ed to us a child of male sex, born today, at two o'clock in the mornin g, to the declarant by his lawful wife, Marie Espers, to whom he stat ed to give the given name of "Jean". The aforementioned declaration and ex hibition took place in the presence of Mathieu Schmitt, forty-six years ol d, farmer, residing at Mannebach, and of Jean Houff, sixty-two years ol d, farmer, residing at Bereborn, and the father with the witnesses undersi gned together with us, after it had been read out to them.One can only imagine the inconvenience, to say nothing of the risks, of ca rrying a newborn infant son 11 kilometers (about seven miles) across the h ills in order to comply with the French bureaucratic requirements.John Diederich's baptism is recorded in the register of St. Remigius Catho lic Church at Retterath, a small community about a mile and a half nor th of Lierstall. Entry No. 20 for 1812 reads: 4th May, born and baptize d, Joannes Diederich of Lierstall, of Nicolaus Diederich and Maria Espe r, by Joannes Schuller and Catharina Schaeffer, both of them married. S ee Kirchenbuch Retterath, Abt. 72/685, no. 1, p. 89, now preserved in t he Bistumsarchiv (diocesan archives) at Trier. Retterath is in the Archdio cese of Trier.The baptismal register of the Catholic Church at Retterath contains this e ntry for the year 1814 on page 113:22nd of June, at Arbach was born and baptized Anna Klasen, the legitima te daughter of Petrus Klasen and Margaretha Einig, married couple. Lift ed from the holy baptismal font by Anna Diederich and Petrus Klasen, bo th of them single, of Arbach.
See Kirchenbuch Retterath, Abt. 72/685, no. 1, p. 113.As is the case in many European countries today, a German couple was th en required to contract a civil marriage, which could be followed by a chu rch marriage ceremony if they wished. Entry No. 26 of the Virneburg civ il marriage register for 1837 reads:In the year one thousand eight hundred thirty seven on the 21st twenty fir st of the month of November at three o'clock in the afternoon, appeared be fore me Carl Friedrich Hermes, burgomaster at Virneburg, Officer of the Ci vil Register, the bachelor Johann Diederich, twenty four years old, bo rn at Lierstall, Governmental District Coblenz, a farmer by profession, re siding at Lierstall, Governmental District Coblenz, of age, son of the he re present and consenting Johann Nicolas Diederich, a farmer by Professio n, residing at Lierstall in the Governmental District Coblenz and of the h ere present and consenting Maria Espers, farmer's wife by profession, resi ding at Lierstall in the Governmental District Coblenz and the virgin, An na Clasen, twenty two years old, born at Arbach, Governmental District Cob lenz, and of the here present and consenting Margaretha Einig, farmer's wi fe by profession, residing at Arbach, Governmental District Coblenz. The s ame ones have asked me to contract legally the marriage agreed upon betwe en them.Since the stipulated publishing of banns of this marriage had really tak en place at the main door of the town hall at Virneburg, namely for the fi rst time on the twelfth, and the second time on the nineteenth of this pre sent month of November, according to the publication register at this plac e, and since the documents concerning this publication had been publicly p osted up, and since there was no opposition against this marriage, to comp ly with the said request, I read out the following documents: namely1. the birth certificate of Johann Diederich, according to which the sa me one was born at Lierstall on the fourth of May, eighteen hundred twelve .2. the birth certificate of Anna Classen, according to which the same o ne was born at Arbach, on the twenty second of June, eighteen hundred four teen.All this according to Civil Register kept at this burgomaster's office.And the sixth chapter of the Civil Law dealing with matrimony was read o ut to them, whereupon I asked the aforementioned groom, and the aforementi oned bride: if they want to be united in matrimony?Since each of them separately answered this question affirmatively, I decl ared in the name of the law that Johann Diederich and Anna Classen, are le gally united in matrimony.
After that, I made this present document in the presence of Johan Schlaess er, thirty seven years old a farmer by profession, residing at Lierstal l, who is an acquaintance of the new married couple, of Johann Muller, thi rty five years old, a farmer by profession, residing at Virneburg, w ho is an acquaintance of the new married couple, of Peter Schaefer, fif ty eight years old, a farmer by profession residing at Virneburg, w ho is an acquaintance of the new married couple, and of Peter Nett, twen ty nine years old, a farmer by profession, residing at Virneburg, who stat ed to be an acquaintance of the new married couple; and these persons pres ent undersigned this document together with myself, after it had been re ad out to them, with the exception of the bride, of the groom's mothe r, of the bride's parents, and of the witness Peter Schaefer, who are illi terate.
The marriage register of the Catholic Church at Retterath contains this en try for 30 November 1837 on page 17:
The honorable adolescent, Joannes Diederich, the legitimate son of Joann es Nicolaus Diederich and Maria Esper, married couple of Liersthal, and t he chaste virgin, Anna Classen, the legitimate daughter of Petrus Class en and Margareth Einig, married couple of Arbach, after no impediment w as detected, were united in matrimony, in accordance with the regulati on of the Council of Trent, in the parish church of St. Remigius. Witness es were: Bartholomaeus Klapperich at Retterath and Joannes Schneider at Li ersthal.

See Kirchenbuch Retterath Abt. 72/685, no. 3, p. 17.
The death register of St. Mary's Catholic Church, DePere, contains this en try in Latin for the year 1874 on page 30: "Obiit Aug. 18va Joannis Dideri ch filius Joanie Nicolai et Annae conj. natus AD 1812." It is signe d, W. A. Verboort, pastor. Translated, it means "Died August 18th, John Di derich, son of John Nicholas and Anna, married. Born AD 1812." The Revere nd W. A. Verboort filed a death certificate at Brown County Courthou se on 10 September 1875 but the transcription (Brown County Death s, v. 3, p. 124, no. 370) contains a number of errors. It reports that Jo hn Dideich, farmer, was born 1802 in Germany, died August 18, 1874, a ge 72 years, at Lawrence, Brown County and is buried in DePere. His parent 's names are given as "John Nic Diderich" and "Anna". His wife's name is g iven as "Anna". The inscription on his gravestone reads, "John Diederic h/ Died/ Aug. 18, 1874/ Aged 62 yrs 8 ms/ & 6 d's." Whoever calculated h is age at death made an error of almost five months.
The death register of St. Mary Catholic Church contains this entry in Lat in for the year 1879 on page 41: "Gertrudis Diederiks (date unreadable) Ju nii 1879 Sepultis est conjun Joannis Diedericks aet 64." It is sign ed by A. Van Grotel, pastor at that time. Translated, this means, "Gertu de Diederiks, wife of John Diedericks, was taken away (date unreadable) Ju ne 1879, age 64." Why the register gives her name as "Gertrude" is unknow n. Since there was no other widow or wife of a John Diederich living in Br own County in 1879, it is evident that this entry records Anna Diederich 's death. Unfortunately, her death is not registered in Brown County dea th records. That portion of her gravestone which tells the date of her bir th and death has been broken off, and the remaining inscription reads simp ly, "Anna Diederich/ Wife of/ John Diederich." There was no obituary. T he Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison has an excellent collecti on of Brown county newspapers published during this period, and these ha ve been searched to no avail. It simply was not customary for those loc al newspapers to publish death notices except of very important or wealt hy people, until a few years later.
John Diederich, his wife, Anna, and three children, Gertrude, Peter, and M ichael, emigrated to the United States sometime between 1843 (when Micha el was born) and 1847 when they settled in the Town of Lawrence, Brown Cou nty, Wisconsin.
The region from which they came is only 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwe st of the Rhine River city of Koblenz, but even today it is relatively iso lated and sparsely populated because of the poor road network. Accordi ng to the census of 1883, Lierstall was then a village of only 212 inhabit ants. Other nearby communities include Arbach (149 inhabitants), Berebo rn (115 inhabitants), Calenborn (227 inhabitants), Mannebach (231 inhabita nts, Oberelz (175 inhabitants), and Retterath (266 inhabitants).
These villages are in the Eifel Mountains, a region bounded on the nort h, east, and south by the world-famous rivers and vineyards of the Ahr, Rh ine, and Moselle. To the west, the district passes into the forest of t he Ardennes of Belgium and Luxembourg. The savage beauty of the Eifel is u niversally renowned as the peculiar mark of its landscape, whether abla ze with golden blossoming broom in the early spring or when the green foli age of the woods is reflected in the dark waters of the numerous ancient " maare" or volcanic lakes.
John Diederich may have left his native home because of the difficul ty of earning a living as a farmer in that forested and hilly land, but fa mily tradition is that he came to America to escape the draft. The war rea diness of the German armies was maintained through universal military serv ice in which every able-bodied man was required to serve his time.
When and where the family landed in the United States is not known, b ut on 9 February 1847, John Deitrick (sic) purchased, for $50, two trac ts of land in the Town of Lawrence from Philip Molitor and his wife, Ann a. The tracts are 20-acre rectangles, measuring 40 by 80 rods, and the nor theast corner of one adjoins the southwest corner of the other. In Brown C ounty deeds, Books ___, p. 204, the property is described as the Nor th ½ of the Southeast ¼ and the South ½ of the Southwest ¼ of the Southwe st ¼ of Section 20, Town 23, Range 20.
John Diederich built his home on the South ½ of the Southwest ¼, about a m ile west of West DePere. It is close by the road now designated County Tru nk EE. The two 20-acre tracts and buildings were owned by Nell Bolda in 19 68 when I visited the farm.
In the censuses of 1850, 1860, and 1870, John Diederich reported his occup ation as farmer. He apparently was successful.
In 1850, he told the census taker that his real property was worth $300. T he family was enumerated as follows:

