Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
NameLeo Felix Diederich
Birth12 Nov 1871, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
Death10 Oct 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Burial13 Oct 1942, St. Peter Cemetery, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationPatternmaker
FlagsInterfamily Marriage
FatherFranz (Frank) Diederich (1840-1931)
MotherKatharina Pauly (1840-1922)
Spouses
Baptism1871, St. Mary Church, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
Birth25 Mar 1871, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio2
BurialApr 1948, St. Peter Cemetery, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
Death13 Apr 1948, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
FlagsInterfamily Marriage
Marriage30 May 1893, St. Mary Church, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
ChildrenClarence Francis (1894-1965)
 Julia Fabiola (1896-1991)
 Raymond Lawrence (1897-1981)
 Gladys Elizabeth (1899-1980)
 Arthur Albert Urban (1900-1991)
 Herbert Edward (1904-1980)
 Charles Leo (1906-1990)
 Norman Frank (1908-1989)
 George Robert (1910-1952)
Notes for Leo Felix Diederich
Source of his birthplace: Ancestry.com—Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962.
Leo and Mary were fifth cousins. Bartholomaeus Schmitt and Sophie Franck were their gggg grandparents.
Leo Diederich “made the patterns for parts of some of the first automobiles built in this country. He also made the patterns for some of the original control equipment of the Panama Canal....for many years [he] had operated his own shop [in Cleveland]....”
Source: Cleveland Press, October 12, 1942.
“Mr. Diederich pioneered in making patterns for automobile concerns when the industry was in its experimental stage.” Source: Cleveland News, October 12, 1942.
Notes for Mary Louise (Spouse 1)
Leo Diederich and Mary Louise Ternes were 5th cousins. Bartholomaeus Schmitt and Sophie Franck of Kaifenheim, Germany were their gggg grandparents.
Leo and Mary’s family lived at 9918 Olivet St. in Cleveland.
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