Bernard Albert Diettel
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 3 Nov 1824 - Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Christening:
Death: 10 Oct 1896 - 2023 Second St, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Immigration: Ship Elise, 3 Nov 1848, New York.
Parents
Father: Diettel
Mother: Johanna Cristina Schroiter
Spouses and Children
1. *Annie Eliza Muller
Marriage: 27 May 1857 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Children:
1. Albert Frederick Diettel
2. William Rudolph Diettel Sr
3. Hans Author Diettel
4. Ernest Gunter Diettel
5. Frank O. Diettel
6. Johanna Eliza Diettel
7. Rosalia Josephine Diettel
Notes
General:
I have learned from one of the Diettel descendants that Eliza Miller was actually Eliza Muller, and Albert Diettel was Bernard Albert Diettel.Research:
Per New York Passenger List Family Identification: 1363022 Microfilm Serial Number: M237
Name:Albert Diettel
Arrival Date:Nov 3, 1848 Port of Arrival: New York
Age:24 Gender: M
Port of Departure:Bremen Place of Origin: Deutschland
Ship:Elise
Per New Orleans Passenger Ship List National Archives' Series Number:M259_52
Name:Albert Diettel Age: 42 Gender: Male
Arrival Date:12 Nov 1867 Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Ship Name:Carl Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
Family Members with him -
Elise Diettel 34, Albert 9, Rudolph 8, Hans 5, Ernst 3, Franz 2 months.
Hans, Ernst and Franz are originally from Saxony. The others are originally from U.S.
Per 1880 US Census, 6/1/1880, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Albert Dietel, 57 year old white male, is an architect. His 47 year old wife, Eliza, keeps house. Son, Albert Dietel, age 23, is also an architect. 19 year old son Rudolph is clerk in a store. 18 year old son Hans is a carpenter. At school are sons Ernst (16) and Frank (12), and daughters Johanna (10) and Rosa (8).
Per Newspaper article sent to me by O. J. Diettel,
Consolidation with New Orleans brought increasing settlement, with large numbers of German and Irish immigrants settling the area. Established by Archbishop Blank in 1851, St. John the Baptist Church, 1139 Dryades, is a tribute to the Irish and German Catholics of the area. Designed by Albert Diettel, and constructed by Thomas Muilligan from 1869 to 1872, at a cost of $150,000, it is reminiscent of Baroque churches in Germany. The original frame church of St. Mary's Assumption from the Irish Channel was moved to the historic St. Joseph Cemetery on Washington Avenue in 1869 when construction on the present St. Mary's Assumption began. This frame building dates from 1844.
Dryades Street was a very important market area at this time. The old market building still stands at Dryades and Melpomene Streets. Before the streetcars made Canal Street more accessible to shoppers, the Dryades Street Market was one of the largest and busiest in the city. The market is one of the very few still remaining in the city.
Per Newspaper article sent to me by O. J. Diettel,
DIETTEL (DIETIEL)ALBERT, Architect. The Labrot Collection, Tulane University, contains plans by A, Diettel & Son of: (1) a house, 190 Canal, ca. 1830-1860; (2) a store at 102 Camp, ca. 1830-1860; (3) store and office, 48 Camp, ca. 1880's; (4) store at 300 Camp. ca. 1880's; (5) store at 115 Poydras, ca. 1830-1860; and (6) store, corner 61 Camp and Commercial Alley, ca. 1880's. Diettel (Dietiel)was the architect of the Washington Artillery Arsenal on St. Charles, near Julia Street, (1872). In 1900, the Rex (carnival)balls were given in the second-floor ballroom of this three-story structure. Picayune Guide to New Orleans, p. 156. In 1869-1872 his church of St. John the Baptist was constructed; with its Baroque towers, it is "one of the finest brick structures in New Orleans," according to Samuel Wilson Jr., Guide in the Architecture of New Orleans, 1695-1959, p. 43.
Per New Orleans death index:
Diettel, F. Albert 72 yrs - W 10/10/1896 Volume 112 Page 135
Per Obituary sent to me by O. J. Diettel
DIETTEL - At 8 p. m., Saturday, Oct 10, 1896, ALBERT DIETTEL, aged 72 years, a native of Dresden, Saxony, and a resident of this city for forty-five years.
The funeral will take place This (Sunday)Afternoon from his late residence, No. 2025 Second street, near Saratoga.
Per Otto Diettel 5/8/2005 in an email answering my guess that Hans Author Diettel might be son of Annie and Bernard Diettel -Marriage Notes (Annie Eliza Muller)
Yes, Hans Author was the son of Annie and Bernard Diettel. You won't find him or his brothers Ernest or Frank Diettel in the New Orleans birth records because they were born in Saxony Germany. Bernard and Annie returned to Germany doing the Civil War with Albert and Rudolph. I guess he did not have a lot to do while in Germany, so they had three kids. Rose and Eliza were born in New Orleans after the Civil War to round out the bunch to seven. My father and I were named after Rose's husban, Otto Graf. There is not much to be found about Ernest because he spent most of his adult life in Jackson, La., the state mental hospital.
Marriage date/location provided by Otto Diettel