The names had different spellings: Diederich/Diederichs/Dietrichs…
1. Gottfried Diederich, b. abt Oct 1739 in Niederbobritz, Sachsen,
Germany, d. 13 Apr 1804 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany. He married 18 Feb 1770 in Huenxe, Rheinland,
Germany, Susanna Mechel Pflips, b. abt
1736, d. 24 May 1811 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany.
Children:
2. ii Johann
Wilhelm Diederich b. 17 Dec 1772.
iii Anna Gertrud Diederich, b. 10 Feb 1776 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany.
Second Generation
2. Johann Wilhelm Diederich, b. 17 Dec 1772 in Huenxe. He married 17 Dec 1797 in Huenxe, Aletta
Catharina Meier, b. 10 Sep 1774 in Bruckhausen, Rheinland,
Germany, (daughter of Albert Meier and Ennecken Spickermans) d. 16 Sep 1858 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany.
Children:
i Anna Elisabeth Dietrichs, b. 12 Jan 1798 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany.
3. ii Albert
Wilhelm Dietrichs b. 21 Feb 1800.
iii Anna
Elisabeth Dieterich, b. 23 May 1804 in Huenxe, d. 1882. She married 30 Aug 1833 in Huenxe.
4. iv Johann Albert Dietrichs b. 2 May 1807.
Third Generation
3. Albert Wilhelm Dietrichs, b. 21 Feb 1800 in Huenxe. He married Aletta Catharina Ruehl.
Children:
5. i Johann Wilhelm Diederichs b. 10 May 1825.
4. Johann Albert Dietrichs, b. 2 May 1807 in Huenxe, d. 9 Nov 1886 in
Hiesfeld, Rheinland, Germany. He married (1) 11 Jul 1835 in Huenxe,
Anna Mechtilde Scholten, b. 25 Mar 1811 in Huenxe, (daughter of
Hermann Scholten and Sybilla Catharina Freyhoff) d. 17 Jul 1844 in Hiesfeld. He married (2) 1 Feb 1845 in Hiesfeld, Anna
Mechtilde Rusch, b. 19 Jan 1802 in Hiesfeld, (daughter of
Johann Heinrich Rusch and Helene Schniderken) d. bef 1886.
Children by Anna Mechtilde Scholten:
6. i Johann
Wilhelm Diederichs b. 10 Jan 1840.
7. ii Johann
Friedrich Albert Diederichs b. 16 Oct 1842.
iii Elisabeth Diederichs. She
married 2 Feb 1868 in Holten, Rheinland, Germany, Jakob Auler.
Fourth Generation
5. Johann Wilhelm Diederichs, b. 10 May 1825 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany, d. 30 Oct 1896. He married 14 May 1857, Aletta Koester.
Children:
8. i Heinrich Wilhelm Diederichs b. 28 Feb 1852.
6. Johann Wilhelm Diederichs, b. 10 Jan 1840 in Hiesfeld, d. 30 Jul 1866 in Poisdorf, Boehmen, Oesterreich. He married 22 Nov 1865 in Holten, Rheinland, Germany, Mechtilde Sibille Pollmann, b. 31 Jul 1840 in Fahrn, Hamborn, Rheinland, Germany, (daughter of Johann Wilhelm Pollmann and Louise Voss) d. 2 Oct 1916 in Ottertail County, MN, USA.
Children:
9. i Wilhelm
Diederichs b. 24 Jul 1863.
10. ii Johann
Diederichs b. 1866.
7. Johann Friedrich Albert Diederichs, b. 16 Oct 1842 in Hiesfeld, d. 4 Feb 1918. He married 25 Feb 1876 in Beeck, Rheinland, Germany, Mechtilde Sibille Pollmann, b. 31 Jul 1840 in Fahrn, Hamborn, Rheinland, Germany, (daughter of Johann Wilhelm Pollmann and Louise Voss) d. 2 Oct 1916 in Ottertail County.
Children:
11. i Anna Diederichs b. 2 Jan 1876.
12. ii Arnold
Diederichs b. 4 Oct 1877.
13. iii Elisabeth
Diederichs b. 14 Apr 1880.
Fifth Generation
8. Heinrich Wilhelm Diederichs, b. 28 Feb 1852, d. 5 Jan 1908. He married 11 Aug 1882, Gertrud Christina
Ruhr.
Children:
i Gottfried Diederichs, b. 8 Oct 1888 in Huenxe, d. 24 Mar 1958 in
Huenxe
9. Wilhelm Diederichs, b. 24 Jul 1863 in Meiderich, Rheinland, Germany, d. 12 Sep 1943 in Perham, MN, USA. He married 1887 in Germany, Gertrud Bleckmann, b. 23 Sep 1866 in Meiderich, (daughter of Johann Bleckmann and Margarethe Matten) d. 30 Sep 1932 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA.
Children:
14. i Mechthilde
Diederichs b. 4 Apr 1888.
15. ii Johann
Albert Diederichs b. 7 Jun 1889.
