Individual Details
William Dittman
(26 Apr 1841 - 4 Oct 1918)
Death date and place for William Ditman
Certificate ordered from Colorado in 1977 by my parents and received
Doc #: R217-1
26 Sep 2015
Birthdate for William Ditman
Certificate ordered from Colorado in 1977 and received
Doc #: R217-1
26 Sep 2015
Find William Ditman and Juliana Rinnert in 1880 Census
Found William Ditman, Juliana Rinnert, Gertrude Ditman and Edgar Ditma n in Elbert County, Colorado, United States
Doc #: R217-2
26 Sep 2015
Find William Ditman and Juliana Rinnert in 1900 Census
Found William Ditman, Juliana Rinnert, Edgar, Cora, Roy, Ray, Earl.
Doc #: R217-3
26 Sep 2015
Find William Ditman and Juliana Rinnert in 1910 Census
Found William Ditman, Juliana Rinnert, Gertrude, Edgar, Cora, Ray, Roy , Earl.
Doc #: R217-4
26 Sep 2015
Find Juliana Rinnert in 1920 Census
Found Etta Ditman and Earl Ditman
Doc #: R217-5
26 Sep 2015
Find Juliana Rinnert in 1930 Census
Found Julia Dittman and Roy Dittman
Doc #: R217-6
26 Sep 2015
Find marriage date/place for William Ditman and Juliana Rinnert
Found marriage record 23 Oct 1876
Doc #: R217-7
26 Sep 2015
Find William Ditman and Juliana Rinnert in 1885 Colorado
Found William Ditman, Juliana Ditman, Getrude, Edgar and William.
Doc #: R217-8
26 Sep 2015
Find Julian Rinnert death date/place
Found Julia Rennert Ditman in Oregon. Died 18 Dec 1933 in Douglas, Ore gon. Born 24 Oct 1855. Residence 704 Cobb Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. I nformant, Mrs Grant Bales (Gertrude Ditman).
Doc #: R217-9
26 Sep 2015
Death certificate for Julia Rennert
Have death certificate on file for Julia Rennert Ditman.
Doc #: R217-10
26 Sep 2015
Find military pension records for William Ditman
Found US Civil War Pension 1861-1934 for Julia Dittman. Receiving pens ion from William DIttman service in Company 19 US Infantry during Civi l War. Filed 4 Nov 1890 as Invalid Application 915245 and Widow as App licaiton 1147.407, both in Colorado.
Doc #: R217-11
26 Sep 2015
Document information in Bio found in Progressive Men of Western Colora do
Doc #: R217-12
Notes
Different names used: William Ditman/Dittman. Used 1 or two t’s throughout his life.
No known middle name
Born in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Canada and Germany according to who presented the information
Different birthdates and years used 1944, 1949.
Physical Description
He was 6’ 4” and a redhead, according to his son Earl Ditman. Both his daughters Cora and Gertrude were redheads. Earl Ditman was a strawberry blond. In his photograph that I inherited, William is shown in a suit (with a Masonic pin), a full head of hair for his age, and a large mustache.
Timeline
1841 Born in Canada
1844 Born in Michigan or Pennsylvania (Death Certificate says 1844, Penn by Julia Rinnert, his wife)
1849 Born in Erie County, Pennsylvania
1854 Immigration from Germany (One census record states he was born in Germany)
1861 Arrived in Baltimore, Maryland
1862-1864 Family moved to Michigan
1862 Joined Rankin's Lancers (The lancer regiment never saw action and was disbanded 20 Mar 1862.) Rankin’s Lancers was made up of Canadians and formed in Michigan. Interesting, since you were supposed to be 18 to join the Civil War, but he was only 15 when his mother died in 1864. Beginning to make sense that he was older, perhaps actually born in 1841 or 1844. If he joined in 1862 at 18, then he was born in 1844. Obit and gravestone say 1844.
