NameMargaretha Diederich
Birth1835, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany9
Death15 Feb 1856, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
BurialSt. Mary Cemetery, Avon, Lorain County, Ohio
Spouses
Birth22 Mar 1829, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany9,7,1,2,3
Baptismabt Mar 1829, St. Servatius Church, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death12 Jun 1910, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
BurialSt. Teresa of Avila Cemetery, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationFarmer--1850; carpenter and joiner; farmer, postmaster.
Marriage15 May 1854, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Notes for Margaretha Diederich
Source: Barbara Schichtel on Ancestry.com; Ancestry.com—New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; and www.findagrave.com.
She sailed with her parents and five of her siblings from Le Havre, France on the ship “Waverly,” arriving in New York, New York on August 28, 1847.
The findagrave web site does not identify her except as the wife of Nikolaus Kelling. However her tombstone appears to give 1856 as the year of her death, agreeing with the death year of Margaretha Diederich Kelling.
Notes for Nikolaus S. (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—Barbara Nan Schichtel Family Tree; Allen Huelskamp; and www.findagrave.com.
He immigrated with his parents in about 1844.
In 1860 he lived with his mother and six of his siblings in Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1870 he and his wife Anna M. and children—Kate, Maggie, Mary, Theresa and John—lived in Sheffield. Maggie Schmitt, age 75, lived with them. In 1880 he and his family lived in Sheffield; his mother lived with his family. His brother Michael and his family lived next door. In 1900 he and his family lived in Sheffield. HIs brother Michael’s son Nicholas lived nearby.
Nikolaus and Anna Maria Diederich had six children die in infancy and six survive their mother.