Dietrich Engel (1799 - abt. 1859)

Descendants

Biography

Dietrich Engel was born 26 March 1799 in Donnersberg, Palatinate (German: Pfalz), Département of Mont Tonnerre, France.^[1]

Location Notes Starting in 1794, the Palatinate region [in present day Germany], "was occupied by French revolutionary troops. As a result of the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797), the First French Republic annexed the region. In 1798 they introduced a new administrative system with the establishment of departments. Basically, the area of the Palatinate became the Département of Mont Tonnerre." ^[2]

Notes on his name' Dietrich was also know as Johann Friedrich Engel. This is seen by Christina Engel's birth record, where he is listed as Friedrich Engel. She is listed on the 1835 cenus, below with Dietrich and Catharina Engel. On Catharina Engel's birth record, he is listed as Johann Friedrich Engel and as Dietrich on Catharina's death record.

Dietrich married Katharina Müller/Mueller. ^[3]

Dietrich and Katharina had the following children:

• Valentin Engel b 26 June 1827 Kloestitz^[4]
• Johann Engel b 3 September 1825 Klöstitz^[4] d before 1835, not listed on the census^[5]
• Ferdinand Engel b 22 November 1826 Kloestitz ^[4] d 10 April 1829 Kloestitz^[6]
• Christina Engel b 13 January 1830 Kloestitz^[5][4]
• Catharina Engel b 20 December 1831 Klöstitz^[4] d 8 March 1832 Kloestitz^[6]
• Dorothea Engel b 25 February 1832 Kloestitz [mother listed as Katharina Bodamer]^[4] d before 1835, not listed on the 1835 census^[5]
• Louisa Engel b 4 January 1833 Kloestitz^[5][7]
• Dietrich Engel b 6 February 1835 Kloestitz^[7][5] d 1836^[8]
• Maria Wilhelmine Engel b 31 October 1837 Kloestitz^[7]
• Maria Magdalena Engel b 19 September 1841 Kloestitz; m Christoph Wilhelm Hess^[9]

In 1835, Dietrich and Catharina were living household # 117 in Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia.^[5]

1835 Household #117, Klöstitz
Dietrich Engel 35 - Wife: Katharina 31
Sons: Valentin 10, Dietrich 1/12
Daughters: Christina 4, Louisa 1

In 1850, Dietrich and Katharina continued to live in Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia.^[8]

1850 Household #114, Klöstitz
Dietrich Engel 52 - Wife: Katharina 46
Sons: Valentin 26 - Wife: Elisabetha 22
Son: Valentin 1
Dietrich died 1836 age 1
Daughters: Louisa

Johann Dietrich died 9 August 1859 in Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Wise, E., ‘’Neu Kloestitz Bessarabia - a Koblenz Extraction’’ Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 2 Mar 2003
2. ↑ Wikipedia. Palatinate (region) of Germany accessed 11 November 2021
3. ↑ E. Wise. Christian FIESS Files Index Part 1 of 6 (A-En) Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 18 Jan 1998
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} R. Drefs. Bessarabian Births 1815 - 1832 Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 21 Aug 2015
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} GRHS. ‘’Black Sea German Russian Census, Vol. 2, 1835 Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia, page 175
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} R. Drefs ‘’Bessarabian Deaths 1815 – 1832’’ Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 21 Aug 2015
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Drefs, R., Bessarabian Village Birth Records, 183x Published by Odessa Digital Library - 19 Nov 1998
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} GRHS. ‘’Black Sea German Russian Census, Vol. 2, 1835 Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia, page 184
9. ↑ E. Wise. Christian FIESS Files Index Part 1 of 6 (A-En) Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 18 Jan 1998
10. ↑ Drefs, R. Bessarabian Village Birth Records, 185x published by the Odessa Digital Library - 18 Apr 1998

• Engel, Dietrich (I7498), in Kloestitz, Bessarabia by Elli Wise on BlackSeaGr.org
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 August 2018, 06:42), entry for Dietrich Engel(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZLY-SQZ); contributed by various users.