John Deadarick 37 M Farmer
Anna " 35 F
Gertrude " 12 F
Peter " 10 M
Michael " 7 M
John " 3 M
Joseph " 7/12 M
In 1860, he reported his real property was worth $400, and his personal pr operty was worth $200.
By 1870, according to the census, his real property was worth $4,000, a nd his personal property was worth $900.
In addition to the original 40-acre homestead, John Diederich ultimately a cquired two other tracts. On 6 February 1856, he paid Joseph and Adeline M yers $250 for 51 acres of land, described in Brown County deeds, Bo ok X, p. 83, as the East Part of the East ½ of the Southwest ¼ of Secti on 19, Town 23, Range 20, consisting of a parcel 51 rods wide by 160 ro ds long running northwesterly. This tract is also in the Town of Lawrenc e, about a half-mile west of the first tract, on County Trunk EE. In 196 8, it was part of a 104-acre tract owned by Eugene and Mary Manders.
On 27 April 1869, John added 74¾ acres to his holdings, bringing the tot al to l65.75 acres. According to Brown County deeds, Book 18, p. 536, Lou is Scheuring and his wife, Mathilda, conveyed to John Diederich for $410 L ots 2 and 3 of Section 36, Town 23, Range 19, containing 74¾ acres mo re or less. These lots are on the opposite side of DePere and front on Cou nty Trunk GV, a mile and a half east of that city. In 1968, they were own ed by Roger Denis, et al.
When John Diederich died 18 August 1874, he apparently did not leave a wil l. At least none is recorded. Thus the property passed into the hands of h is widow and children, and they apparently held it jointly until 1 Octob er 1878, when his widow, Anna Diederich, sold her dower rights to Anton De idrich (sic), her son, and Peter Karst for $1,333.34. In addition to the d escription of all the various tracts of land, the deed reads, "The intere st intended to be conveyed hereby is my dower rights as the widow of Jo hn Deidrich and also my right as such widow to hold, use, and occupy the h omestead as such widow under the laws of Wisconsin reserving and excepti ng from such conveyance the sole use and right of possession and occupati on by myself during life of the front room and bedroom off therefrom in t he house now occupied by me and being on the said homestead situate on t he S.W. 20 acres of Section 20 as above conveyed." She signed with her mar k. See Brown County deeds, Book 31, p. 609.
That same day, her daughter "Gertrude Gates and Philip Gates, her husban d" sold their one-eighth share in the estate to Anton Diederich and Pet er Karst for $63.26. See Brown County deeds, Book 31, p. 608.
On 5 March 1879, "Joseph Diedrich and Cecilia Deidrich, his wife" sold the ir share to Anton Diedrich and Peter Karst for $150. See Brown County deed s, Book 39, p. 95.
The reason for the substantial difference in the amount of money each rece ived is unknown. Perhaps there was some other consideration involved whi ch is not mentioned in the deeds.
On 10 March 1880, "Peter Karst and Katherine Karst, his wife, of the To wn of Lawrence" conveyed the interest previously conveyed by Anna Diederi ch to Anton Diedrich for $125. By then, Anna Diederich was dead. See Bro wn County deeds, Book 39, p. 208.
Then on 1 April 1880, "Antoon Diederich and Mary Diederich, his wife, Math ias Diederich (unmarried), Theresia Pennings (nee Diederich), and John Pen nings, her husband," sold an undivided six-eighths interest in the two 20- acre tracts and the 74¾-acre lots east of DePere to Peter, John and Anto on Keyzers for $900. See Brown County deeds, Book 42, p. 294. "Mary Dieder ich of Fillmore County, Nebraska" sold her one-eighth interest in these pr operties to the Keyzers on 12 April 1880 for $150. See Brown County deed s, Book 42, p. 311. Peter Didrich of Miles City, Custer County, Montana, T erritory sold his one-eighth interest to the Keyzers on 19 June 1881 for $ 464.89. See Brown County deeds, Book 42, p. 459. Did Peter get more becau se he held out?
Also on 1 April 1880, "Antoon Diederich & Mary Diederich, his wife, Theres ia Pennings (Nee Diederich), John Pennings, her husband, and Mary Diederic h, unmarried," sold their six-eighths interest in the 51-acre tract to the ir brother, Mathias Diederich of DePere, for $800. See Brown County deed s, Book 42, p. 318. On 9 July 1881, "Mathias Diedrich of Brown County, Wis consin" resold the six-eighths interest in the 51-acre tract back to his b rother, "Antoon Deidrich of the same county" for $800. See Brown County de eds, Book 43, p. 556.
On 26 August 1882, "Antoon Deidrich and Mary Deidrich, his wife, of Bro wn County, Wisconsin" conveyed the 51-acre tract to William Michaelis of t he same county for $1,100. See Brown County deeds, Book 47, p. 23 9. On 21 May 1883, "Peter Diederich of Fort Benton, Choto County, Montan a" sold his one-eighth interest in the 51-acre tract to "William Michael is of Town Lawrence" for $100. See Brown County deeds, Book 47, p. 419. Th us, the last of the property acquired by John Diederich passed from the ha nds of his heirs.
Census and other records indicate John and Anna Diederich had at least ni ne children. Three were born before the family emigrated to the United Sta tes, and the other six were born in Brown County, Wisconsin. They were:

Gertrude Diederich = Philip Goetz
Peter Diederich
Michael Diederich
John William Diederich = 1) Cecilia Van der Heyden
= 2) Wilhelmina Van der Heyden
Joseph Diederich = Anna Catherine Ostermann
Mary Ann Diederich = Leroy Oscar Kerns
Antone Diederich = Mary Klipstein
Mathias Diederich
Theresia Diederich = John Pennings

Immigration:
Unknown

John married Classen, Anna 30 Nov 1837, Retterath, Germany. Anna was born 22 Jun 1814, Arbach, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died Abt Jun 1879, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Philip Goetz (1828 - 1902) Gertrude Diederich (1838 - 1888)Philip2 Goetz (_____________1) was born 1 May 1828 at Kochem, Provin ce of the Rhineland, West Germany, the son of __________ and ___________ ( _____________) Goetz. His birth is recorded in ______________ birth record s, v. ___, no. ___.He died 3 June 1902, age 74, of tuberculosis of the heart, at Town of Howa rd, Brown County, Wisconsin. The funeral was probably held at St. John t he Baptist Catholic Church, _________, and he is buried with his wife a nd all of their children except John in the family plot in St. John the Ba ptist Catholic Cemetery on Pine Crest Road, Town of Howard.He married Gertrude Diederich 3 April 1866 at ___________________ Roman Ca tholic Church, DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Reverend _______________ __ presided. Witnesses were __________________ and ________________. The m arriage is recorded in the marriage register of the church. See also Bro wn County marriage records.Gertrude Diederich was born 23 October 1838 at Arbach, Province of the Rhi neland, West Germany, the daughter of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. S he died 11 November 1888, age 50, of _____________ at Duck Creek, To wn of Howard. The funeral was held _____________________, at _____________ ____ Church, _________. Her death is recorded in _____ County death record s.

