Born in Dietesheim, Offenbach, Muhlheim am Main, Darmstadt-Hessen Germany and Christened 8 Feb. 1846
Arrived in USA between 1854 and 1859 as one of the boys which his father wanted to keep out of the German military.
Occupation: ropemaker, laborer. Lost a thumb in an industrial accident.
Beloved of his children & grandchildren who called him "Darda". He took in his grandsons, Michael & Nicholas when their step-mother, Nellie Obrien, refused them, raised them as his own & referred to them as "sons" in the census.
Suffered from Asthema in his later years.
Spelling of the name went from Deiss/Deis to Dice in America.
Arrived in USA between 1854 and 1859 as one of the boys which his father wanted to keep out of the German military.
Occupation: ropemaker, laborer. Lost a thumb in an industrial accident.
Beloved of his children & grandchildren who called him "Darda". He took in his grandsons, Michael & Nicholas when their step-mother, Nellie Obrien, refused them, raised them as his own & referred to them as "sons" in the census.
Suffered from Asthema in his later years.
Spelling of the name went from Deiss/Deis to Dice in America.
Born in Dietesheim, Offenbach, Muhlheim am Main, Darmstadt-Hessen Germany and Christened 8 Feb. 1846
Arrived in USA between 1854 and 1859 as one of the boys which his father wanted to keep out of the German military.
Occupation: ropemaker, laborer. Lost a thumb in an industrial accident.
Beloved of his children & grandchildren who called him "Darda". He took in his grandsons, Michael & Nicholas when their step-mother, Nellie Obrien, refused them, raised them as his own & referred to them as "sons" in the census.
Suffered from Asthema in his later years.
Spelling of the name went from Deiss/Deis to Dice in America.
Arrived in USA between 1854 and 1859 as one of the boys which his father wanted to keep out of the German military.
Occupation: ropemaker, laborer. Lost a thumb in an industrial accident.
Beloved of his children & grandchildren who called him "Darda". He took in his grandsons, Michael & Nicholas when their step-mother, Nellie Obrien, refused them, raised them as his own & referred to them as "sons" in the census.
Suffered from Asthema in his later years.
Spelling of the name went from Deiss/Deis to Dice in America.
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