Middle name is most likely John
Brother of Eliza, Levi, Jacob, Mary E., Isabella
In 1860 there was a large congregation of Dillingers living together in Tyrone Twp, (Post Office Connersville) Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
First wife was Ellen Barnes which according to documentation, he married about 1873 in Pennsylvania. They had several children including Mary E. b. 1874, Elizabeth S. b. 1876, Calvin W. b. 1878, Emma S. b. 1879, Sarah Edith b. 1881, Anna b. 1884, and Hazel Amanda b. 1887. His wife Ellen died in Ohio after which time he moved with his family to Porter County and then to the Chicago area. They lived in Chicago Heights and Phillip was employed as a brick burner.
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Add'l info from descendant Margie - thank you: The family moved quite a bit, from Penn. to Findley, Ohio, to Porter, Indiana, (Phillip remarried there), to Hillsboro, Ohio, back to Chesterton, In, to Chicago Heights, Ill, and retired to Chesterton
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His first wife Ellen is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio.
He was stepfather to and raised Ellen's son George by a previous relationship.
Married Etta Smith Harbrecht in St Patrick's Catholic Church on Oct 16, 1894 and they were the parents of four children (all four born in Chicago Heights-three died in Chicago Heights), three of which died in infancy: Nevada, Ethel Marie and Sylvester; and Laurence b. 1902 in Chicago Heights survived.
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Phillip Dillinger
Spouse Name: Etta Halbricht [Harbrecht]
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1894
Marriage County: Porter
Performed By: C. P. H. F. Jos. Kroll
Source Title 1: Porter County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Marriage Record Volume 10 M L 10 October 10, 1892
Source Title 3: Submitted by: William Henry Harrison Chapter Daugh
OS Page: 371
OBIT
VIDETTE MESSENGER
MAY 22, 1934
DIES AT HOME IN CHESTERTON
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic church in Chesterton this afternoon for Philip Dillinger, age 82, a resident of Chesterton the greater part of his life. Rev. E.F. Eisenhardt officiated and burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. Mr. Dillinger died Saturday at his home after a short illness. Surviving are his widow Etta, and a son Lawrence.
[No mention of step-son. Step-son William Harbrecht was still alive; did not die until May 1968]
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Middle name is most likely John
Brother of Eliza, Levi, Jacob, Mary E., Isabella
In 1860 there was a large congregation of Dillingers living together in Tyrone Twp, (Post Office Connersville) Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
First wife was Ellen Barnes which according to documentation, he married about 1873 in Pennsylvania. They had several children including Mary E. b. 1874, Elizabeth S. b. 1876, Calvin W. b. 1878, Emma S. b. 1879, Sarah Edith b. 1881, Anna b. 1884, and Hazel Amanda b. 1887. His wife Ellen died in Ohio after which time he moved with his family to Porter County and then to the Chicago area. They lived in Chicago Heights and Phillip was employed as a brick burner.
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Add'l info from descendant Margie - thank you: The family moved quite a bit, from Penn. to Findley, Ohio, to Porter, Indiana, (Phillip remarried there), to Hillsboro, Ohio, back to Chesterton, In, to Chicago Heights, Ill, and retired to Chesterton
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His first wife Ellen is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio.
He was stepfather to and raised Ellen's son George by a previous relationship.
Married Etta Smith Harbrecht in St Patrick's Catholic Church on Oct 16, 1894 and they were the parents of four children (all four born in Chicago Heights-three died in Chicago Heights), three of which died in infancy: Nevada, Ethel Marie and Sylvester; and Laurence b. 1902 in Chicago Heights survived.
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Phillip Dillinger
Spouse Name: Etta Halbricht [Harbrecht]
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1894
Marriage County: Porter
Performed By: C. P. H. F. Jos. Kroll
Source Title 1: Porter County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Marriage Record Volume 10 M L 10 October 10, 1892
Source Title 3: Submitted by: William Henry Harrison Chapter Daugh
OS Page: 371
OBIT
VIDETTE MESSENGER
MAY 22, 1934
DIES AT HOME IN CHESTERTON
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic church in Chesterton this afternoon for Philip Dillinger, age 82, a resident of Chesterton the greater part of his life. Rev. E.F. Eisenhardt officiated and burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. Mr. Dillinger died Saturday at his home after a short illness. Surviving are his widow Etta, and a son Lawrence.
[No mention of step-son. Step-son William Harbrecht was still alive; did not die until May 1968]
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Family Members
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Mary Ellen "May" Dillinger Foland
1872–1966
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Mary Evans Dillinger Sweet
1874–1943
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Elizabeth S Dillinger Felker
1876–1904
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Sarah Edith Dillinger Miller
1884–1910
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Hazel Amanda Dillinger Austgen St Peter
1887–1921
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Sylvester Dillinger
1896–1896
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Ethal Maria Dillinger
1897–1897
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Nevada Mary Leona Dillinger
1899–1899
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Lawrence Dillinger
1902–1970
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