Conrad Christian "CC" Dill

1853 - 1924  (71 years)

• Name	Conrad Christian "CC" Dill
  Born	20 Jul 1853	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41158993
  Name	C. C. Dill
  Name	Conrad Christian Diehl
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-119047
  Died	30 Oct 1924	Superior, Mineral, Montana, United States
  Buried	Superior Cemetery, Superior, Mineral, Montana, United States
  Person ID	I119047	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Heinrich "Henry" Diehl,   b. 1811, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 59 years)
  Mother	Marie Anne "Mary" Roos,   b. 29 Sep 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 1 Apr 1900, Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F9384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  C. C. DILL KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Car Plunges Over Embankment Three Miles West of Superior; Lights Were Out. Special to The Tribune. Superior, Nov. 3. - Conrad C. Dill of Iron Mountain, 71 years old, was killed at 7 o'clock Thursday night when the car he was driving went over a bank three miles west of Superior. Mr. Dill and his daughter, Mrs. Pearl D. Boyer, a candidate for clerk of the district court in Mineral county, had been campaigning and were returning to their home at Iron Mountain. The lights of the automobile in which they were driving went out of commission. Then Mr. Dill and Mrs. Boyer were compelled to "feel" their way along the road, the former driving while his daughter went ahead with a lantern. At the point where the accident happened, it is said, Mr. Dill had to use his brakes, but got mixed up in the foot pedals, pushed down on the reverse and went over the bank to his death. Mr. Dill is survived by his wife and his daughter. He was a civil engineer and had lived in Iron Mountain for 34 years. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon with Dr. Dodd officiating. Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana Tuesday, November 4, 1924. ___________ LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SUPERIOR PASSES Mrs. Mary Frances Dill, a highly respected, long-time resident of Superior passed away Monday in the Community hospital following a lingering illness. She was born March 3, 1862, in Ontario, Canada, and was married to Conrad Dill in Ontario, April 26. 1880. They came to Superior in January of 1892, where Mr. Dill was a stationary engineer and carpenter, and later operated a store here until his death October 30, 1924. Survivors are three daughters. Mrs. Annie Ferguson and Mrs. H. Schwarder. both of Spokane, and Pearl Boyer of Superior; one brother John Ibbitson of Powossan, Ontario; five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church in Superior, under the direction of the Lucy Mortuary of Missoula. Reverend Ellen Rose will of ficlate and Mrs. Fred Horning. Mrs. Harry Wirt and Miss Sophie loberg will render vocal selections during the service, accompanied by Mrs. Charles Horning. Burial will be made in the Superior cemetery. Pall bearers will be Bert Clark, Cready Forry, Weston Wilkinson. Emera Hutchins, Paul Guimont and E. P. Griswold. The Mineral Independent on February 6, 1947, page 1.

  
  

• Sources

  [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 24. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 2 Page 18.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jul 1853 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Oct 1924 - Superior, Mineral, Montana, United States  = Link to Google Earth