Edward Paul DITTMAN

Born

17 July 1887 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

2 July 1926 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Edward Paul married Olive Greenleaf BENNETT 7 September 1915 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
Olive Greenleaf BENNETT was born abt. 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA . Olive Greenleaf was the child of Charles Henry BENNETT and America CRUTCHER .

Parents & Family of Edward Paul DITTMAN

Parents of Edward Paul DITTMAN

Father

Henry William (Wilhelm Heinrich) DITTMAN

Mother

Emma KOEPKE

Grandparents of Edward Paul DITTMAN

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Friedrich Adolph KOEPKE Cristeina (Christiane) STUPKE (JANKE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Edward Paul DITTMAN

Edward Paul DITTMAN married

Olive Greenleaf BENNETT
Marriage date: 7 September 1915
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Olive Greenleaf BENNETT was the child of Charles Henry BENNETT and America CRUTCHER

Marriage notes:

Name: Olive Greenleaf Bennett

Age: 30

Birth Year: abt 1885

Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio

Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1915

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Father:

Charles H. Bennett

Mother:

America Bennett

Spouse:

Edward Paul Dittmann

Name: Edward Paul Dittmann

Age: 28

Birth Year: abt 1887

Birth Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1915

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Father:

Henry A. Dittmann

Mother:

Emma Dittmann

Spouse:

Olive Greenleaf Bennett

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915

Children of Edward Paul DITTMAN and Olive Greenleaf BENNETT

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Birth — 1887
17 July 1887
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Edward P Dittnann
titles & terms:
Residence: Pittsfield city, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Birth Date: Jul 1887
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Spouse:
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthPlace:
father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother: Emma Dittnann
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthPlace: Germany
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Emma Dittnann
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
years Married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0064
pAge: 4
sheet letter: B
family number: 70
reference number: 68
Film Number: 1240632
Image Number: 00000999
Household Gender Age
parent Emma Dittnann F
Henry A Dittnann M
Autitia Dittnann F
Arthur Dittnann M
Edward P Dittnann M

Source / record details
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Edward Dittman
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Pittsfield Ward 2, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother's birthPlace: Germany
family number: 213
page number: 11
Household Gender Age
parent Emma Dittman F 59y
Henry Dittman M 39y
Edward Dittman M 22y

Source / record details
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 Marriage / Partner
Edward Paul DITTMAN and Olive Greenleaf BENNETT 7 September 1915, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 28 years old.

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Edward Paul Dittmann
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
Event Place: Pittsfield City, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1887
birthPlace: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
Film Number: 1674425
Digital Folder Number: 005216039
Image Number: 04308

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZNQ-C13 : accessed 29 Nov 2012), Edward Paul Dittmann, .

Source / record details
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Edward P Dittman
Residence: Pittsfield City 2, Berkshire, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1887
Age: 33
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820680
Digital Folder Number: 4301046
Image Number: 00566
sheet number: 16
Household Gender Age
Edward P Dittman M 33y
spouse Olive Dittman F 34y

Source / record details
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death

Name: Edward Paul Dittman
Death Date: 1926
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 68
Page Number: 277
Index Volume Number: 82
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.82

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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ancestry.com

His wife as a widow in 1940

Name: Olive B Dittman
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 2, Pittsfield, Pittsfield City, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original):
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthPlace: Ohio
estimated Birth Year: 1886
residence in 1935: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
enumeration district number: 2-90
family number: 170
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
Line Number: 80
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1569
Digital Folder Number: 005460841
Image Number: 00375

Source / record details
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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