Category: William J. Dietrich Fabrication

Categories: Dietrich Name Study | Frauds and Fabrications

William J. Dietrich (WJD) (1875-1950) was one of the editors of "History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and a genealogical and biographical record of its families" (Roberts 1914), and evidently wrote the Dietrich section of this work (ibid, vol II pp 253 ff). He began this account with a fable tracing the origin of several migrant Dietrich families to Wilhelm Emanuel Dietrich (1680-1780), citing an entry in a 19th century manual of German coats-of-arms (Wappen) for Baden nobility (von Grass 1878, pp 95-96, fig 56). Unfortunately, this fable has migrated into a number of FamilySearch and WikiTree profiles, and these need to be flagged and corrected wherever possible. See the WikiTree page Wm J Dietrich's Fictional Genealogy for more information.

See:

• History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and a genealogical and biographical record of its families", by Charles Rhoads Roberts (1914). Three volumes.
• J. Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch: Band 2, Abt. 6. Der Adel in Baden: nebst Anhang, die Standes-Erhebungen des fürstlichen Hauses Fürstenberg enthaltend. Ed. Carl August von Grass, Nürnberg, 1878

WJD Fictional Genealogy

WJD Genealogical Contributions

Daniel Deiterich 22 Jun 1767 Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania

John Jacob Deiterich 12 Jan 1762 Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania

Sarah Deiterich 18 Sep 1763 Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania

Adam Dietrich 1743 Dresden, Saxony - 1794

Casper Dietrich 1710 Dresden, Saxony, Germany - 30 Dec 1749

Elias Dietrich 27 Jan 1713 Dresden, Sachsen, Germany - aft 1749

Elias Dietrich Aug 1765 Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania - 12 Feb 1831

Georg Dietrich abt 12 Nov 1742 Dresden, Kurfürstentum Sachsen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - abt 1826

Johann Dietrich 1738 Dresden, Saxony, Germany - aft 1778

Johann Dietrich 1720 Dresden, Germany - aft 1759

Wilhelm Dietrich abt 1680 Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany - abt 1780

Magdalena Hartz abt 12 Feb 1741 Sussex, New Jersey - bef 1765

Anna (Leitheiser) Dietrich abt 1712 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany - abt 1810

Katherina (Nauman) Dietrich 1743 Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania - aft 1767

Sara (Unknown) Dietrich abt 1718 Dresden, Sachsen, Germany - 1743

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