16. iii Anna Margaretha Diederichs b. 28 Oct 1890.
iv William Diederichs, b. 30 Jan 1893, d. 24 Mar 1969 in Perham, MN,
USA.
v Annie Diederichs.
17. vi Helena
Diederichs b. 4 Nov 1895.
18. vii Henry A Diederichs b. 12 Oct 1897.
19. viii Anna
Diederichs b. 31 Jul 1903.
10. Johann Diederichs, b. 1866 in Rheinland, Germany, d. 1936. He married Helena Mangelmann, b. 2 Feb 1855 in Huenxe, Rheinland, Germany, (daughter of Johann Diedrich Mangelmann and Anna Margarethe Blankenagel) d. 14 Sep 1938 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA.
Children:
20. i Henry Diederichs b. 28 Feb 1895.
11. Anna Diederichs, b. 2 Jan 1876, d. 31 Aug 1935 in Alexandria, MN,
USA. She married 9 Oct 1913 in Perham,
MN, USA, Heinrich Rusch, b. 13 Nov 1878, (son of Jacob Rusch and Sophie Scherpenberg) d. 14 Feb 1959 in Alexandria, MN, USA.
12. Arnold Diederichs, b. 4 Oct 1877 in Marxloh, Rheinland, Germany, d. Aug 1955 in Lake Villa, Illinois, USA. He married 26 Nov 1908 in Dent, MN, USA, Anna Rusch, b. 14 Nov 1886 in Germany, (daughter of Jacob Rusch and Sophie Scherpenberg) d. 24 Jul 1974.
13. Elisabeth Diederichs, b. 14 Apr 1880 in Beeck, Rheinland, Germany, d.
22 Oct 1961 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN, USA. She married 27 Nov 1897, Wilhelm Tenter, b. 8 Nov 1866 in Beeck, (son of Johann Heinrich
Tenter and Maria Katharina Rademacher) d. 22 Nov 1943 in Perham, MN, USA.
Children:
28. i Matilda
Kathryn Tenter b. 19 Mar 1898.
29. ii Albert
John Tenter b. 4 Jun 1899.
Sixth Generation
14. Mechthilde Diederichs, b. 4 Apr 1888 in Marxloh, Rheinland, Germany, d. 5 May 1955 in Riverside, CA, USA. She married 5 Sep 1907 in Dora Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, Hermann Heinrich Piontek, b. 5 Jan 1884 in Germany, (son of August Piontek and Wilhelmina Rostek) d. 7 Nov 1941 in Vancouver, WA, USA.
15. Johann Albert Diederichs, b. 7 Jun 1889 in Beeck, Rheinland, Germany, d. 11 Jun 1970 in Perham, MN, USA. He married 4 Jun 1913 in Dent, MN, USA, Martha M. F. Zitzow, b. 24 May 1889 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, (daughter of Albert Zitzow and Augusta _____) d. 4 Sep 1982 in Perham, MN, USA.
16. Anna Margaretha Diederichs, b. 28 Oct 1890 in Holten, Rheinland, Germany, d. 16 May 1976 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. She married 21 Apr 1910 in Perham, MN, USA, Peter Martin Henry Buehler, b. 20 Jul 1884 in Plato, McLeod County, MN, USA, d. 26 Dec 1962 in Perham, MN, USA.
17. Helena Diederichs, b. 4 Nov 1895 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, d. 21 Dec 1987 in Perham, MN, USA. She married 23 Sep 1919 in Perham, MN, USA, William Karl Fresonke, b. 12 Jan 1896 in Dora Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, (son of August Fresonke and Johanna Stender) d. 23 Dec 1982 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
18. Henry A Diederichs, b. 12 Oct 1897 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, d. 2 Aug 1983 in Perham, MN, USA. He married 14 Nov 1921 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN, USA, Emilie Hulda Fresonke, b. 29 Jan 1901 in Dent, MN, USA, (daughter of August Fresonke and Johanna Stender) d. 6 Okt 2001 in Perham, MN, USA.
20. Henry Diederichs, b. 28 Feb 1895 in Dent, MN, USA, d. 26 Dec 1968 in Ottertail County, MN, USA. He married 30 Sep 1924 in Perham, St. Paul Lutheran Church, MN, USA, Freida Mathilda Seedorf, b. 26 Dec 1902 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, (daughter of Fritz Seedorf and Fredericka Haut).
28. Matilda Kathryn Tenter, b. 19 Mar 1898 in Dent, Edna Township, MN, USA, d. 17 Feb 1986 in Detroit Lakes, MN, USA. She married 20 Oct 1920 in Dora Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, Leonard E. Schepper, b. 15 May 1898 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, d. 12 Oct 1985 in Detroit Lakes, MN, USA.
29. Albert John Tenter, b. 4 Jun 1899, d. 4 Feb 1983 in Becker County, MN, USA. He married 10 May 1923 in Vergas, Dora Township, MN, USA, Elsa Anna Scheibe, b. 15 Apr 1902 in Edna Township, Ottertail County, MN, USA, (daughter of Otto Heinrich Scheibe and Anna Minna Wettstein) d. 2 Jul 1990 in Ottertail County, MN, USA.