September 30, 2022
Who Do We Think We Are
{Skeletons In My Closet}
Our Family History never ceases to amaze me. The further I dig into my Family Tree, the more interesting discoveries I make.
I just finished watching the netflix series "Monster-Jeffrey Dahmer" and yesterday as I was doing some research into one of my mom's colonial New England family lines, I discovered a family line that connects myself and my siblings and their children through my mother Marlene Deitz Repinski to one of the most infamous serial killers of the 20th Century.....
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INTRODUCTION
Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was an American
serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder and
dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his
later murders also involved necrophilia, cannibalism and the permanent
preservation of body parts—typically all or part of the skeletal
structure.
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| Jeff being booked in Milwaukee County Jail |
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was born in 1960 in West Allis Wisconsin...
His parents were Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Flint. Jeff spent his childhood in Bath Ohio. It was in this community that he would commit his first killing, that of a young man who he picked up hitchiking when he was 18 years old.
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| Jeff's High School photo |
From there, he would eventually continue his "killing sprees" in the Milwaukee area culminating in his arrest in 1991.
Many theories are put out there to try and explain how Jeff became the monster that he did and I wont go into any of that. Suffice to say, he committed some of the most incomprehensible acts known to human beings and he will forever be remembered as one of the most infamous serial killers in modern history.
His Victims
- Jun. 18, 1978: Steven Hicks
- Nov. 20, 1987: Steven Tuomi
- Jan 16, 1988: James Doxtator
- Mar. 24, 1988: Richard Guerrero
- Mar. 25, 1989: Anthony Sears
- May 20, 1990: Raymond Smith
- Jun. 14, 1990: Edward Smith
- Sep. 2, 1990: Ernest Miller
- Sep. 24, 1990: David Thomas
- Feb. 18, 1991: Curtis Straughter
- Apr. 7, 1991: Errol Lindsey
- May 24, 1991: Tony Hughes
- May 27, 1991: Konerak Sinthasomphone
- Jun. 30, 1991: Matt Turner
- Jul. 5, 1991: Jeremiah Weinberger
- Jul. 15, 1991: Oliver Lacy
- Jul. 19, 1991: Joseph Bradeholt
Our Shared Lineage
According to Wikitree.com and other genealogy sites, Jeffry Lionel Dahmer and our family share no less than 167 common ancestors with the closest connection being that of 10th cousins once removed.....A "monster" descended from early Colonial American Settlers and European Royalty who went on to murder 17 young men in Milwaukee Wisconsin from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
We both from Mayflower Passenger Richard Warren. Jeff Descends through son Nathaniel and I descend through his daughter Mary (Bartlett) through both her daughter Rebeca Bartlett Harlow and her son Joseph Bartlett.
We both also descend from some of the following mutual ancestors:
*Reverend John Lothrop (1584-1653) of Colonial New England
John was a clergyman who's descendants include not only Jeffry and myself but 6 U.S. presidents
*Henry Howland (1565-1635) father of John Howland of the Mayflower (my 10th Great Grandfather) & Jeff from daughter of John, Abigal Howland Young (his 10th Great Grandmother)
* Elizabeth (Plantagenet) de Bohun (abt.1282-1316)
Elizabeth Plantagenet de Bohun was the daughter of King Edward the Ist and Queen Eleanor of Castile.
My Closest Blood Relationship to Jeff
Jeffrey and John are 10th cousins once removed
In the Ancestral Line below, Jeff and I share Alice Bosworth Hutchinson and Richard Hutchinson as ancestral great grandparents....Jeff being the 9th great grandson and myself being the 10th great grandson of this couple
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (1960-1994) and John Repinski are both descendants of Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson (1605-bef.1668).
1.
Jeffrey is the
son of
Joyce Annette (Flint) Dahmer (1936-2000)
2.
Joyce is the
daughter of
Floyd Leroy Flint (1911-1977)
3.
Floyd is the
son of
James Earnest Flint (1873-1942)
4.
James is the
son of
Abner E Flint (abt.1842-1928)
5.
Abner is the
son of
Cyrus Flint (1801-1850)
6.
Cyrus is the
son of
Ephraim Flint (1758-1822)
7.
Ephraim is the
son of
Nathaniel Flint (1721-1760)
8.
Nathaniel is the
son of
Nathaniel Flint (1694-abt.1760)
9.
Nathaniel is the
son of
Elizabeth (Putnam) Flint (1662-1697)
10.
Elizabeth is the
daughter of
Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Putnam (bef.1629-1688)
11.
Elizabeth is the
daughter of
Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson (1605-bef.1668)
This makes
Alice the ninth great grandmother of Jeffrey.
1.
John is the
son of
Marlene Grace (Dietz) Repinski (1936-1999)
2.
Marlene is the
daughter of
Raymond Harold Dietz (1912-1973)
3.
Raymond is the
son of
Henry Chester Dietz (1885-1954)
4.
Henry is the
son of
Eleanor May (Brown) Dietz (abt.1858-abt.1921)
5.
Eleanor is the
daughter of
Chester F Brown (1824-1897)
6.
Chester is the
son of
Jerusha E (Hutchinson) Brown (1796-1860)
7.
Jerusha is the
daughter of
Stephen P Hutchinson (1766-1852)
8.
Stephen is the
son of
Benjamin Hutchinson III (1722-1815)
9.
Benjamin is the
son of
Benjamin Hutchinson II (1694-1780)
10.
Benjamin is the
son of
Benjamin Hutchinson (1666-abt.1733)
11.
Benjamin is the
son of
Joseph Hutchinson (1633-1716)
12.
Joseph is the
son of
Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson (1605-bef.1668)
This makes
Alice the tenth great grandmother of John.
Sources and Further Reading
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jeffrey Dahmer," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Dahmer&oldid=709747459 (accessed April 10, 2016).
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4N-Q12F : accessed 20 September 2019), Jeffrey Dahmer, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 29 Nov 1994; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing USA TODAY, born-digital text.
See also:
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 May 2019), memorial page for Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (21 May 1960–28 Nov 1994), Find A Grave: Memorial #5186, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, who reports a After a court battle, his parents, who are divorced, each received half of his remains..
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