Adelgunda Dietzel

Brief Life History of Adelgunda

When Adelgunda Dietzel was born on 11 June 1815, in Wasungen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, her father, Johann Michael Dietzel, was 33 and her mother, Sophia Christina Kniesa, was 35. She married Johann Martin Heiner on 6 January 1839, in Wasungen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1845 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 24 November 1894, in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in North Morgan Cemetery, Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johann Martin Heiner
1818–1897
Adelgunda Dietzel
1815–1894
Marriage: 6 January 1839
Christiane Maria Heiner
1839–1879
Amelia Heiner
1841–1903
John Heiner
1842–1868
Anthony Heiner
1844–1926
George Heiner
1846–1937
Elizabeth Christina Heiner
1848–1882
Daniel Heiner
1850–1931
Susannah Catherine Heiner
1852–1923
Emma Ann Heiner
1856–1865
Rachel Heiner
1858–1863
Eliza Heiner
1860–1865

Sources (72)

  • Adelgunda Heiner in household of Martin Heiner, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Birth/christening record for Adelgunda Diezel from Wasungen, Sachsen-Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany
  • Marriage record - Wasungen

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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

German: from the personal name Dietzel, a pet form of Dietz .

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

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Story Highlight

Martin Heiner and Adelgunda Dietzel, Memories from Sylvester Moroni Heiner

(Information for these Memories was obtained from Daniel Heiner's Autobiography, "Daniei Heiner, A Short Story of His Life," and two articles by Chloe Welch-Monk: "A Short Story of John Heiner" and …

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