Johann Peter Friedrich Dicke moved to The Netherlands

Johann Peter Friedrich Dicke was born on 20 April 1796 in Wesel in Germany as son of Matthias Dicke and Catharina Kemper. Johann had an elder brother Wilhelm Herman Dicke, who was born in August 1783 in Wesel. Wilhelm - now Willem - married Petronella van Dockum (1780-1860) on 25 November 1812 in Rotterdam. They are the parents of Jacob Matthijs Dicke (1819-1888) and Peter Willem Dicke (1822-1886).

Marketplace in Wesel

In 1815 master carpenter Johann Peter Dicke joined the volunteer hunter detachment established in Wesel. He fully equipped himself at his own expense, and participated in a campaign against France.

Wesel, 30 mei 1823: 

“Dass den hiesige Johann Peter Dicke, geboren am 20. April 1796, bei den in 1815 hier errichteten freiwilligen Jäger-Detachement eingetreten ist, sich auf eigene Kosten vollständig ausgerüstet und den Feldzug gegen Frankreich mitgemacht hat, wird hiermit auf den Grund der rathäusslichen Akten attestiert.”

Matthias Dicke, the father of both Johann and Willem, died in Wesel on 29 October 1818.
By 1823, Johann Peter Friedrich Dicke was 27 years old, and living in Dordrecht, Holland. There, on 17 September 1823, Johann married 32-year-old Diderica Alida van Droogen. She was born in Gorinchem, Holland, but now living in Rotterdam. Her parents and grandparents had all died.

Dordrecht, 17 sept. 1823: 

- Johann Peter Friedrich Dicke, 27 jaar, geboren en onlangs gewoond hebbende te Wesel, thans wonende te Dordrecht, zoon van Matthias Dicke, overleden te Wesel op 29 okt. 1818, en Catharina Kemper, 63 jaar, trouwt met
- Diderica Alida van Drogen, 32 jaar, geboren te Gorinchem en wonende te Rotterdam, dochter van Jacobus van Drogen en Neeltje van den Berg, beiden overleden, en kleindochter van Albertus van Drogen en Dirkje Ladder en Leendert van den Berg en Alida Klein, allen overleden. 

Johann and Diderica had 2 daughters: Mathilda Catharina Dicke (1828-1850) and Diderika Johanna Dicke (1829-1882). In 1861 Diderika Johanna married Rudolph Römer who originated in Orsoy in Germany. They had four children who would later marry.

Diderica Alida van Droogen died in Dordrecht on 25 October 1856, aged 65. In 1853 Johann Peter Friedrich Dicke was a rentier, living in Dordrecht. He died there at the age of 81 on 7 December 1877.

Tilburgsche Courant, 12-12-1877

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, AndreDenHaan.MijnStamboomOnline.nl, Delpher.nl Noord-HollandsArchief.nl, RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl.