Maria Magdelena Dietrich ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Possible Parents
John Adam Dietrich
Maria Barbara Steenbech
This from the History of Lehigh County
they are listed with many children being baptised at Heidelberg

From "The Ruchs and the Kistlers, Pennsylvania German Ancestors by Kenneth William Fraiser

The Dietrich Family (pg 75)

Maria Magdalena (Polly) Dietrich

Nothing is known about Magdalena except the names of her parents, Adam Dietrich and Anna Barbara Steinbruch, and that she married Henry Gerber. A dietrich genealogical history lists the children of Adam Dietrich, which included Maria Magdalena. However, this source states that she married John Becker. Notably, this source lists a sister, Mary Elizabeth, as married to a Garber. It is believed that this is Henry Gerber and the he is associated with the wrong sister.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Nickname: Polly. ⁵

Maria married Henry Gerber. (Henry Gerber was born about 1769 and died on 30 Mar 1835 in West Penn Township, Schuylkill Co, Pennsylvania ².)