Philip Goetz was a farmer.Gertrude Diederich's baptism is recorded in the register of St. Remigius C atholic Church at Retterath which contains this entry for 23 October 183 8, translated from the Latin:Gertrudis Diederich of Arbach. 23rd. Born, and baptized on the following d ay, Gertrudis, the legitimate daughter of Joannes Diederich and of Ann Cla sen, married couple of Arbach. Presented at the holy baptismal font by Mat hia Schuller, married man of Kalenborn, and Anna Clasen, single, of Arbach .See Kirchenbuch Retterath, Abt 72/685, no. 2, p. 37, now preserved in t he Bistumsarchiv (diocesan archive) at Trier. Retterath is in the Archdioc ese of Trier.Gertrude came to the United States with her parents and until her marriag e, lived on their farm in Town of Lawrence, Brown County. According to t he 1880 Census reports, she could neither read nor write.The marriage of Philip Gitz and Gertrude Diderich (sic) is recorded in Bro wn County marriage records. See v. 5, p. 213. According to this record, t he ceremony was performed at the Roman Catholic Church in the Villa ge of De Pere by the Reverend W.A. Verbourt. Jos. Diderich was witness.His death certificate tells when and where Philip Goetz was born and die d. See Brown County death records, v. 9, p. 251.Brown County death records tell when and where his wife died. S ee v. 6, p. 148. Short obituaries were published in the Fort Howard Revi ew on 17 November 1888 (p. 4) and the State Gazette on 21 November 1888 ( p. 6). Both of these newspapers were published in Brown County.Philip and Gertrude (Diederich) Goetz had at least ten children:
Philip Goetz
Maria Anna Goetz = Ludwig Mueller
Applonia Goetz
Marie Therese Goetz
John Goetz = Clara Lebelle
Maria Magdalena Goetz
Mary Wilhelmina Goetz
Elizabeth Goetz
Joseph Goetz
Margaret Goetz = Cornelius Van den Boomen
GERTRUDE5 DIEDERICH (JOHANNES4, JOHANN NICOLAUS3, CORNELIUSORNELIUS2 DIED ERICHS, PETER1) was born 23 October 1838 in Arbach, Province of Rhinelan d, West Germany, and died 11 November 1888 in Duck Creek, Brown, County, W isconsin and is buried in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery at To wn of Howard, Brown County.. She married PHILIP GOETZ 03 April 1866 in DeP ere, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Philip2 Goetz (_____________1) was born 1 May 1828 at Kochem, Provin ce of the Rhineland, West Germany, the son of __________ and ___________ ( _____________) Goetz. His birth is recorded in ______________ birth record s, v ___, no ___.
He died 3 June 1902, age 74, of tuberculosis of the heart at Town of Howar d, Brown County, Wisconsin. The funeral was held ____________________ at _ __________ church, _________, and he is buried with his wife and all of th eir children except John in the family plot in St. John the Baptist Cathol ic cemetery on Pine Crest Road, Town of Howard.
He married Gertrude Diederich 3 April 1866 at ___________________ Roman Ca tholic church, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Reverend _______________ __ presided. Witnesses were __________________ and ________________. The m arriage is recorded in the marriage register of the church. See also Bro wn County marriage records.
Gertrude Diederich was born 23 October 1838 at Arbach, Province of the Rhi neland, West Germany, the daughter of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. H er birth is recorded in ___________ birth records, v ___, p ___.
She died 11 November 1888, age 50, of _____________ at Duck Creek, To wn of Howard. The funeral was held _____________________ at ______________ ___ church, _________. Her death is recorded in _____ County death records .
Philip Goetz was a farmer. Gertrude Diederich's baptism is recorded in t he register of St. Remigius Catholic church at Retterath which contains th is entry for 23 October 1838, translated from the Latin:Gertrudis Diederich of Arbach. 23rd. Born, and baptized on the following d ay, Gertrudis, the legitimate daughter of Joannes Diederich and of Ann Cla sen, married couple of Arbach. Presented at the holy baptismal font by Mat hia Schuller, married man of Kalenborn, and Anna Clasen, single, of Arbach .See Kirchenbuch Retterath, Abt 72/685, no 2, p 37, now preserved in the Bi stumsarchiv (diocesan archive) at Trier. Retterath is in the Archdioce se of Trier.Gertrude came to the United States with her parents and until her marriag e, lived on their parents' farm in Town of Lawrence, Brown County. Accordi ng to the 1880 census reports, she could neither read nor write.The marriage of Philip Gitz and Gertrude Diderich (sic) is recorded in Bro wn County marriage records. See v 5, p 213. According to this record, t he ceremony was performed at the Roman Catholic church in the Villa ge of De Pere by the Reverend W. A. Verbourt. Jos. Diderich was witness.His death certificate tells when and where Philip Goetz was born and die d. See Brown County death records, v 9, p 251.Brown County death records tell when and where his wife died. See v 6, p 1 48. Short obituaries were published in the Fort Howard Review on 17 Novemb er 1888 (p 4) and the State Gazette on 21 November 1888 (p 6). Both of the se newspapers were published in Brown County.Philip and Gertrude (Diederich) Goetz had at least 10 children.
Children of GERTRUDE DIEDERICH and PHILIP GOETZ are:i. PHILIP6 GOETZ, b. 02 January 1867, Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wisc onsin; d. 17 May 1878, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsin.ii. MARIA ANNA GOETZ, b. 11 April 1868, Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wi sconsin; d. 22 May 1944, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin; m. LUDWIG MUE LLER, 13 November 1894, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.iii. APPLONIA GOETZ, b. 21 May 1869, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wiscons in; d. 22 October 1957, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsin.iv. MARIE THERESE GOETZ, b. 14 April 1870, Town of Howard, Brown county, W isconsin; d. 04 January 1940, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsin.v. JOHN GOETZ, b. 14 May 1872, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsi n; d. Aft. 1926, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; m. CLARA LEBELL E, 31 May 1899, Town of Howard, Brown County, Wisconsin.vi. MARIA MAGDALENA GOETZ, b. 22 October 1874, Town of Howard, Brown count y, Wisconsin; d. 08 April 1963, Town of Preble, Brown County, Wisconsin.vii. MARY WILHELMINA GOETZ, b. 18 September 1876, Town of Howard, Brown co unty, Wisconsin; d. 16 September 1950, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. .viii. ELIZABETH GOETZ, b. 27 July 1878, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisc onsin; d. 01 December 1926, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsin.ix. JOSEPH GOETZ, b. 17 July 1881, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsi n; d. 07 September 1963, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisconsin.x. MARGARET GOETZ, b. 31 December 1882, Town of Howard, Brown county, Wisc onsin; d. 06 December 1931, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin; m. CORNELI US VAN DEN BOOMEN, 06 December 1931, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.

Gertrude married Goetz, Philip Aft 1856. Philip was born Abt 1828; died Abt 1902. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
Hit by train and killed.

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• 1880 Census: 1880, Stanton, Stanton, Nebraska, USA
• Obituary: 2 Jan 1931; The Ladysmith News

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JOHN WILLIAM5 DIEDERICH (JOHANNES4, JOHANN NICOLAUS3, CORNELIUS2 DIEDERICH S, PETER1) was born 11 May 1847 in Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wiscons in, and died 25 December 1930 in Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin a nd is buried in Riverside Cemetery near Ladysmith.. He married (1) CECIL IA VAN DER HEYDEN 13 June 1878 in DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin, daught er of JOHN VAN DER HEIDEN and JOSINA MANDERS. He married (2) WILHELMINA V AN DER HEYDEN 15 April 1890 in De Pere, Wisconsin, daughter of JOHN VAN D ER HEIDEN and JOSINA MANDERS.

