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From: "Melissa Hallyburton" <>
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dietrich family of Geelong
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:49:45 +1000
References: <002201c6ae15$f53a4220$0100000a@Amanda>


Hi Amanda,

Thank you for your assistance.
It could be possible that Pierre went by Peter (as we know in this line of
searching that anything is possible until ruled out by much hard work).
This will now give me more work to try to uncover.

Thank you again,
Melissa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dietrich family of Geelong


> Hi Melissa,
>
> Had a quick look through the digger indexes for you. I can't find
Theophil,
> but perhaps was wondering if Pierre called himself Peter the English
> equivalent???
>
> In 1865 a Peter DIETRICH married Johanna Dorothea GROSZ in Victoria.
Johanna
> died 1891 Melbourne, daughter of Johann Sa GOOSZ and Maria Elizth GOGEL
aged
> 46. They had 6 children:
>
> Bertha Annie b 1866 Fyansford, in 1890 Bertha Anna DIETRICH born Geelong
> married Fred Ulysse MONOT
> Marie Elizabeth b 1868 Geelong,
> Wilhelm Peter b 1871 Geelong, died 1966 Leon., Victoria aged 95
> Johannes Friedrich b 1873 Geelong
> Gottlieb Abram (can't find birth) died 1961 Caulfield aged 83
> Henry Adolph b 1881 Geelong, in 1917 Henry Adolph DIETRICH married Edith
> TURNER. Henry died 1921 Mirboo North aged 40.
>
> Hope this may some how help you,
> Amanda
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melissa Hallyburton" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:33 PM
> Subject: [GEELONG] Dietrich family of Geelong
>
>
> > Hello Listers,
> >
> > I have been searching through the "National Archives of Australia"
looking
> to find any members of my family of Dietrich. In my searching I have found
> an enlisted gentleman named Gottlieb Abraham DIETRICH, he was born in
> Geelong and at the time of joining on 28th Jan 1916 he was aged 39 years
and
> 3 months, he was a dairy farmer and not married. In the field of next of
kin
> is listed William Dietrich, address: Mirboo North, Victoria. It also has
> written that his parents were both dead at the time of enlistment.
> >
> > I am trying to find family members for 3 men who arrived in Australia in
> 1861 aboard the ship "Shalimar". They were Pierre (aged 23), Theophil
(aged
> 24) and Friedrich Gottlieb aged 17) Dietrich.
> > My family line comes from Friedrich. As yet I have not found any mention
> of the other 2 gentlemen. They all came from the area of Bern,
Switzerland.
> It is thought that they were cousins.
> >
> > Thanking you all for your time,
> > Melissa.
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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