Hello List, A cousin in Germany has asked me to find out about Randolph, Dodge County, with specifics relating to people from Niederfischbach, Nassau who may have settled in the area. He thinks a man named Phillip Diefenbach may have moved to the area, with other people from the village. Are any of you researching this family or place? Has anyone knowledge of Diefenbach Corners? Thanks for your help. Ed

Hello Mr. Rose and list: There was indeed a Phillip Diefenbach who settled near Randolph, Wisconsin. I can offer a bit of evidence to support this, and I would be interested in knowing who the other families you mentioned are, from Niederfischbach, Nassau. Knowing the names, it is quite likely I may have information concerning them, as my research is focused in that part of Dodge County. The 1890 plat map of Dodge County shows Phillip Diefenbach owning 99 acres of land in Section 10 of Westford Township, along the northwest shores of Beaver Dam Lake, including a peninsula that is now named Hickory Point. In 1920, a similar map shows two Diefenbach farms, each of 57 acres, in that same location. This map shows one farm owned by 'George Diefenbach', but the other farm just reads 'Diefenbach'. Looking below at the burials of Diefenbachs in Oakwood Cemetery, one might think that the second farm may have belonged to John Diefenbach, probably a son of Phillip and brother to George. By the 1970's the land was no longer owned by any member of the Diefenbach family, but was by that time subdivided into many small lakeside plots. My Dad remembers buying chickens in the 1950's out at this Diefenbach farm. He remembers old "Liz," George Diefenbach's wife, from whom he bought the chickens. A plat map from that period shows a 63 acre farm owned by 'Liz. Diefenbach,' but by that time, the peninsular part of the farm had been sold. As to where "Diefenbach Corners" was, I don't know. In 1890 there was a school where the road to the Diefenbach farm intersected the main road between Randolph and Beaver Dam. Perhaps it was there, or maybe it was a half mile closer to the farm, where two roads met and there was a Methodist Episcopal church. I'm not specifically researching the Diefenbach family, but a few of them have slipped into my database through marriages, so I am interested enough to gather whatever I find in my wanderings. An obituary for Elizabeth, wife of Philip Diefenbach, appears in the Beaver Dam Argus newspaper on December 27, 1934. I have only a small portion of the article, which says she died at her home in the Town of Westford at the age of 93 years, on Saturday afternoon, December 22nd. I have in my to-do list, a notice to look for an obituary for Phillip. Oakwood Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin DIEFENBACH, Philip 1837-1910 Elizabeth 1841-22 Dec 1934 his wife Emma 1876-1963 Alvin H. 1896-1968 American Legion DIEFENBACH, John 1859-1930 Margaret 1864-1959 mother DIEFENBACH, George P. 1873-1934 father Elizabeth R. 1878-1961 mother nee KREBS Elmer H. 1903-1952 son DIEFENBACH, Leonard C. 16 Jan 1914 - 06 Apr 1980 son of Geo. & Eliz. June 04 Jun 1920 12 Oct 1985 Bob Mittelstadt, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Rose" <edrose@cros.net> To: <WIDODGE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:23 PM Subject: [WIDODGE] Diefenbach > Hello List, > A cousin in Germany has asked me to find out about Randolph, Dodge County, > with specifics relating to people from Niederfischbach, Nassau who may have > settled in the area. He thinks a man named Phillip Diefenbach may have > moved to the area, with other people from the village. > Are any of you researching this family or place? > Has anyone knowledge of Diefenbach Corners? > Thanks for your help. > Ed > > > ==== WIDODGE Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >