Lawrence Emerson Dittman

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Emanuel Peter Dittman is not in my direct ancestry. He is a brother of Joseph Henry Dittman, the husband of Arminta Beals. Arminta is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of James Elgie Beals Daughter of of James Francis Beals and Olive Samantha Bower

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	18 Sept 1909
Marriage	27 Nov 1931	Emlenton, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA	To Dorothy Burgham Beals
Death	3 Aug 1957	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Burial	Salem Reformed UCC Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 2            Generation 3                  Generation 4             
 
                                                                   
                  
                                                                  
                                                    
                                                              
                                                           +-- Wilhelm Dittman 
                                                           |   (1825-1896)                            
                               +-- Emanuel Peter Dittman --+                               
                               |      (1869-1957 )         |                          
                               |                           +-- Sarah Ann Kline                                   
                               |                               (1833-1898)                                 
+-- Lawrence Emerson Dittman --+                                                          
|    (1909-1978)               |                           
|                              |                           +-- Elias Bescht Sheffer
|                              |                           |   (1834-1906)
|                              +-- Cora Belle Sheffer -----+  
|                                  (1869-1939)             |
|                                                          +-- Sarah Weeter 
|                                                              (1839-1906)
|                              +-- James Sinas Beals
|                              |   (1861-1940)
+-- Dorothy Burgham Beals -----+
    (1911-1980)                |
                               +-- Florence Burgham
                                   (1869-1951)                               
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Children

(children with Dorothy Burgham Beals)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Lawrence James Dittman	M	19 July 1932	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	living wife	died 4 Mar 2006	PA)
Robert Emerson Dittman	M	22 May 1934	Emlenton, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA		died 21 July 1998, Lamartine PA
Walter Emanuel Dittman	M	30 Mar 1936	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA		died 22 Sept 1998, Colorado Springs CO; cremated
living daughter Dittman	F	23 Feb 1937	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
living son Dittman	M	24 June 1938	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
living son Dittman	M	28 Sept 1941	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
living son Dittman	M	19 Aug 1943	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
living son Dittman	M	2 May 1945	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Dorothy Belle Dittman	F	24 June 1947	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA		died 1 Aug 1993, Lamartine PA
living daughter Dittman	F	14 Feb 1949	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
living son Dittman	M	29 Jan 1951	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
living son Dittman	M	23 Jan 1953	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Infant daughter Dittman	F	6 Dec 1954	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	died young	died 6 Dec 1954
David Lee Dittman	M	30 Nov 1959	Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	died young	died 14 Dec 1959

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lamartine, Richland Twp., Clarion Co. PA	"most of his life"

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of Lawrence E. Dittman & Dorothy Burgham Beals, Salem Reformed Cemetery

Infant daughter of Dorothy & Lawrence Dittman, at Salem Ref. UCC

David Lee Dittman, infant son of Dorothy B. & Lawrence E. Dittman, Salem Ref. UCC

Gravestone of Dorothy Belle Dittman, dau. of Dorothy B. & Lawrence E. Dittman, Salem Ref. UCC

Gravestone of Robert E. Dittman, plot of Lawrence & Dorothy Dittman, Salem Ref. UCC Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1910 United States Federal Census, District 30, Salem Twp., Clarion Co., PA, pages 7,8. Census dated 10 April 1910. Lines 49-50, page 7, 51-55 page 8: Emanuel Dittman, head, 40, first marriage, 19 years, butter maker, creamery, owns home, no mortgage; Cora, wife, 40, first marriage, 19 years, 8 children born, 5 living; Bertha, dau., 18, teacher, public school; Blanche, dau., 13, att'd school; Mildred, dau., 9, att'd school; Eugene, son, 5; Laurence, 6 months. All and all parents b. PA. Adults can read, write and speak English.
2	1920 United States Federal Census, Dist 139, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 1. Census dated 28 Jan 1920. Lines 11-15:Emanuel Dittman, head, 50, farmer, rural carrier, owns home, mortgaged; Cora, wife, 50; Mildred, dau., 17; Eugene, so, 14; Lawrence, son, 10. All and all parents b. PA. Eugene and Lawrence attended school. All can read, write and speak English.
3	1930 United States Federal Census, District 31, Salem Twp., Clarion Co., PA, pages 4,5. Census dated 9 April 1930. Lines 99-100 page 4, 1-2 age 5: Emanuel Dittman, head, 60, married at age 20, mail carrier, RD route, owns home, $2000 value, owns radio, not a veteran; Cora, wife, 60, married at 20; Eugene, son, 24, laborer, odd jobs, not a vet.; Laurence, son, 20, laborer, odd jobs, not a vet. All and all parents b. PA. All can read, write and speak English.
5	Gravestone transcriptions, Salem Reformed UCC Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA; transcribed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams with Nancy Beals Walls. Dittman, Laurence E. 1909-1978; Dorothy B. 1911-1980 Baby Girl Dittman 1954 David Lee Dittman 1959 Dorothy Belle Dittman June 24, 1947-Aug 1, 1993 "In God's Care" Robert E. Dittman May 22, 1934 0 July 21, 1998
6	Duane Shannon Beals research, on FTM Beals Family file; ongoing correspondence. Duane is a descendant of Dorothy Burgham Beals, wife of Lawrence Emerson Dittman.
7	Book of Dittmans, A Researcher's Workbook, Revised 2nd edition 1993, by Betty Dittman Hamet. This manuscript includes descendants of Johann Heinrich Dittman, record of ship "Crawford" arr. Philadelphia 25 Oct 1773 from Rotterdam/Cowes; records in Mt. Pleasant Twp., Bedford Co. (forerunner of this township in Westmoreland Co. PA), in Westmoreland Co. PA, and in Venango/Clarion Co. PA; gravestone transcriptions from Lutheran Cemetery St Petersburg, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Reformed Church Cemetery Lamartine, these cemeteries in Clarion Co. PA; death registers from Clarion Co. Register of Deaths, and from the St. Petersburg Lutheran congregation.
8	The John Adam Scheffer Family History and Lineage 1751-1958 compiled by Hazel Sheffer Crawford, Emlenton, PA 1958. Submitted to us by Nancy Beals Walls Oct 2008.
9	Obituary of Lawrence Emerson Dittman, date & publication source not given, from p. 102, "Dittman Family 1773-2008" by Terrence L. Johnson-Cooney. Lawrence E. Dittman , age 68, of Lamartine died Monday, of heart attack, at Franklin Hospital (Venango Co. PA). Worked 16 yr. for Quaker State Oil Refining Corp., Emelnton PA, then PennDOT retiring 1975. Born 18 Sept 1909 Clarion Co. PA son of Emanuel Peter Dittman & Cora Sheffer (Dittman). Resided Lamartine, member Salem United Ch. of Christ. Survived by wife Dorothy Beals (Dittman); 9 sons: Lawrence, Robert, Walter, Donald, William, Harry, John, & Kenneth; 3 daughters:Mary Jane (Mullen), Nancy (McClintock), Dorothy (Bell); brother Eugene. Sisters Blanche (Eisenhuth), Mildred (Bechtel) & Bertha (Klingman) are deceased.Criswell Funeral Home; Rev. Ralph Link of St. Paul United Ch. of Christ in Butler; interment Salem United Ch. of Christ Cemetery.	See complete text