John William Diederich (1847 - 1930)
Cecilia Van der Heyden (1856 - 1887)
Wilhelmina Van der Heyden (1868 - 1936)
John William5 Diederich (John4, Johann Nicolaus3, Cornelius2, Peter1) w as born 11 May 1847 at Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wisconsin, the four th of the known children of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. His bir th is recorded in Brown County birth records, v 1, p 459, as Jean Dietric h, son of Jean Dietrich and Ann Classen.
He died 25 December 1930, age 83, of acute myocarditis at Ladysmith, Ru sk County, Wisconsin. The funeral was held ___ December 1930 at Our La dy of Sorrows Roman Catholic church at Ladysmith and he is buried in the C atholic section of Riverside cemetery near Ladysmith. See Rusk County dea th records, v 6, no. 1283. His death certificate tells when and where he d ied and the cause of his death. His obituary was published in The Ladysmi th News on 2 January 1931, p 1.
He married, first, Cecilia Van der Heyden 13 June 1878 at S t. Mary's Roman Catholic church, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Revere nd William DeKelver presided. Witnesses were Nellie Van der Heyden and Mat hias Diedricks The marriage is not recorded in the marriage register of t he church. The marriage of Jon diedricks (sic) and Cecilia Van der Heyd en is recorded in Brown County marriage records, v 8, p 156, and this reco rd provides the names of the priest and the witnesses.
Cecilia Van der Heyden (Celia, Cena, Cina, Youza? Cynthia?) was born 4 Feb ruary 1856 at Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and J osina (Manders) Van der Heyden. Her parents were living at Stiles when s he was born but there is no record of her birth in Oconto County birth rec ords, but her gravestone gives the date of her birth.
She died 22 May 1887, age 31, at De Pere of complications following the bi rth of her fifth child, George Joseph, on 4 May. The funeral was held _ __ May 1887 at, probably, St. Mary's Catholic church at De Pere and s he is buried in Mount Olivet Catholic cemetery there, next to her son Geor ge Joseph who died the following August, and her husband's parents. The re is no record of her death in Brown County death records nor is there a ny record of her death in the records of St. Mary's Catholic chur ch at De Pere, but her gravestone gives the date of her death.
John William Diederich married, second, Wihelmina Van der Heyden 15 Apr il 1890 at St. Mary's Catholic church, De Pere. She was his first wife's s ister. At the time of their marriage, he was 42 years old and she was 2 1. The Liber Matrimonii et Defunctorum (marriage and death book) of St. Ma ry's Catholic church at De Pere contains this entry for 1890 on p 264, whi ch has been translated from the Latin: "15 April joined together in matrim ony Joannes Diederick and Wilhelminan van der Heiden. Witnesses were Josep hus van der Heiden and Nina van der Leest." The entry was signed by the Re verend Joannes Verstegen, pastor at that time. The entry also recited th at a dispensation had been granted from the impediment of a collateral rel ationship in the first degree which existed because of the prior marria ge of John Diederich to Wilhelmina's sister. This marriage is also record ed in Brown County marriage records, v 10, p 444.
Wilhelmina Van der Heyden (Minnie) was born 4 September 1868 at Town of Ro ckland, Brown County, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Josina (Mander s) Van der Heyden. See also Brown County birth records, v 2, p 157. Her bi rth is also recorded in the baptismal register of St. Mary's Catholic chur ch at De Pere, p 60, for 1868, as follows: "Baptized Sept. 4th an infant b orn today, daughter of Joannis van der heyden and Josina Manders, marrie d. Named Wilhelmina. Sponsors: Joannes Van der Lienden and Catherina Van d en berg." It is signed by the Reverend W. A. Verboort, pastor at the time.
Wilhelmina died 21 December 1936, age 68, of acute dilation of the heart a nd hypertension, at Ladysmith. The funeral was held ___ December 1936 at O ur Lady of Sorrows Catholic church and she is buried next to her husba nd in Riverside cemetery. Her death is recorded in Rusk County death recor ds, v 7, no. 604 which tells when and where she died and the cause of h er death.

Cecilia Diederich's gravestone reads:

In Memory of
Cecilia
wife of
John Diederich, Jr.
Born
February 4, 1856
Died
May 22, 1887

George J.
Son of
J. & C. Diederich
Born
May 4, 1887
Died
Aug. 11, 1887
John William Diederich, who went by his initials, J. W., grew up on his pa rents' farm in the Town of Lawrence but was also trained as a carpenter a nd cabinetmaker.
When his father died in 1874, he inherited a one-eighth undivided intere st in the farm. In 1879, he sold his share of the farm and moved his fami ly to Stanton Precinct, Fillmore County, Nebraska to establish a homestead .
The Census reports of Fillmore County for 1880 show that his sister Mary w as living in his household and that his brothers Antone and Joseph and the ir families were nearby neighbors. However, the effort to establish a home stead was not successful. Their home was made of sod, carved from the so il of the prairie. Winters on the open prairie were fiercely cold and win dy and the summers were very hot. Swarms of insects ate the crops. His ba by daughter Anna, born in January 1880, died in August. J. W. and his brot her Antone stayed in Nebraska about two years and then moved back to Bro wn County, Wisconsin. Their brother Joseph and sister Mary remained in Neb raska, however.
After his first wife Cecilia died and he remarried, J. W. resided for a wh ile at Marshfield, Wisconsin and then for several years at Oshkosh, Wiscon sin.
While in Oshkosh, he worked as a carpenter. After construction of the two- story drug store building at the corner of Main and Algoma Streets was com pleted in the fall of 1899, he had no further work in sight. Arnold Verhye n, an agent for the Hein Land Company and the husband of Jane Van Der Heyd en, a sister-in-law, persuaded him to buy a 160-acre farm in the Town of G row, Rusk County, Wisconsin for $640.
The Hein Land Company had cut the pine off the land but it was not truly c leared since the stumps and the hardwood trees remained. J. W. paid for t he land with $300 of his savings and $340 borrowed from Frank Crabb, husba nd of another sister-in-law, Petronella Van Der Heyden. They moved in Octo ber.
At the turn of the century, Ladysmith was named Warner but a man named Smi th offered to build a paper mill there if the town were named after his wi fe. Thus it was renamed
Ladysmith. What was then the community of Deer Tail was similarly renam ed Tony -- for Tony Hein. The Diederich farm lay between these two communi ties -- about three miles from Ladysmith and four miles from Tony.
J. W. Diederich served as chairman of the board of supervisors of the To wn of Grow for several years.
Years later, his son Charles, who was four years old when his parents mov ed to Rusk County, described the first winter. "Dad and Bill (John Willia m, Jr.) built a two-story log house before winter set in. They killed a de er and hung him from a tree limb so the wolves couldn't get at him. We a te off that deer all winter.
"In the Spring, we put in a few acres of turnips and rutabagas on new clea red land. Dad built a school house on Joseph Crabb's land for $800. (Jose ph Crabb was a brother of Frank Crabb.)
"Each year we cut wood to pay our taxes and to buy horses, cattle and mach inery. We made maple syrup each spring. We ate venison, rabbits, partrid ge and chicken, pork and usually a steer. We raised potatoes, carrots, oni ons, peas and beans for the table and corn, barley and oats to feed the st ock.
"We had a double row corn planter and cultivator, a McCormick corn-bind er and chopper, a burr mill to grind dry grain crops, and two gas engine s. John William, Jr., was accidentally killed by a saw rig driven by o ne of those gas engines.
"We had many large hemlock we sawed into lumber. Some of the large maple w as shipped to Minneapolis. Most hardwood was cut into 16" lengths and so ld at Ladysmith. I hauled two loads a day on the horse sleigh, generally.
"Saturday, we usually took butter and eggs to market. The Hull & Stelsm an store had regular weekly customers who took the butter which mother p ut into two and three pound rolls. The hotel took any surplus from them.
"In the Spring, leeks tainted the milk unless we kept the cows out of t he pasture for a few weeks. We bought a silo and fed silage, hay and gra in to them then.
"There was no wagon road through from Tony to Ladysmith so we built one th rough the swamps using logs, poles, rock and brush, covered with clay a nd soil from the side ditches we dug for drainage. We called those roads ' corduroys.' They were pretty rough in most places for lumber wagons but wh en covered with gravel, not too bad. They were good sleigh roads in the wi nter. Snow was plentiful.
"Quite often, we walked to town on the Soo Line tracks. If we had a hea vy load like a sack of sugar, the railroad section foreman would bri ng it to Campbell's Mill, a spur or siding where the logging road cross ed the tracks midway between Ladysmith and Tony."
In 1917, J. W. retired to Ladysmith. He auctioned off his personal proper ty for $4,000 and sold the farm to R. E. Meyers for $8,000. R. E. Meyers p aid $3,500 down and gave a mortgage for the balance. Later, E. L. Jay assu med the mortgage but it was never paid off. In 1939, his daughter Theres ia Frances (Diederich) Van Horne paid E. L. Jay $500 for a quit-claim dee d, paid the delinquent taxes, and took over the farm. She sold in it 1950.
For about two months before his death, J. W. suffered from septic arthrit is in his right knee joint. He passed away on Christmas morning in 1930 wh ile his family was attending 5 a.m. mass.
His wife Minnie died a few days before Christmas in 1936. She had walked t hrough snow from her home to the E. L. Jay home, a few blocks away, in a f ruitless attempt to collect a some money on the farm mortgage. E. L. Jay r efused to pay anything. Angry and frustrated, she began to trudge home thr ough the snow. Her obituary, published on page 1 of the Ladysmith Ne ws on 21 December 1936, completes the story: "Monday evening Mrs. Diederi ch walked to the E. L. Jay home a few blocks away and on the return she fe lt very tired and stopped at the Harry Strop home to rest. She mentioned t he fact that she was tired and immediately afterwards collapsed and was de clared dead on the arrival of a physician. Death was attributed to a hea rt attack, Mrs. Diederich having had a chronic heart ailment for several y ears." According to her death certificate, she died of "acute dilati on of the heart and hypertension."
John William Diederich and his first wife, Cecilia had five children.
Children of JOHN WILLIAM DIEDERICH and CECILIA VAN DER HEYDEN are:
i. JOHN WILLIAM6 DIEDERICH, b. 19 June 1878, De Pere, Brown County, Wiscon sin; d. 05 January 1918, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin; m. MARIE ALBER TINA PORTMAN, 30 November 1916, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin.
ii. ANNA C. DIEDERICH, b. 15 January 1880, Stanton Precinct, Fillmore Coun ty, Nebraska; d. 10 August 1880, Stanton Precinct, Fillmore County, Nebras ka.
7. iii. ANTON FRANCIS DIEDERICH, b. 29 April 1881, Stanton Precinct, Fillm ore County, Nebraska; d. 01 August 1916, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesot a.
8. iv. MARY PETRANELLA DIEDERICH, b. 29 March 1883, De Pere, Brown Count y, Wisconsin.
v. GEORGE JOSEPH DIEDERICH, b. 04 May 1887, West De Pere, Brown County, Wi sconsin; d. 11 August 1887, West De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Children of JOHN WILLIAM DIEDERICH and WILHELMINA VAN DER HEYDEN are:
vi. THERESIA FRANCES ANNA6 DIEDERICH, b. 16 September 1891, Marshfield, Wo od County, Wisconsin; d. 1980; m. (1) JOHN NORMAN HARRISON PATRICK VAN HOR NE, 24 November 1938, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church at Ladysmith, Wi sconsin; m. (2) WILBUR NEWTON MCNEIL, 12 October 1968, Our Lady of Sorro ws Catholic church at Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin.
9. vii. JOSEPH CHARLES DIEDERICH, b. 29 June 1895, Oshkosh, Winnebago Coun ty, Wisconsin; d. 17 August 1993, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wiscons in and is buried in St. Paul's Catholic cemetery at Bloomer, Chippewa Coun ty, Wisconsin.
10. viii. VIOLA CECELIA DIEDERICH, b. 26 June 1897, Oshkosh, Winnebago Cou nty, Wisconsin; d. 06 February 1939, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin.

