Anna (Dinges) Leckliter (1864 - 1959)

Born 26 Jul 1864 in Washington DC, USA

Wife of Wilhelm Johannes Lechleuter — married 9 Aug 1886 in Washington DC, USA

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1959 at age 95 in Cheverly, Prince George's, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Annie Dinges was born 26 July 1864 and died 27 July 1959. She is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery next to her sons Joe and Clarence and Clarence’s wife Thelma. Annie was the daughter of German immigrants Karl 'Charles’ Dinges and Elizabeth (Allen) Bauer.

The 1910 census states Annie gave birth to 11 children with 7 living at that time. I have documentation for Karl Charles Lechleuter (1892-1892), Louis Lechleuter (1893), and Annie Lechleuter (1898). There is a 4 year cap between Leo (1894) and Annie (1898) that needs to be researched closer for the fourth deceased child.

My father remembered his grandmother would walk the railroad tracks from Bladensburg to Tuxedo or down Bladensburg road to 15th and H St., to do sewing for different people. She liked her beer, when she could get it, and would eat the cream off the buttermilk like it was ice cream. After her husband died, she lived with her daughter Pauline for a while, then her son Leo until his death. When she got older she moved in with her other son "Boots" and his family.

The Washington Post: July 30 1959

Leckliter, Anna, of 6202 State St., Cheverly, Md. on July 27, 1959, wife of the late John W. Leckliter, mother of Mrs. James McKenny, Frederick, Joseph, George, and Clarence Leckliter: sister of William Dinges. Prayers at Chambers Funeral Home, 5801 Cleveland Ave., Riverdale, Md. On Friday, July 31 at 8:45 a.m. Mass at 5 Ambrose Church, Cheverly, Md., at 9:30 a.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.

According to the Dinges family bible Anna was born 07/26/1864. The date was handwritten along with all the other births and deaths recorded. Her 1910 census age is off by 2 years, the 1920 census is correct, I haven’t found the 1930 census, the 1940 census is off by 11 years, and her death notices is off by 13 years. If Annie married William in 1886 as the marriage documents states and she was 82 when she died, she would have been 9 years old when married.

By my calculations and documents Anna was 95 when she died, not 82.

Sources

1886 DC Record of Marriage #72 District of Columbia Archives
1887 District of Columbia Births & Christenings 1830-1955: Frederick Leachlenter
1888 DC City Directory: William Lechleuter painter 58 Jackson Alley NW
1889 District of Columbia Births & Christenings 1830-1955: William Lechluter
1889 DC City Directory: Wm J Lechleuter painter 58 Jackson Alley NW
1890 DC City Directory: William J Lechleuter painter 2057 7th Street NW
1892 District of Columbia Births & Christenings 1830-1955: Karl Charles Lechlighter
1892 DC City Directory: William J Lechleuter painter 513 14th Street SE
1889 District of Columbia Deaths & Burials 1840-1964: Charley Lechligter
1893 Birth & Baptism Louis Lechleuter, First Trinity Lutheran Church
1894 District of Columbia Births & Christenings 1830-1955: Leo Louchleuter
1898 District of Columbia Births & Christenings 1830-1955: Annie Lechlighter
1900 Census: District of Columbia: William Lackliter
1910 Census: District of Columbia: William Lecklita
1912 DC City Directory: John Lechliter painter 1674 Kramer Street NE
1915 DC City Directory: John W Lechliter painter 1026 4th Street NE
1920 Census: District of Columbia: W. J. Lecklighter
1922 Washington Post Death Notice: John W Lickliter
1922 District of Columbia Mt. Olivet Cemetery: John Wm. Lechleuter, Section 53
1940 Census: District of Columbia: James McKenny
1959 Obituary: Anna Leckliter [Washington Post]
1999 Personal interview with John Dinges
1999 Dinges family bible
2011 Correspondence with Pastor T. Knoll First Trinity Lutheran Church, Washington DC.
Conversations with grandson Kenneth Leckliter Sr.
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