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Caroline Josephine Ditmar

Female 1815 - 1898  (83 years)


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  • Name Caroline Josephine Ditmar  [1, 2, 3
    Born 15 Feb 1815  Hesse-Kassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Dec 1898  Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried
    Caroline (Mrs. D. L.) Kokernot nee Dittmar headstone
    Caroline (Mrs. D. L.) Kokernot nee Dittmar headstone
    In Memory
    of
    our mother
    Mrs. D. L. Kokernot
    born Feb 15, 1815
    died Dec 8, 1898
    No pains, no grief
    no anxious fear
    can reach our loved one
    sleeping here
    Person ID I474  Barber
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2012 

    Father Dittmar,   d. Abt 1815, Waterloo Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Julie Ann Miller,   b. 1780, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1838 and 1841, Chambers County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F376  Group Sheet

    Family David Levi Kokernot,   b. 28 Dec 1805, Amsterdam, Holland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1892, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 30 May 1829  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth (Betsy) Kokernot,   b. 4 Dec 1831, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1905, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +2. Julia Ann Kokernot,   b. 12 Feb 1833, Liberty County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1912, Stockdale, Wilson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Levi Moses Kokernot,   b. 6 Jun 1836, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1914, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +4. Bloom Amanda Kokernot,   b. 13 Jun 1838, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1921, Refugio, Refugio County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Clarissa Kokernot,   b. 12 Nov 1840,   d. 7 Nov 1864, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    +6. Rebecca Kokernot,   b. 9 Aug 1844, Chambers County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1942, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
    +7. Caroline Augusta Kokernot,   b. 25 Oct 1847, Liberty County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1940, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +8. John William Kokernot,   b. 19 Aug 1853, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1924, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +9. Mary Melissa Kokernot,   b. 25 Jun 1856,   d. 6 Jul 1937, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 May 1829 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Dec 1898 - Gonzales County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • see notes p 58 in Deep Roots Supplement

      Diamond in the Rough, A History of Cove, Texas, p 18: says Caroline was not
      Maley's daughter but Julia Anna's by a previous marriage.

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] 1870 US Census Image Online, GONZALES COUNTY, TEXAS, PRECINCT 3, P3, RES19 (Reliability: 3).
      "Caroline Kokernot, 55, F, W, keeping house, Germany"

    2. [S2] 1860 US Census, GONZALES, COUNTY, TEXAS, P51, RES 328 (Reliability: 3).
      "Caroline Kokernot, 46, F, Hesse Casel"

    3. [S13] 1850 US Census, COLORADO COUNTY, TEXAS, P (81 HAND, 41 STAMPED), RES249 (Reliability: 3).
      "Caroline Kokernut, 35, F, Germany"

    4. [S94] Cemetery Records, KOKERNOT CEMETERY, GONZALES COUNTY, TEXAS (Reliability: 3).
      Headstone gives date of birth as 15 Feb 1815

    5. [S117] Lawsuit, NEW ORLEANS PARISH COURT, #5790, 14 OCT 1830, DAVID KOKERN O T VS CAROLINE DITMARE (Reliability: 3).
      DLK asks for divorce because Caroline has left him and committed adultery. Marriage date 30 May 1829 in New Orleans. Petition served on Caroline at her mother ("Margaret J. Marley").