1880 Census:
John Diederich 33
Cecillia Diederich 23
John Diederich 2
Annie C. Diederich 8/12
Mary A. Diederich 28

Obituary:
His obituary was published in The Ladysmith News on 2 January 1931, p 1.

John married VanderHeyden, Cecilia 13 Jun 1878, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. Cecilia (daughter of VanderHeyden, John and Vandenberg, Josephina) was born 4 Feb 1856, Stiles, Oconto, Wisconsin, USA; died 22 May 1887, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

John married VanderHeyden, Wilhelmina 15 Apr 1890, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. Wilhelmina (daughter of VanderHeyden, John and Vandenberg, Josephina) was born 4 Sep 1868, Rockland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 21 Dec 1936. [Group Sheet]

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JOSEPH5 DIEDERICH (JOHANNES4, JOHANN NICOLAUS3, CORNELIUS2 DIEDERICHS, PET ER1) was born 02 September 1849 in Probably Town of Lawrence, Brown Count y, Wisconsin, and died 22 August 1924 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebras ka and is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery there.. He married AN NA CATHERINE OSTERMANN 02 May 1871 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wiscons in, daughter of JOHN OSTERMANN and ELIZABETH PHRUIL.
Joseph5 Diederich (John4, Johann Nicolaus3, Cornelius2, Peter1) was bo rn 2 September 1849 probably at Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wisconsi n, the son of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. He was the second child bo rn in Wisconsin after his parents migrated from Germany. See Brown Coun ty birth records, v ___, no. _____.
He died 22 August 1924, age almost 75, of _____________ at Geneva, Fillmo re County, Nebraska. The funeral was held ____________________ at ________ ___ church, _________, and he is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic cemete ry there. His death is recorded in __________________ County death record s, v ____, no. _____.
He married Anna Catherine Ostermann 2 May 1871 at ___________ Roman Cathol ic church, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin Reverend _________________ presided. Witnesses were ________ ______ and _____________. The marriage is recorded in the marriage regist er of the church. See also Brown County marriage records, v ___, no. ____.
Anna Ostermann was born 24 February 1852 at Beilstein, Province of Baden ( or Hesse), West Germany, the daughter of John Conrad and Elizabeth (Phrui l) Ostermann. See _________ birth records, v ___, no. _____.
She died 8 February 1918, age almost 66, of _____________ at Geneva. The f uneral was held _____________________ at _________________ church, _______ ___, and she is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery there. Her dea th is recorded in _____ County death records, v ____, p _____.
His birth is recorded in Brown County birth records, v 1, p 271, as Jose ph Dietrich, son of John Dietrich and Anna Klaussen. According to his bir th record, he was born at Green Bay but it is more likely that he was bo rn on the family farm at Town of Lawrence.
The date and place of his death and burial were furnished by his daughte r, Mrs. Clara Augusta Diederich Heiderstadt. Mrs Heiderstadt is also the s ource of the information concerning he mother's birth, death and parenta ge as well as most of the information about their children which she sa ys is taken largely from the old family bible.
The Liber Matrimonii et Defunctorum (marriage and death book) of St. Mary 's Roman Catholic church at De Pere contains this entry for 1871 on p 22 1, which has been translated from the Latin: "Today May 2, marriage was in itiated by Joseph Diderich, son of John and Anna Diderich, married, and An na Osterman, daughter of John Conrad and Elizabeth Prior, married. Witness es: Dora Verboort and Catherina Devray." The enry was signed by the Revere nd W. A. Verboort, pastor at that time. This marriage is also record ed in Brown County marriage records, v 6, p 19. According to this recor d, Joseph Diederich was born at Town of Lawrence and at the time of his ma rriage, was a farmer at Town of Lawrence.
Joseph Diederich grew up on his parents' farm and continued to work on t he farm after his marriage. After they died, he sold his interest in the ir land on 5 March 1879, he moved his family to Stanton Precinct, Fillmo re County, Nebraska to establish a homestead. The report of the June 18 80 Census of Nebraska, p 520D, shows that his brothers Antone and John a nd their families were nearby neighbors. Although his brothers return ed to Wisconsin during 1881, he remained on the homestead until his retire ment when he moved to the nearby town of Geneva.

The Diederichs had seven children.
Children of JOSEPH DIEDERICH and ANNA CATHERINE OSTERMANN are:
11. i. JOHN CONRAD6 DIEDERICH, b. 13 July 1874, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co unty, Wisconsin; d. 17 January 1945, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska a nd is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery there.
12. ii. ANNA MARY DIEDERICH, b. 16 September 1876, De Pere, Brown Count y, Wisconsin; d. 04 May 1955, Addison, Lenawee County, Michigan and is bur ied in Hillside cemetery there.
13. iii. ELIZABETH CECELIA DIEDERICH, b. 05 March 1880, Stanton Precinc t, Fillmore County, Nebraska; d. 07 July 1951, Arcadia, Valley County, Neb raska.
14. iv. ALBERT JOSEPH DIEDERICH, b. 13 May 1882, Geneva, Stanton Precinc t, Fillmore County, Nebraska; d. 14 December 1963, Geneva, Fillmore Count y, Nebraska and is buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery there.
15. v. MARY THERESA DIEDERICH, b. 10 May 1886, Geneva, Stanton Precinct, F illmore County, Nebraska; d. 07 March 1968, Denver, Denver County, Colora do and is buried in Fort Logan National cemetery at Colorado..
16. vi. BARBARA GERTRUDE DIEDERICH, b. 07 May 1889, Stanton Precinct, Fill more County, Nebraska; d. 26 October 1946, Denver, Denver County, Colora do and is buried in Mount Olivet cemetery there.
17. vii. CLARA AUGUSTA DIEDERICH, b. 09 August 1892, Geneva, Stanton Preci nct, Fillmore County, Nebraska; d. 04 March 1978, Colorado.

Joseph married Ostermann, Anna Catherine Aft 1867. Anna was born Abt 1852; died Abt 1918. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Birth - Civil Record: 20 Jan 1851; Brown County Vol 1 Page 328
• 1880 Census: 1880, Stanton, Stanton, Nebraska, USA
• Obituary: 27 Aug 1937; Hugoton Hermes

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MARY ANN5 DIEDERICH (JOHANNES4, JOHANN NICOLAUS3, CORNELIUS2 DIEDERICHS, P ETER1) was born 20 January 1851 in Probably at Town of Lawrence, Brown Cou nty, Wisconsin, and died 25 August 1937 in Hugoton, Stevens County, Kans as and is buried in the Hugoton Cemetery.. She married LEROY OSCAR KER NS 16 June 1884 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.
LeRoy Oscar2 Kerns (_____________1) was born 23 December 1855 at _________ ____, _______________ County, ____________, the son of __________ and ____ _______ (_____________) Kerns. His birth is recorded in ______________ Cou nty birth records, v ___, no ___.
He died Saturday, 20 February 1897, age 42, of ___________ at his homeste ad near Hillsdale, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory. The funeral was he ld ____________________ at ___________ church, _________, according to h is obituary, he was buried in the Coldwater church cemetery at Garfield Co unty. Sometime after his widow moved to Hugoton in 1925, his body was mov ed to the Hugoton cemetery at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. His dea th is recorded in __________________ County death records, v ____, no. ___ __.
He married, first, Molly Mae Lightbody __ _______ 18__ at ________________ ___ church, _______________, ______________ County, ___________________ _. Reverend _________________ presided. Witnesses were ________________ __ and ________________. The marriage is recorded in the marriage regist er of the church. See also ______________ County marriage records, v __ _, no. ________.
Molly Lightbody was born __ ______ 18__ at _____________, ___________ Coun ty, ___________, the daughter of _____________ and _____________ (________ ___) Lightbody. Her birth is recorded in ___________ County birth record s, v ___, p ___.
She died __ __________ 18__, age __, of _____________ at _____________, __ ____________ County, __________. The
funeral was held _____________________ at _________________ church, ______ ____, and she is buried in ___________ cemetery at ____________. Her dea th is recorded in _____ County death records, v ____, p _____.
He married, second, Mary Ann Diederich 16 June 1884 at _________________ __ church, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Reverend _________________ p resided. Witnesses were __________________ and ________________. The marri age is recorded in the marriage register of the church. See also _________ _____ County marriage records, v ___, no. ________.
Mary Diederich was born 20 January 1851 probably at Town of Lawrence, Bro wn County, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. S he was the third child born in Wisconsin after her parents migrated from G ermany. Her birth is recorded in _______ County birth records, v ___, n o. _____.
She died Wednesday, 25 August 1937, age 86, of _________ at Hugoton. T he funeral was held _____________________ at _________________ church, ___ _______, and she is buried in Hugoton cemetery at ____________. See Steve ns County death certificates, v ______, no. ________.
Mary Ann Diederich's birth is recorded in Brown County birth record s, v 1, p 328, as Mary Dietriech, daughter of John Dietrich and Ann Klasse n. According to the birth record she was born at Green Bay but it is mo re likely that she was born on the family farm at Town of Lawrence.
She grew up on her parents' farm in the Town of Lawrence. In 1879, she mov ed to Stanton Precinct, Fillmore County, Nebraska where three of her broth ers intended to establish homesteads.
On 1 April 1880, she sold her one-eight interest in her deceased parent s' 51-acre tract in Town of Lawrence to her brother Mathias for $133.33. S ee Brown County Deed Book 42, p 318. On 12 April 1880, "Mary Diederi ch of Fillmore County, Nebraska" sold her one-eight interest in the remain der of the estate to Peter, John and Antoon Keyzers for $150. See Brown Co unty Deed Book 42, p 311.
In the June 1880 Census of Nebraska, p 520C, she is recorded as livi ng in her brother John's household. Her brothers Antone and Joseph and the ir families were nearby neighbors. John and Antone Diederich returned to B rown County, Wisconsin in 1881 but she and her brother Joseph remain ed in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
She and her husband evidently lived at or near Geneva, the county se at of Fillmore County, after their marriage. In 1894, they established a 1 60 acre homestead in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 24 North, Ran ge 8 West of the Indian principal Meridian in Cheohee Township, Garfield C ounty, Oklahoma Territory, three miles west and one mile south of the pres ent town of Hilsdale. Two years later, LeRoy Oscar Kerns died. His brief o bituary was published Wednesday 24 February 1897 in the Enid Daily Wav e, p 3:
Mr. L. O. Kerns, who lived with his family, consisting of a wife and fo ur children, ranging from 12 to 3 years old, on the northwest 22-24- 8, in Cheochee township, died Saturday evening at 5 o'clock, of ulcerati on of the stomach, after a few days of intense suffering. He was 41 yea rs of age; was buried in the Coldwater church cemetery.
Mary Ann Diederich Kerns evidently raised her family on the homestead, rem aining there until 1925 when she moved to Hugoton, Kansas to live with h er son Earl John Kerns. The latest plat book of Garfield County shows th at Ira L. Swan, a grandson, currently owns the quarter-section homestead.
When she died, The Hugoton Hermes of Friday 27 August 1937 reported:
Mrs. M. A. Kerns died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Swan in th is city at 5:50 Wednesday morning, at the age of 84-1/2 years. Mrs. Ker ns moved to Stevens County in 1925. For a long time she made her home wi th her son Earl, but of late she has been with her daughter. She leaves t wo sons and two daughter: Howard Kerns, of Greeley, Colorado, Mrs. Allie H ooker of South Gate, California, Mrs. R. M. Swan and Sheriff Earl Ker ns of Hugoton. At this writing funeral arrangements have not been made.
Her obituary in the Hugoton Hermes of 3 September 1937 states:
Mary Ann Diederick was born January 20, 1853, at De Pere (sic), Wisconsi n, and departed this life August 25, 1937, at the age of 84 years , 7 mont hs and 5 days.
She was united in marriage to LeRoy Oscar Kerns of Geneva, Nebraska, Ju ne 16, 1884. To this union four children were born of which three are livi ng. Her husband and a son preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her l oss four children: Howard A. Kerns, stepson of Greeley, Colorado, Allie Ho oker of South Gate, California, Earl Kerns, Hugoton, Kansas, and Mrs. R oy Swan, Hugoton, Kansas.
She leaves seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren besides a ho st of friends.
The funeral services were held at the Christian church, Thursday of last w eek, W. D. Darnall delivering the funeral address. Prine Funeral Home w as in charge of the burial.

Their gravestone is inscribed:

KERNS
LeRoy O. Mary Ann
Dec. 23, 1855 Jan. 20, 1853
Feb 20, 1897 Aug. 25, 1937
HOMESTEADED 1894 31 MISW
HILLSDALE, OKLAHOMA
Although her death certificate, obituary and gravestone give her birthda te as 20 January 1853, her birth certificate says 20 January 1851 and th at is probably correct. Her death certificate (Kansas Death Certificate s, v 95, p 595) tells when and where she died and is buried.
LeRoy Oscar and his first wife, Molly Mae (Lightbody) Kerns, had one son:

Howard Abner Kerns = Ethel Gladys Stepp
LeRoy Oscar and his second wife, Mary Ann (Diederich) Kerns had two sons a nd two daughters.

Children of MARY ANN DIEDERICH and LEROY OSCAR KERNS are:
18. i. ANNIE ROSALIA6 KERNS, b. 10 February 1886, probably at or near Gene va, Fillmore County, Nebraska; d. 15 December 1937, Hugoton, Stevens Count y, Kansas and is buried in the Hugoton Cemetery. Married Louis Franklin H ooker.
ii. EARL JOHN KERNS, b. 22 July 1888, at or near Geneva, Fillmore Count y, Nebraska; d. 13 December 1949, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas; m. EVAL INA WHITE. Burial: Hugoton Cemetery, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. Oc cupation: Sheriff.
iii. PHILLIP KERNS, b. probably at or near Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebras ka; d. Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.
19. iv. LEONA MARY KERNS, b. 03 March 1893, probably at or near Geneva, Fi llmore County, Nebraska; d. 16 December 1966, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kan sas and is buried in the Hugoton Cemetery. Married Roy Melvin Swan.

Birth - Civil Record:
Mary Ann Diederich's birth is recorded in Brown County birth record s, v 1, p 328, as Mary Dietriech, daughter of John Dietrich and Ann Klassen. According to the birth record she was born at Green Bay but it is more likely that she was born on the family farm at Town of Lawrence.

1880 Census:
John Diederich 33
Cecillia Diederich 23
John Diederich 2
Annie C. Diederich 8/12
Mary A. Diederich 28

Obituary:
Mrs. M. A. Kerns died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Swan in this city at 5:50 Wednesday morning, at the age of 84-1/2 years. Mrs. Kerns moved to Stevens County in 1925. For a long time she made her home with her son Earl, but of late she has been with her daughter. She leaves two sons and two daughter: Howard Kerns, of Greeley, Colorado, Mrs. Allie Hooker of South Gate, California, Mrs. R. M. Swan and Sheriff Earl Kerns of Hugoton. At this writing funeral arrangements have not been made.
Her obituary in the Hugoton Hermes of 3 September 1937 states:
Mary Ann Diederick was born January 20, 1853, at De Pere (sic), Wisconsin, and departed this life August 25, 1937, at the age of 84 years , 7 months and 5 days.
She was united in marriage to LeRoy Oscar Kerns of Geneva, Nebraska, Ju ne 16, 1884. To this union four children were born of which three are living. Her husband and a son preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her loss four children: Howard A. Kerns, stepson of Greeley, Colorado, Allie Hooker of South Gate, California, Earl Kerns, Hugoton, Kansas, and Mrs. Roy Swan, Hugoton, Kansas.
She leaves seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren besides a host of friends.
The funeral services were held at the Christian church, Thursday of last week, W. D. Darnall delivering the funeral address. Prine Funeral Home was in charge of the burial.

Mary married Kerns, Leroy Oscar Aft 1875. Leroy was born 23 Dec 1855; died 20 Feb 1897, Hugoton, Stevens, Kansas, USA; was buried , Hugoton Cemetery, Hugoton, Kansas. [Group Sheet]

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• 1870 Census: 1870, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Page

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FromAntone Diederich (1853 - 1935) & Mary Klipstein (1861 - 1939)Antone5 Diederich (John4, Johann Nicolaus3, Paul2, Johann Nicolaus1) was b orn 15 May 1853 at Town of Lawrence, Brown County, Wisconsin, the son of J ohn and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. He was the fourth child born in Wiscons in after his parents migrated from Germany. There is no record of his bir th in Brown County records.He died Saturday, 16 February 1935, age almost 82, of _________, at St. Vi ncent Hospital, Green Bay, Brown County. According to his obituary, funer al services were conducted Monday, 19 February, in St. Benedict's Cathol ic Church, Suamico, Brown County, which he had helped organize about 191 8. A solemn high mass was sung by the Reverend M. Marmurowicz, Pastor, ass isted by a Norbertine priest as deacon and Frater Alphonsus Diederich, h is son, a sub-deacon. He is buried in St. Benedict's Cemetery at Suamic o. Antone Diederich's death certificate tells when and where he was born a nd died. See Brown County death records, v. 36, p. 551.He married Mary Klipstein (or Klipstine) 16 January 1880 at ______________ ___ Church, at DePere, Brown County. Reverend _________________ preside d. Witnesses were ______________ and _____________. The marriage is record ed in the marriage register of the church.
Mary Klipstein was born 13 August 1861 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis consin, the daughter of Martin H_____ and Frederica ______ (Schubing) Klip stein. Her birth is recorded in ___________ County birth records, v. __ _, p. ___.
She died 25 September 1939, age 78, of diabetes, at Suamico. The funeral w as held _____________________, at _________________ Church, __________, a nd she is buried in St. Benedict's Cemetery there.
Her death certificate says she was born 13 September 1861 and died 25 Sept ember 1939, age 78 years, 1 month, and 10 days. See Brown County death rec ords, v. 40, p. 921. Obviously, either the birth date or age at death is i ncorrect. According to the Reverend A. F. Diederich, her son, she was bo rn 13 August 1861. Also, according to her death certificate, her mother 's name was "Mary Rodatz", but her father's death certificate says his wif e's name was "Frederica Schubing".
The marriage of Anthony Dideriks (sic) and Mary Klipstein is recorded in B rown County marriage records, v. 9, p. 104. His parents' names are giv en as "Johann Dideriks" and "Gerdrudis Tonon", and her parents' names a re given as "Martin Klipstein" and "Frederica Klipstein". Witnesses were M artin Dideriks and Bernardina Klipstein. The Liber Matrimonii et Defunctor um (marriage and death book) of St. Mary Catholic Church at DePere contai ns this entry for the year 1880 on p. 242 which has been translated from t he Latin:
Sixteenth January 1880 marriage was contracted by Antone Diedericks, age 2 6, son of John Diedericks and Gertrude Anna, born at DePere, and Maria Kli pstein, daughter of Martin Klipstein and Frederica Klipsten, Bernardina Kl ipstein and I were present.
Martin Klipstein was a farmer. He evidently migrated to the United Stat es about 1860 because his daughter, Bertha, was born in Germany in 1859 a nd his daughter, Mary, in Milwaukee in 1861. In the


The Klipstein and Diederich farms were across the road (now County Trunk E E) from one another in Town of Lawrence. In 1968, the Klipstein farm was s till held in the Klipstein family.
When Antone's father, John, died 18 August 1874, he apparently did not lea ve a will. Thus his property passed into the hands of his nine children. H is widow received a dower interest in the homestead.
Michael Diederich was killed 20 November 1876 by a train while walki ng on the railroad tracks in West DePere. Since he was unmarried and witho ut children, the eight surviving children inherited his share of their fat her's estate.
On 1 October 1878, Antone Diederich and Peter Karst bought the widow's dow er interests for $1,333.34. See Brown County Deed 31-609. That same day, A ntone's sister "Gertrude Gates and Philip Gates, her husband" sold their o ne-eighth share in the estate to Antone Diederich and Peter Karst for $63. 26. See Brown County Deed 31-608.
On 5 March 1879, "Joseph Diedrich and Anna Diedrich, his wife" sold the ir share to Anton Deidrich (sic) and Peter Karst for $1. See Brown Coun ty Deed 40-343.
On 14 July 1879, "John Deidrich and Cecilia Deidrich, his wife" sold the ir share to Anton Deidrich (sic) and Peter Karst for $150. See Brown Coun ty Deed 39-95.
The reason for the substantial difference in the amount of money each rece ived is unknown. Perhaps there was some other consideration involved whi ch is not mentioned in the deeds.
On 10 March 1880, "Pete Karst and Katherine Karst, his wife, of the To wn of Lawrence" conveyed the interest previously conveyed by Anna Diederi ch to Anton Diederich for $125. See Brown County Deed 39-208.
Then on 1 April 1880, "Antoon Diederich and Mary Diederich, his wife, Math ias Diederich (unmarried), Theresia Pennings (nee Diederich) and John Penn ings, her husband," sold an undivided six-eighths interest in the homeste ad and a 74¾-acre tract east of DePere to Peter, John, and Antoon Keyze rs for $900. See Brown County Deed 42-294. "Mary Diederich of Fillmore Cou nty, Nebraska" sold her one-eighth interest in these properties to the Key zers on 12 April 1880 for $150. See Brown County Deed 42-311. Pete Didri ch (sic) of Miles City, Custer County, Montana Territory" sold his one-eig hth interest to the Keyzers on 19 June 1881 for $464.89. See Brown Coun ty Deed 42-459.
Also on 1 April 1880, "Antoon Diederich & Mary Diederich, his wife, Theres ia Pennings (Nee Diederich), John Pennings, her husband, and Mary Diederic h, Unmarried," sold their six-eighths interest in a 51-acre tract to the ir brother, Mathias Diederich of DePere, for $800. See Brown County Deed 4 2-318.
Antone, his wife, and their infant daughter probably moved soon thereaft er to Stanton Precinct, Fillmore County, Nebraska, were his brothers, Jose ph and John, and sister, Mary Ann, had already moved. In the June 1880 Cen sus of Nebraska, p. 520B, he is recorded as "Antonio Diederich, farmer". H is homestead was next to his brother Joseph's and one farm removed from h is brother, John, with whom his sister, Mary Ann, was living. But evident ly he did not stay long, for on 9 July 1881, "Mathias Diedrich of Brown Co unty, Wisconsin," sold the six-eighths interest in the 51-acre tract ba ck to his brother, "Antoon Deidrich of the same county", for $800. See Bro wn County Deed 43-556. On 26 August 1882, 'Antoon Deidrich and Mary Deidri ch, his wife, of Brown County, Wisconsin," sold their interest in the tra ct to William Michaelis for $1,100. See Brown County Deed 47-239.
During the ensuing years, Antone Diederich evidently lived in various par ts of Brown County, for the birth records of his children include Nicolle t, West DePere, Ashwaubenon, and West DePere. His son, Ralph Leo Diederic h, was born at Rudolph, Wood County, Wisconsin, in 1902. Antone's obitua ry says he also "farmed in the Dakotas", but this may have been before h is marriage. He settled at Suamico about 1915, according to his obituary.

