George
Dill
Born about in Preston, Waterloo, Canada West
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Adrian Diehl
and Mary Ann (Smyser) Diehl
Brother of
Elizabeth Ann (Diehl) Miller
Husband of
Rachel Melissa (Casselman) Thornton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Minnie Isabella (Dill) Quaife and Ralph Dill
Died
at about age 38
in Frog Lake, District of Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2021
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Biography
George was born about 1847 in Preston, Waterloo, Canada West. He was the son of Heinrich Diehl.
George Dill married Rachel Melissa Cassleman on 14 October 1873 in the home of her parents, William and Mary Cassleman, at Brunel, Muskoka, Ontario.[1] They had two children, Minnie Isabella (Dill) Quaife, and Ralph Dill.
George operated a store at Frog Lake, Northwest Territories (now Alberta).
He was killed 2 April 1885 in what is known as the Frog Lake Massacre.[2] At the time of George's death, his wife and children were living at Amaqua, Boone, Iowa.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFB-RWF : 8 March 2021), George Dill and Millissa Casselman, 14 Oct 1873; citing registration , Unorganized Township, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,699.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts, ca. 1850-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-HM2C : 1 March 2021), George Dill, 1885.
- ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHHY-WZM : 2 March 2021), Rachel M Dill in household of Peter V Farley, Amaqua, Boone, Iowa; citing p. 5, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,443.
- "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M474-X8Q : 18 March 2021), George Dill, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
See Also
- Wikipedia:Frog Lake Massacre
- https://www.firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_metis/fp_metis_frog_lake.html
- https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Frog_Lake_Massacre
- https://heinsburg.ca/opinion-frog-lake-massacre
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