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==Dickten family==
Emil's father Abraham Dickten was a son of Johann Abraham Dickten (b. 1804 Elberfeld, Ger.) & Wilhelmina Gruene Dickten-Vogel-Moeller-Reckmann (b. 1816 Gennebreck, Westfalen, Ger. - ; m. 1837; d. 1886). Wilhelmina Gruene was a daughter of Florenz Gruene (b. 1801) & Catharina Hohmann (b. 1801; m. 1830 Sankt Petri Evangelisch, Soest, Westfalen, Ger.; d. 1870).
Emil resided in Paterson, moving to Pequannock in 1951. He was a retired machinist with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad Lackawanna]] railroad at Kingsland in 1918, and the [https://www.mcavoybrick.com/about McAvoy Co.], builders at the [http://www.njturnpikewidening.com/pdf/history.html Wanaque Dam] in Midvale. His memorial was officiated by Tom Allen & Millard Bradley.
* Emil Dickten, Sr. (b. 1873 Elberfeld, Germany - d. 1957 NYC, NY). Emil Sr. was a son of Abraham Dickten (b. 1846 Hardenburg, Ger. - d. 1916 Preakness, NJ) & Friederika Louise Dohrmann Dickten (b. 1850 Elberfield, Ger. - d. 1912).
* Anna Maria "Mary" Brogler Dickten (b. 1872 Germany - d. 1970 Paterson, NJ).
** Arthur Dickten (b. 1899 Elberfeld, Ger. - d. 1985Pequannock Twp., Morris, NJ). In 19501930, Arthur was employed as a machinist in a toolshop, in 1940 as a toolmaker, and in 1950 as a mechanical demonstrator for a printer machinery manufacturer. He served with the Army during WWI from Aug. 8, 1918 - Feb. 20, 1919. Wife: Charlotte Dickten (b. 1900 NJ)*** Donald Arthur Dickten (b. 1924 Paterson, NJ). He enlisted in 1942 in the Army, training at Fort Dix. Prior to that, he had served with the auxiliary police of the Civilian Defense Council, and employed with a "Paterson cosmetic concern". *** Vernon George Dickten (b. 1932 Paterson, NJ). In 1950, Vernon was employed in a full-service gas station in Haledon. From 1951-1954, he served with the Army as a radio operator. Wife (1954): June L. Zimmer Dickten. At the time of their wedding, June had studied at Eastern Academy & Ridgewood Secretarial School, and she worked for the State Refrigeration Service on Park Ave., in Paterson.
** Alfred Dickten (b. 1901 Elberfeld, Ger.). Wife (1924 @ [https://maps.app.goo.gl/p3aowZbfk9cnbw3Z8 Union Ave. Baptist], Paterson, NJ): Amanda Nehring Dickten, daughter of Albert Nehring. Alfred James Dickten (d. 1993) & Carol Jane Pontier Dickten (d. 1994 Wayne, NJ). In 1942, Alfred was employed with [https://www.mack.com/ Mack Molding] in Wayne.
*** Donald Arthur Dickten (b. 1924 Paterson, NJ - d. 1947 Haledon, NJ). Donald served in WWII 1942-1945 as TEC4 in the HQ Co. of the [https://www.super6th.org/50thAIB/50thAIBHome.html 50th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Div.] (nicknamed the "Super Sixth"), which participated in the Battle of the Bulge at Normandy, as well as battles in Northern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe and liberated POW's from the Buchenwald concentration camp. While in battle, Donald sustained a fractured tibia in a motorcycle accident as a passenger.