Antone and Mary (Klipstein) Diederich had ten children:


Mary Sophia Diederich = Alvin Gauthier, a/k/a Gokey
John Antone Diederich = Elizabeth ______ Ambrosius
Joseph Henry Diederich = 1) Melinda Lorenz
= 2) Mabel J_____ Ellis
Martin Grover Diederich = Elgitha Dunham
William John Frederick Diederich = Ruth Alma Cornell
Anna Cecelia Aloysia Diederich = Edward Claude Cowen
Alphonsus Francis Charles Diederich
Mina Helena Diederich = Frank H_____ Sievert
Marie Rachel Diederich = Walter Schuett
Ralph Leo Diederich = Mary Agnes Martin

1870 Census:
of Wiscons in, he is recorded in the Town of Lawrence, Brown County, as follows:

NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION REAL ESTATE PERSONAL PROPERTY BIRTHPLACE
Klipstin, Martin 42 M W Farmer $800 $300 Prussia
Frederika 35 F W Keeping House Prussia
Bertha 11 F W Prussia
Mary 9 F W Wisconsin
Charles 7 M W Wisconsin
Frank 5 M W Wisconsin
Ida 2 F W Wisconsin
William 4/12 M W Wisconsin

Anton married Klipstein, Mary 16 Jan 1880, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. Mary was born 31 Aug 1861, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; died 25 Sep 1939, Suamico, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Birth - Church Record: 10 Sep 1857
• Family History Researcher: 10 Sep 1857
• 1880 Census: 1880, Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 15 Jan 1897; Marshfield Times

Notes:

Birth - Church Record:
Name:Gertrude The Diedrich
Birth Date:10 Sep 1857
Birth Place:Brown, Wisconsin
Gender:Female
Father's Name:John Diedrich
Mother's name:Anna Classen
FHL Film Number:1306424

Family History Researcher:
GERTRUDE THERESIA DIEDERICH, b. 10 September 1857, Town of Lawrence, Bro wn County, Wisconsin; d. 08 January 1897, Marshfield, Wood County, Wiscons in and is buried in Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery there.; m. JOHN PENNI NGS, 03 September 1878, DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin.
John2 Pennings (Peter1) was born __ __________ 1853 in the Netherlands, t he son of Peter and Henrica (Van den Berg) Pennings. His birth is record ed in _________ birth records.
When and where he died is not known. The funeral was held ________________ ____ at ___________ church, _________, and he is buried in __________ ceme tery at _______. His death is recorded in __________________ County dea th records, v ____, no. _____.
He married Gertrude Theresia Diederich 3 September 1878 at _______________ ____ Roman Catholic church, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Reverend ___ ______________ presided. Witnesses were __________________ and ___________ _____. The marriage is recorded in Brown County marriage records, v 8, p 1 81.
Gertrude Diederich was born 10 September 1857 at Town of Lawrence, Brown C ounty, the daughter of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. Her birth is reco rded in Brown County birth records, v 13, p 99.She died 8 January 1897, age 39, of _____________ at Marshfield, Wood Coun ty, Wisconsin. The funeral was held _____________________ at _____________ ____ church, __________, and she is buried in Gate of Heaven Catholic ceme tery (block 2, lot 72) at Marshfield. Her death is recorded in Wood Coun ty death records, v ____, p _____.Her gravestone, which does not give her correct birth date, reads:Theresia Wife Of John Pennings Born Sept 4, 1857 Died Jan 8, 18 97 No pains, no grief, no conscious fear can reach our loved one
sleeping here.
In the Brown County marriage records his parents' names are given as Pet er Pennings and Henrica Van Den Berg and her parents' names are given as J ohn Didericks and Anna Dideriks. Witnesses were Anton Dideriks and Maria D ideriks. According to this record they were married 3 September 1878 in t he Roman Catholic church at De Pere by the Reverend H. Van Grotel, who w as pastor at the time.The Liber Matrimonii et Defunctorum (marriage and death book) of St. Ma ry Catholic church at De Pere contains this entry on p 238, which has be en translated from the Latin:Third September 1878 marriage was initiated between John Pennings, age 2 5, son of Peter Pennings and Henrica van den Berg, born in Holland, and Th erisiai Dideriks, age 21, born in De Pere, daughter of John Dideriks and A nna Dideriks. Present were Anton Dideriks, Maria Dideriks and me. Atteste d: A. Van Grotel.
John Pennings was a farmer and his wife was a seamstress.They were living at Marshfield when she died. John Pennings moved away a nd did not keep in touch with her family.
The Pennings had no children.

1880 Census:
John Pennings 27
Theresa Pennings 22

Obituary:
See Image Died At her home on East-A Street on Sunday evening, January 8th, aged 39 years, 4 months and 5 days. Mrs. Theresa Penning, wife or John Penning. After a lingering illness which lasted many long weary months, a loving wife and kind mother passed to the great beyond, leaving behind her a heart broken husband and a host of sorrowing friends. Deceased was born Sept. 3rd 1857 in the town of Lawrence. Brown county, where she was married to Mr. Penning. For several years they have made Marshfield their home. Good health was never enjoyed by Mrs. Penning and year by year she has steadily grown worse until finally about six months ago she was taken to her bed from which she never rallied. She has been a patient sufferer and death came as a relief. On Saturday Dr. Lathrop and Hayward held a post mortem examination on the remains to discover if possible the cause of her trouble, and pronounced it interstitial inflammation of the liver. The funeral was held on Monday from St. John's Catholic Church, Rev. Eisen officiating.

Gertrude married Pennings, John 3 Sep 1878, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. John (son of Pennings, Peter and Vandenberg, Henrietta "Harriet") was born Abt 1854, , , , Netherlands; died Aft 1900. [Group Sheet]

Anton married Rasmussen, Anna Sophia Aft 1910. Anna was born Abt 1892; died Abt 1949. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Arts, Henry John 17 Jan 1905, Tony, Rusk, Wisconsin, USA. Henry (son of Aerts, Peter Johannes and Tiesen, Johanna) was born 28 Dec 1876, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 28 Jul 1947, Ladysmith, Rusk, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Theresa married Vanhorne, John Norman Harrison Patrick Aft 1906. John was born Abt 1888; died Abt 1963. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Yost, Alice Florence Aft 1918. Alice was born 19 Jun 1900, , , Iowa, USA; died 7 Dec 1985; was buried , St. Paul and Saint Jude North Catholic Cemetery, Bloomer, Chippewa, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet]

Viola married Kapp, Joseph Charles 14 Feb 1917. Joseph was born 12 Feb 1890; died 3 May 1953. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1920 Census: 1920, Suamico, Brown, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

1920 Census:
John A Diederich 37
Elizabeth P Diederich 35
Agnes M Diederich 11
Leona M Diederich 9
Gabriel J Diederich 8
Vincent M Diederich 6
Rosella S Diederich 5
Lorraine A Diederich 2
Viola M Diederich 9

John married Ambrosius, Elizabeth Bef 1909. Elizabeth (daughter of Ambrosius, Johannes "John" and VanBakel, Anna Mechtildis) was born 19 May 1884, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 22 Apr 1982. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Death Record - Civil: 29 Dec 1999

Notes:

Death Record - Civil:
Name: Irene E. Anheir
Birth: 26 Jul 1905
Death: 29 Dec 1999
Civil: Wisconsin

Irene married Anheir, Francis Joseph Aft 1923. Francis was born 3 Oct 1898; died 3 Mar 1988. [Group Sheet]

John married Unknown, Mary Theresa [Group Sheet]

Gabriel married Roels, Florence 9 May 1939, Oneida, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Florence (daughter of Roels, John and Schelter, Irene) was born 21 Sep 1918, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 3 Apr 2005. [Group Sheet]

Vincent married Muraski, Josephine 9 May 1939, Oneida, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Josephine was born 19 Mar 1919, Flintville, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 21 Oct 1971, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Lorraine married Raymakers, John Joseph 24 Jun 1939, Oneida, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. John (son of Raymakers, Peter and Jacobs, Anna Marie) was born 21 Aug 1911; died 4 Jan 2003. [Group Sheet]

Therese married Denissen, Peter M. (son of Denissen, Matthew Theodore and Parins, Antoinette) [Group Sheet]