James Dillman

Male11 December 1819–before June 1880

Brief Life History of James

When James Dillman was born on 11 December 1819, in Fountain Springs, Butler Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Dillman Sr., was 38 and his mother, Susanna Krause, was 33. He married Elizabeth Brosius in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died before June 1880, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

James Dillman
1819–1880
Elizabeth Brosius
1823–
Marriage:
Sarah Ann Dillman
1846–
Alice Dillman
1848–
William Dillman
1859–1870
Susan M Dillman
1850–1918
Emma Dillman
1856–
Peter Franklin Dillman 3d
1857–1933
Rosina Elizabeth Dillman
1862–1870
Cinderella Jane Dillman
1865–
Lydia Dora Dillman.
1869–1964
Clara Bell Dillman
1871–

Sources (4)

  • James Dillman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James Dillman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • James K Dillman in entry for Dora Lydia Dillman, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    Pennsylvania, United States

    • Children (10)

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    Siblings (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 1

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1820 · Making Land more affordable

    Age 1

    "The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 17

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of German Dillmann .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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