NameAdam Diederich
Birthabt 1845, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany9,1,2,3
BurialJul 1906, St. Peter Cemetery, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
Death7 Jul 1906, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationFarm hand--1870; farmer--1880 and 1900.
Source: Cleveland Public Library on-line obituary file;
Ancestry.com—Hughes-Cook Family Tree; New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; and
MyHeritage.com—
newspaperarchive.com: Elyria Republican (Elyria, Ohio) (July 12, 1906, p. 6); and Allen Huelskamp.
Adam sailed with his parents and five of his siblings from Le Havre, France on the ship “Waverly,” arriving in New York, New York on August 28, 1847. He was reported to be two years old.
His tombstone lists 1845 as his birth year. The 1850 federal census reported that he was five years old.
In 1870 he and his wife Anna and son Matthias lived close to his parents-in-law in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1900 he lived in North Ridgeville. Allen Huelskamp has July 8, 1906 as his date of death.
Adam died of appendicitis.
In 1910 she lived with her daughter Cecilia in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio. The census reported that she was widowed, the mother of eight children of whom four were living.