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Dietrich Stein

Father of Henry Stein · born about 1812–1820, Saxe-Weimar

Dietrich Stein

Confirmed

Father of Henry Stein · born about 1812–1820, Saxe-Weimar

Born
about 1812–1820
Children
Henry Stein
Sources
5

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as Henry Stein's father — the 1880 census of Justice Precinct 5, Austin County, Texas, which states relationships and was read from the image, lists Dietrick Stein, 68, widowed, born Saxe-Weimar, as the father of the head, Henry Stein, 32, a farmer born Saxe-Weimar S919. The household is the family's Henry: it includes Emma, 5, and William, 8, the Johann Wilhelm Dietrich baptised at New Ulm in 1871 to Heinrich Stein and Maria geb. Emmert, with a Dietrich Stein among the sponsors S633. Confirmed 28 September 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Census1870
In 1870 FamilySearch's census index has a Dietrich Stein, about 50, born Saxe-Weimar, in Justice Precinct 5, Austin County, with Justin, Bertha, Henry and Caroline Stein, and a Texas voter register has Dedrick Stein, born Germany, registering at New Ulm on 7 August 1867 S920. These are index entries; the 1870 census states no relationships
Birth1812
Born about 1812–1820 in Saxe-Weimar: the censuses disagree, 68 in 1880 and about 50 in 1870. He was a widower by June 1880 and alive then. The family account's birth on 23 November 1820, his death about 1885 at New Ulm and a wife named Anna Barbara are on no record read, and none of them is published here as fact
Census1870
🆕 The 1870 census has now been read from the image. On 17 September 1870, in Precinct 5 of Austin County (P.O. Industry), Dietrich Stein, 50, a farmer born Saxe-Weimar, headed a household of Justin, 25, Bertha, 19, Henry, 22, all born Saxe-Weimar, and Caroline, 13, born Texas. There was no wife in the household Confirmed S1059. The enumerator, Max Meissner, is the one who in 1880 listed him as Henry’s father. His age could also be read as 51. added 29 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Father of Henry Stein, and so grandfather of Emma Stein Ladusch. See the Ladusch & Stein line

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
🆕 Probably him in 1860: D Stein, 45, a farmer born Germany, in the Cat Spring, New Ulm and Industry precinct of Austin County, with Anna, his wife, 50, born Germany, and children Willie 18, Houston 15, Henry 13 and Phil 11, born Germany, and a girl Paul[ine], 3, born Texas Probable confirm or correct → S1016. Evidence: Henry, 13, fits Henry Stein, 32 in 1880, whose father Dietrick lived with him in Austin County S919, and an age of 45 falls inside his 1812–1820 birth range. Weak: the census gives only the initial D, and names his wife only as Anna. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026

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Dietrich Stein · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

5 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S633Evangelical Lutheran baptism register, New Ulm, Austin County, Texas, 1871, entry 74. Ancestry record 150386361. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Johann Wilhelm Dietrich, born at New Ulm 8 October 1871, baptised 10 December 1871; parents Heinrich Stein, from Sege(?), district of Eisenach, and Maria geb. Emmert, of New Ulm, Texas; sponsors Dietrich Stein, Johann Michael Fodor(?) and Maria Bader(?). The home village is hard to read; Eisenach and Emmert are clear. The register calls the mother Maria, not Amanda.
  2. S9191880 U.S. census, Justice Precinct 5, Austin County, Texas, SD 5, ED 7, p. 50, dwelling 413, family 417: Henry Stein household. Ancestry record 40319705. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Enumerated 23 June 1880: Henry Stein, 32, farmer, born Saxe-Weimar; Mary, wife, 35, keeping house, born Texas; William, son, 8; Anna, daughter, 6; Emma, daughter, 5; Adolph, son, 2; Bertha, daughter, 7 months; John, 13, working on the farm (his relationship is overwritten); Dietrick, father, 68, widowed, born Saxe-Weimar. The census states relationships. Emma, 5, fits Emma Stein Ladusch, born 21 March 1875; William, 8, fits the Johann Wilhelm Dietrich baptised at New Ulm in 1871 (S633). Collection: 1880 United States Federal Census.
  3. S920FamilySearch index entries for Dietrich Stein: the 1870 census of Austin County, Texas, and a Texas voter register, 1867. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:MXGN-B3S and W1C4-MNMM, checked 28 September 2026. Probable 1870: Dietrich Stein, born about 1820, Saxe-Weimar, Justice Precinct 5, Austin County, with Justin, Bertha, Henry and Caroline Stein. 1867: Dedrick Stein, New Ulm, registered 7 August 1867, born Germany. Index entries; the images were not examined here. The 1870 census states no relationships.
  4. S10161860 United States Federal Census — Cat Spring, New Ulm and Industry precinct, Austin County, Texas, page 152 (27 July 1860), dwelling 1159. Ancestry record 34953807. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable D Stein, 45, farmer, born Germany; Anna, wife, 50; children Willie 18, Houston 15, Henry 13 and Phil 11, all born Germany, and Paul[ine], 3, a girl, born Texas. The index makes the youngest a son “Paul”; the image marks the child female.
  5. S10591870 United States Federal Census — Precinct No. 5, Austin County, Texas, P.O. Industry, page 75, dwelling 518. Ancestry record 5026331. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed 17 September 1870, enumerator Max Meissner: Dietrich Stein, 50, farmer, real estate $1,500, personal estate $1,000, born Saxe-Weimar, a citizen; Justin, 25, farm labourer, born Saxe-Weimar; Bertha, 19, keeping house, born Saxe-Weimar; Henry, 22, farm labourer, born Saxe-Weimar; Caroline, 13, born Texas, at school. No wife in the household. Dietrich’s age has a stroke through the second digit and could be 51. The census states no relationships. This is the image behind the index entry at S920.

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