Posted By:	Susan Deeter
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	Subject:	Re: Deitrich/Deitrick/Deeter- spelling
	Post Date:	December 16, 1999 at 21:04:39
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/deatrick/messages/10.html
	Forum:	Deatrick Family Genealogy Forum
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My immigrant ancestor was Johann Michael Dieterich, b.1729 in Oberlenningen, Wuerttemberg, Germany. Emigrated to US in 1748 on ship Hampshire at Philadelphia. Upon arrival he changed his name to Deeter. Those of his children who lived among the English spelled their name Teeter, and those who lived in German communities spelled teir name Deeter.