NameAnna (Emma) Platten
Birth14 Jan 1832, Germany1
Death23 Nov 1893, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
BurialNov 1893, St. Peter Cemetery, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
Spouses
Birth14 Nov 1833, Illerich, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany9,1,2
Baptism1833, St. Servatius Church, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death3 Jun 1919, West Park (Cleveland), Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Burial5 Jun 1919, St. Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
OccupationFarmer--1850; ship carpenter--1870 and 1880.
FatherJohann Diederich (1803-1893)
MotherGertrud Saurens (1814-1893)
Marriage14 Nov 1857, St. Peter Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
ChildrenMary Bitilla (-1879)
 Mary Catherine (1858-1907)
 Theresa M. (1861-1861)
 John Peter (1865-1934)
 Margretta Christine (1867-1907)
 Clara Helena (Lena) (1869-1892)
Notes for Matthias (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—The Elyria Democrat; and the Illerich Family Book, p. 287.
He operated a dry goods store on Lorain Ave. with his son John Peter. He died of endocarditis and arteriosclerosis.
In 1850 he lived with his parents and siblings in Sheffield, Lorain County, Ohio. Their family name was spelled Litherick in that census. In 1870 and 1880 he and his family lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 1914 they lived in West Park (Cleveland), Cuyahoga County.
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