German Immigrants - DIEHL

[Rowan Tree]

Did the two girls come to Britain with their father??
It might be worth looking on the TNA site for possible naturalisation papers...

Hi Bob,

I checked out TNA but didn't find anything unfortunately  . Thanks for the suggestion though.

I don't know if Maria and Christiana travelled with their father as the only trace of Peter Diehl that I've been able to find is his name on the two marriage certificates. Apart from Maria and Christiana I've not been able to confirm the where-abouts of any other family members although I suspect Mary Ann DALE off the 1851 census living with Christiana is a relation.

Perhaps to two sisters did travel to England with their father plus other family members but I've been unable to prove it thus far. The quest continues.

Many thanks, Kirsty 

[Rowan Tree]

There is a Diehl Family (from around Frankfurt) forum on Ahnenforum.com. It's in German with some queries/answers in English. It's from 2003. You could try and post there.

Regards, Peonie

Hi Peonie and thanks for your post and links,

I've just been checking out Ahnenforum.com and am going to register with the forum and get posting. I have absolutely no German so I'm hoping the resident German forum members will be patient with me. I think I need to invest in a German phrase book asap  .

I've just been checking out the IGI and came across the following baptism:
Evangelisch, Leihgestern, Oberhessen, Hessen
B. 10/11/1829
Bapt. 15/11/1829
Christina Sophia Diehl
Father: Peter Diehl
Mother: Sophia Langsdorf

I'm not sure if there is a possibility if this could be my Christiana. Opinions anyone?

Best Wishes, Kirsty 

[Rowan Tree]

Found somebody who has an Ahnentafel (Family Tree) Diehl Darmstadt/Hessen

http://forum.ahnenforschung.net/showthread.php?t=5896

Peonie,

I've just been trying the second link you gave me but I don't really understand what I'm looking at. Could you shed any light?

Regards, Kirsty 

[aghadowey]

Perhaps the N.K. in the census entry 'Frankford N.K.' means Not Known- in other words she was born in a place called Frankford [Frankfurt] but the country was listed as not known.

[Peonie]

Hi Kirsty,

members of Ahnenforschung offer look-ups and there is a list of books on this page. When you go
down the page to nr.7 "Woody" he has a Family Tree Diehl from Darmstadt/Hessen.

Regards Peonie

[Rowan Tree]

Perhaps the N.K. in the census entry 'Frankford N.K.' means Not Known- in other words she was born in a place called Frankford [Frankfurt] but the country was listed as not known.

Hi, I'd not thought of that possibility so thanks for the suggestion  .

I have come across "Unknown" on censuses before now so it's certainly a possibility. Hmm, food for thought...

Best Wishes, Kirsty 

[Rowan Tree]

...members of Ahnenforschung offer look-ups and there is a list of books on this page. When you go down the page to nr.7 "Woody" he has a Family Tree Diehl from Darmstadt/Hessen...

Thanks for that Peonie,

I'm completely with you now. Hmm, this could prove to be very interesting. I've just PM'ed Svenja with a request for help. I'll be sure to post any new developments.

Best Wishes, Kirsty 

[mather99]

These are also my ancestors and i have searched hem back to leihgestern in Germany
im sure than nk means not known and frankfurt is in hessen darmstadt so that would make good sense. Mary ann dale wouldnt have been the sister with her sister "mary" already married and living in bolton in 1851 with frederick lenz.

[Rowan Tree]

Hi John,

I've just read your post on Ahnenforschung.org and left a brief reply but wanted to reply in full here on Roots.

I'm thrilled to have found a DIEHL descendant. I've noted that there is a public member tree on Ancestry owned by "jonniemather" - Is this you? Are you a son of Margaret LENTZ and John MATHER? If so, we share ancestors through the DIEHL line. We are descendants of the sisters, Maria and Christiana DIEHL.

This is how you get from Peter DIEHL (Maria and Christiana's father) to myself:
Peter DIEHL (4 x great-grandfather)
Christiana DIEHL b. 1830 m. James LITTLER (3 x great-grandparents)
Ellen LITTLER b. 1861 m. William NICHOLSON (2 x great-grandparents)
Jane Ethel NICHOLSON b. 1901 m. Henry PARKINSON (great-grandparents)
James PARKINSON b. 1924 m. Margarete B. FORSHAW (grandparents)
David Harry PARKINSON (dad)
Kirsty (me  )

On the "jonniemather" tree on Ancestry I see there are dates of birth for Maria and Christiana (plus a brother named Johannes). Also there is a date/place of birth and date of death for a Phillip Peter DIEHL plus a spouse with date/place of birth. Was all this information taken from Family Search?

Looking forward to hearing from you. Best Wishes, Kirsty