Lingelbach Heritage

Ancestor Charts

Ancestry of John Dipple (Johannes Dippel) [PDF] - The ancestors of John Dipple of
Sanford, Manitoba (1852-1926). Born Johannes Dippel at Lingelbach, Kurhessen, John
emigrated to Upper Canada with his parents in 1857. In 1880, he moved to Acton,
Dakota Territory, where he lived until moving north to Sanford, Manitoba in 1903.

Ancestry of Elizabeth Gemmer [PDF] - The ancestors of Elizabeth Dipple (née
Gemmer) of Sanford, Manitoba (1854-1941), the daughter of John (Johannes) Gemmer
and Catherine Becker of South Easthope, Upper Canada (Ontario) and wife of John
Dipple. Born at South Easthope, Upper Canada, Lizzie moved with her husband to
Acton, Dakota Territory, and from there to Sanford, Manitoba.

Ancestry of the Children of John Dipple and Elizabeth Gemmer [PDF]

Biographies

John Dipple and Elizabeth Gemmer [PDF] - The ancestors of John Dipple of
Sanford, Manitoba (1852-1926). Born Johannes Dippel at Lingelbach, Kurhessen, John
emigrated to Upper Canada with his parents in 1857. In 1880, he moved to Acton,
Dakota Territory, where he lived until moving north to Sanford, Manitoba in 1903.

John Gemmer and Catherine Becker [PDF] - John Gemmer (1821-1904) was the
first of my German ancestors to emigrate to North America, arriving aboard the ship
Atlas in 1846. He settled in South Easthope, Upper Canada (near Tavistock), where
he remained until the end of his life. In Canada, he married Catherine Becker
(1831-1886), whose origins are presently unknown. They raised five children
together, two of whom married. None of their descendents bear the Gemmer name.

Nicolaus Dippel and Helena Thamer (Schmidt) [PDF] - Nicolaus Dippel (1820-
1897) was a farmer and linen-weaver in Lingelbach before emigrating to Upper Canada
in 1857. He married Helena Thamer (1823-1910) of Görzhain and together they raised
seven children. Nicolaus and Helena moved to Acton, Dakota Territory, in 1880 and
eventually settled in the town of Grafton.

Henrich Adam Dippel and Elisabetha Schäfer [PDF] - The first Dippel in North
America was Henrich Adam Dippel (1751-1818), a soldier in Hessian auxiliary which
served on the side of the British during the Revolutionary War. At war's end, Adam
returned to Lingelbach where he twice married and raised a family. His grandson
Nicolaus emigrated to Upper Canada four decades after his death.

Rev. Stefan M. Jonasson - Great-grandson of John Dipple and Elizabeth Gemmer.
Stefan is a Unitarian Universalist minister in Winnipeg, Manitoba, currently serving as
Director for Large Congregations with the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston,
Massachusetts, and minister of the Unitarian churches at Arborg and Gimli in
Manitoba. He is widely recognized as an organizational development consultant and
historian of note. As an amateur genealogist, he is the creator of this website.

Documents and News Clippings

Besuch aus Kanada [PDF] - An English translation of the newspaper account of a
visit by Stefan and Charles Jonasson to the ancestral home of the Dippels and
Gemmers in Lingelbach, Hesse. Or read the original article in German.

Stumbling Upon Lingelbach [PDF] - A short account of how Stefan Jonasson
"discovered" Lingelbach and made his first visit, accompanied by his brother and two
friends, to this ancestral village of the Dippel and Gemmer families.

Ship's Manifest of the Atlas [PDF] - John Gemmer (1821-1904) sailed from Bremen
to New York City aboard the Atlas in 1846.

Regimental List of von Stein's Company, 1785 [PDF] - Adam Dippel (1751-1818)
served as a fusilier in von Stein's Company of the von Knyphausen Regiment of the
Hessian Auxiliary during the American Revolution. Following the Revolution, he
returned to Lingelbach, where he married and raised a family.

The Dipple Family at Sanford [PDF] - My great-grandparents, John Dipple and
Elizabeth (née Gemmer), moved their family from Acton, North Dakota, to the area
north of Sanford, Manitoba, in the early years of the twentieth century. (For many
years, this township and the rail siding were known as "Dipples.") In 1998, I presided
at the dedication of new monument on their grave at the Sanford Cemetery.