1867 Returned to Michigan
1869 California working in sawmill
1870 In California
1880 Sawyer in Elbert, Colorado
Events
| Birth | 26 Apr 1841 | Notes: Karen Rinnert Parsons - Canada | |||
| Birth | 1844 | Per 1918 obit - was 74 |  | ||
| Birth | 26 Apr 1844 | Michigan | | ||
| Birth | 29 Apr 1849 | Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Immigration | 1854 | http://istg.rootsweb.com/v2/1800v2hpurrinton18540501.html | |||
| Arrival | 1 Jun 1861 | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
| Residence | 1867 | Source: Mesa County, Colorado Bio - Michigan | |||
| Marriage | 23 Oct 1876 | Arapahoe, Colorado - Juliana Rinnert | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | Sawyer - Elbert, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Elbert, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1885 | Mesa, Colorado | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Age: 51 - Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, USA | | ||
| Death | 4 Oct 1918 | Age 74 according to newspaper obit - Debeque, Colorado | | ||
| Departure | Bremen | ||||
| Description | William was described by his son Earl Ditman as tall and a redhead. - Redhead | ||||
| Burial | Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States | | |||
| Disability | Missing 3 fingers on left hand due to Sawmill accident or Civil War | ||||
| Civil | Colorado | | |||
| Reference No | 8 | ||||
| Military | Regular Army | |
Families
| Spouse | Juliana Rinnert (1855 - 1933) |
| Child | Edgar Park Ditman (1878 - 1969) |
| Child | Raymond Lowel Dittman (1890 - 1975) |
| Child | Roy Ditman (1892 - ) |
| Child | Earl Grant Ditman (1899 - 1983) |
| Child | William Ditman (1882 - 1895) |
| Child | Roy Lewis Dittman (1890 - 1973) |
| Child | Gertrude Ditman (1877 - 1944) |
| Child | Cora Ditman (1887 - 1906) |
| Father | August Dittmann (1816 - 1856) |
| Mother | Rose Forest (1830 - 1864) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Web: Colorado, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 5 August 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-b;).
2. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints© Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: , Elbert, Colorado; Roll: T9_90; Family History Film: 1254090; Page: 387.2000; Enumeration District: 41; Image: ..
3. Ancestry.com, Colorado State Census, 1885 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Schedules of the Colorado State Census, 1885. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M158, 8 rol;).
4. Certificate of Vital Record, death certificate, Colorado (Name: State of Colorado, Department of Public Health; Location: Denver, California.;), William Ditman (certificate dated 27 Apr 1977) (6 Oct 1018).
5. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Mesa, Mesa, Colorado; Roll: 126; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1240126.
6. Ancestry.com, Web: Colorado, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 5 August 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-b;).
7. Ancestry.com, Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
8. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Mesa, Mesa, Colorado; Roll: T624_122; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1374135.
9. Progressive Men of Western Colorado (Name: A.W. Bowen & Co. ; Location: Chicago, Ill.; Date: 1905;), accessed 23 Sep 2015, transcribed by Judy Crook
10. Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006, accessed 26 September 2015), William Ditman and Mary Rinnert, 23 Oct 1876, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. B 65 P 192, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,070..
11. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, Colorado Marriages, 1859-1900 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Mesa County, Colorado Marriages 1883-1900. County court records located at Grand Junction, Colorado or Family History Library microfilm #1035611.Marriages of Arapahoe;), accessed 19 September 2015), William Ditman and Mary Rinnert, 23 Oct 1876, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. B 65 P 192, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,070..
12. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints© Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: , Elbert, Colorado; Roll: T9_90; Family History Film: 1254090; Page: 387.2000; Enumeration District: 41; Image: ..
13. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints© Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: , Elbert, Colorado; Roll: T9_90; Family History Film: 1254090; Page: 387.2000; Enumeration District: 41; Image: ..
14. Ancestry.com, Colorado State Census, 1885 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Schedules of the Colorado State Census, 1885. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M158, 8 rol;).
15. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Mesa, Mesa, Colorado; Roll: 126; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1240126.
16. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Mesa, Mesa, Colorado; Roll: T624_122; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1374135.
17. Ancestry.com, Web: Colorado, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 5 August 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-b;).
18. Certificate of Vital Record, death certificate, Colorado (Name: State of Colorado, Department of Public Health; Location: Denver, California.;), William Ditman (certificate dated 27 Apr 1977) (6 Oct 1018).
19. Ancestry.com, Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
20. Ancestry.com, Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
21. National Archives and Records Administration, U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
22. Historical Data Systems, comp., U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.Copyright 1997-2009Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35Duxbury, MA 02331.Ori;).