DIETLEIN, Christopher, Bavaria, GER., then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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CHRISTOPHER DIETLEIN, OPELOUSAS.--Mr. Dietlein is a native of Bavaria,
Germany, born in the year 1826.  His father, John T. Dietlein, and his mother,
Christina Hubert, were both natives of North Germany.  By occupation, his
father was a farmer.  He lived and died in Germany.

Mr. Dietlein was reared in Germany.  At the age of nineteen years he emigrated
to America, landing in New York, August 10, 1845.  He spent two years in
Pennsylvania and then removed to Louisiana.  He located permanently in
Opelousas in 1843, where he was for many years engaged as a cooper.

In 1847 he was married to Mary Christina, who was born in Germany and removed
with her parents to America.  At the close of the war the mercantile business
offering better inducements for the use of his capital than that in which he
had formerly been engaged, in this Mr. Dietlein embarked and has since
continued.  He has one of the largest mercantile businesses in the place; he
owns two stores, and he and his son are large stock holders in the First
National Bank of Opelousas.  Mr. Dietlein began business on a very limited
capital, and his business capacity has manifested itself in the extensive
business which he now conducts.

He is the father of five children-three sons and two daughters.  His eldest
son, Antoine Dietlein, is associated with his father in business.

Mr. Dietlein and his family are all Catholics.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
34-35.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.