There appears to be a lot of confusion surrounding the Glander families in Preble County, OH, and not without reason. There WERE multiple families of German immigrants, including families of children with names like Catherine, Magaretha, Anna and lots of German boys named Deitrich, who came to America and eventually settled on farms in Ohio.
I admit to being somewhat lax when I first began looking along that branch of my family tree, but I soon discovered that a conservative approach was best when faced with the Glander problem in OH. Without traveling to Preble County myself, I think I must be satisfied with the few records that absolutely fit the parameters I've set for this family and reject any others, no matter how tempting to claim for my Deitrich Glander.
My confusion is simplified by narrowing the search with a Ditzenberger, that is, the Deitrich Glander in whom I'm interested married Catherine Ditzenberger, dau. of Jacob Wesley (also a German immigrant) and Mary Elizabeth MOORE DITZENBERGER. Catherine and Deitrich may have met in Preble Co., OH where the first four Ditzenberger children were born before the family moved to Boone Co., Indiana or, just as likely, the families knew each other and when it came time for Catherine to marry... Well, young people have a way of finding one another...
Before digging into the Ohio Glander records, I already had a timeline on Deitrich and Catherine as a couple residing in Boone Co., Indiana. I knew from census records that Deitrich was born in Jan 1841 and that he traveled to America in 1855 and married Catherine around 1867 (confirmed by a marriage record, which pins the date down to 24 Sep 1868). These were three relatively good dates from his most legible census record, the 1910 Indiana. I also knew from following the records from 1870 to 1910 that the couple had two children, Henry and Adaline.
(By the way, there's also a genealogical mistake circulating that marries Catherine Ditzenberger, dau. of Jacob Wesley and Mary Moore Ditzenberger to Francois THIS in St. Clair, IL. I can't find any reason to think that Catherine married This either before or after her marriage to Deitrich. She was born in Boone County, married Deitrich in Boone when she was 20, lived in Boone with him until they moved to Preble Co., OH and, although he may have preceded her in death, she lived with her son in 1920 and her daughter in Dayton in 1930 and is buried in the same cemetery with Deitrich in OH.)
As for Deitrich Glander, there lived more than one man of that name in Preble Co., OH during the period of interest. And more than one of them had a sister named Catherine, Margaret and so on or a brother named Henry. To this point, I've had to reject all records that provide Deitrich with the middle initial S. This appears to be a different Glander, the eventual father of a large family. Also, there is a Deitrich that arrived in New York by ship in the mid to late 1860s. He's about the same age, give or take 5 years, but arrived too late and, even if he has a brother named Henry, doesn't make him the same. Although it would be useful, I won't list all the records I've rejected. Instead, I'll present the four I feel represent Catherine Ditzenberger's Deitrich.
The most obvious is the Preble Co., OH marriage record of their daughter, Ada Glander. From it, I find her middle initial, M. I was also able to attach census records to her that I have previously been holding back until I verified a husband's name. Ada married a man named Charles O. Hipple, and the record identifies the bride's father as Deitrich Glander and her mother as Catherine Ditzenberger. As mentioned above, Catherine is living with Ada and Charles in 1930 after Deitrich's death.
And then there are two census records in OH, one containing Deitrich's name, one preserving the names of his siblings in birth order. In 1860, which would have been 5 years after their arrival in America, the Glanders are located in Washington, Preble Co., thus...
John H. 53 head, farmer
Margret 50
Rebecca 24
Ann 22
Detrict 19
Caroline 14
Adoline 12
Benjamin 9
Henry 4
All are born in Germany with the exception of Henry, which makes the dates and ages tidy and acceptable.
In 1870, two years after Deitrich's marriage to Catherine, this census is recorded in Twin, Preble Co., OH;
Hannin Glander 65
Margarett 60
Rebecca 31
Adaline 21
Benjamin 17
Henry 12
All born in "Deu, Bru," Germany naturally, except for Henry, born in Ohio.
Last (or first, depending how you look at it) of the acceptable records is the ship's passenger list of the Nelson, departing from Bremen, Germany, arriving in New York, 19 Oct 1854.
J H Glander 48
Margaretha 43
Margaretha 20
Becca 18
Anna 16
Diederich 14
Frena (Irena?) 9
Anna 6
Burchard 3
Given the good match of dates, names of the older children and parents, I don't believe it's too much of a stretch to match the girl (F)Irene with Caroline (born 1846 according to one record, about 1845 here), Anna with Adaline (1848 birth dates for her here and on census records) and Burchard with Benjamin, an Americanization (1851 here, 1853 on a census). This passenger list uniquely represents, therefore, the Dietrich Glander that eventually married Catherine Ditzenberger.
Actually, there is one other record besides these four on paper. At FIND A GRAVE, there is a memorial for
Catherine Diesenberger Glander, d/o of Jacob Diesenberger and Mary Moore. She's linked as the wife of
Detrick Glander. The user-submitted data is appropriate for this couple, interred at Mound Hill Union Cemetery, Eaton, Preble Co., OH, although I don't know the source of the information. The date of death at the Detrick memorial is confirmed by a death index record for a Deitrich Glander, but the index doesn't reveal any relationships. However, the date of 1917 is appropriate for Deitrich's death, considering that Catherine is alone with their son, Henry, on the 1920 census.
There is no picture at the memorials, but if all this information is verified by the headstone inscriptions, then there's no question it's the correct couple. For the moment, I'll trust the word of the memorial manager, which jives with records.
As for some ancestral trees that list the German grandfather of Deitrich as so and so, I believe I've gone as far as I can with reliable American records or as far as I need to go. Catherine Ditzenberger was an aunt of mine, not a grandmother, and the above information provides a solid starting point for anyone in her direct family line (descendants of Nevin Hipple [below] if any) that decides to hop the pond back to Germany.
1.Deitrich Glander married Catherine Ditzenberger
children:
2.Henry Glander (b.1869, OH, d.after 1930, probably 1941, OH) never married
2.Ada Glander (b. Aug 1875) m. Charles Otto Hipple (b.29 Mar 1877, Preble Co., OH)
children:
3. Nevin Hipple (b.18 Aug 1930, OH-d. Sep 1980, OH)
