Richard E Dittenhaver

Brief Life History of Richard E

When Richard E Dittenhaver was born in 1872, in Napoleon, Henry, Ohio, United States, his father, Jerome B. Dittenhaver, was 35 and his mother, Melinda A. Parker, was 33. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Anna Magdalena Eisenhauer.

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Richard E Dittenhaver
1872–
Anna Magdalena Eisenhauer
1877–1940
Hieronymum Iram Dittenhaver
1897–
Jean Eugenia Consuella Dittenhaver
1898–1985

Sources (4)

  • Dick Dittenhover in household of J B Dittenhover, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Richard in entry for Arthur Romeshausen, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Richard in entry for Arthur Romeshamsen or Romerohausen, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · The Amnesty Act

A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

One of the most enduringly successful of the Old French personal names introduced into Britain by the Normans. It is of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from rīc ‘power’ + hard ‘strong, hardy’. It has enjoyed continuous popularity in England from the Conquest to the present day, influenced by the fact that it was borne by three kings of England, in particular Richard I ( 1157–99 ). He was king for only ten years ( 1189–99 ), most of which he spent in warfare abroad, taking part in the Third Crusade and costing the people of England considerable sums in taxes. Nevertheless, he achieved the status of a folk hero, and was never in England long enough to disappoint popular faith in his goodness and justice. He was also Duke of Aquitaine and Normandy and Count of Anjou, fiefs which he held at a time of maximum English expansion in France. His exploits as a leader of the Third Crusade earned him the nickname ‘Coeur de Lion’ or ‘Lionheart’ and a permanent place in popular imagination, in which he was even more firmly enshrined by Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe ( 1820 ).

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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