Edward William Ditzler

4 March 1903–July 1960 (Age 57)
Miners Village, Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Edward William

When Edward William Ditzler was born on 4 March 1903, in Miners Village, Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Harry Bowman Ditzler, was 19 and his mother, Susan Christ Hilton, was 18. He had at least 1 daughter with Helen C Shenise. He lived in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Manheim Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died in July 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Edward William Ditzler
1903–1960
Helen C Shenise
1901–1938
Janet Theresa Ditzler
1930–1992

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Children

(1)

Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(9)

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World Events (8)

1904
Age 1
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1905 · The Movie Theater
Age 2
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 16
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

Variant of German Diezler, a patronymic from a pet form of Dietz .

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

Possible Related Names

Dietz

Sources (8)

  • Edward W Ditzler in household of Harry B Ditzler, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Edward W Ditzler in household of Harry B Ditzler, "United States Census, 1920"
  • 1940 United States Federal Census

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