The Rev. Felician Joseph Dittrich, son of Augustus Heinrich Dittrich & Maria Eleonora Klemm, was born 9 August 1831 in Tiflis (North Caucasus). He married on 12 August 1860 in Revel (Estonia) to Luise Henriette Eberhard, daughter of Leopold Eberhard & Luise Dorothea Lüken. Luise Henriette had been born in 1842.
He studied theology at the University of Dorpat (Estonia) and was ordained on 25 October 1859. He served the Lutheran congregations in Beideck (1859-1880), Riebensdorf (1881-1885), and Yekaterinburg (1885-1903).
Pastor Dittrich died in Yekaterinburg on 7 August 1903.
He was the brother of Pastor Samuel Petrus Dittrich who served the Lutheran parishes in Morgentau, Riebensdorf, and Frank/Hussenbach.
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The Rev. Felician Joseph Dittrich.
Source: Estonian State Archive via wolgadeutsche.ru