Statistical summaries, research findings, and data-driven articles about Dillman family groups documented by the Dillman Family Association.
Every Dillman family in America arrived by water. From the Virtuous Grace in 1737 to the Lusitania in 1908, this article examines the ships and ports through which Dillman families crossed the Atlantic — Philadelphia, New Orleans, New York, and Halifax.
Faith was not merely a comfort to German immigrants — for many Dillman families it was the reason they left, the network that received them, and the community that determined where they settled. This article examines the religious connections documented across the first 94 family groups.
Not every immigrant who crossed the Atlantic intended to stay. Some went back within months. Some spent decades in America before returning. Some were born in the New World and chose the Old. This article examines the Dillman families who went the other way.
From a Pennsylvania rifleman captured at the Battle of Long Island in 1776 to a Soviet Army prisoner who survived a Nazi prison camp, Dillman families served — and sometimes chose not to serve — in five wars across two centuries.
When Dillman families crossed the Atlantic, they brought their trades with them. This article examines the working lives documented across 94 family groups — from tailors and piano makers to stonemasons and toymakers…
The Dillman Family Association’s 94 documented Family Groups reveal the first statistical portrait of the Dillman name — where it comes from, where it went, how it was spelled, and what the numbers reveal about the families who carried it…
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