A wooden church was built in Dehler in 1894. It was later replaced by a stone building.
Dehler was founded on 1 July 1767 as a Roman Catholic colony by 55 colonists from areas of Trier, Nassau, Hesse and Darmstadt. They had been recruited by LeRoy & Pictet. It was named after the first mayor ( Vorsteher ) of the colony, Johannes Dehler.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
55
|
171
|
85
|
86
|
| 1769 |
36
|
154
|
79
|
75
|
| 1773 |
39
|
150
|
71
|
79
|
| 1788 |
|
190
|
|
|
| 1798 |
|
249
|
|
|
| 1816 |
|
430
|
|
|
| 1834 |
|
756
|
|
|
| 1850 |
|
1,057
|
|
|
| 1857 |
|
|
|
|
| 1859 |
|
1,332
|
|
|
| 1889 |
|
1,488
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,811*
|
961
|
850
|
| 1910 |
|
2,392
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
3,062
|
|
|
| 1920 |
370
|
2,515
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
2,102
|
|
|
| 1926** |
383
|
2,132**
|
1,011
|
1,121
|
| 1931 |
|
2,214
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,800 were German.
**Of whom 2,127 were German (381 households: 1,010 male & 1,117 women).
Catholic
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Martel Family (James Martel)