Michael Dinda, Sr., Michael Dinda, Jr., and John Dinda

Michael Dinda, Sr., Michael Dinda, Jr., and John Dinda

Dinda Family

Logging--Southern States

Michael Dinda, Sr. (1863-1935) and his twin sons, Michael Jacob Dinda, Jr. (1895-1978) and John Paul Dinda (1895-1968) hauling logs in Slavia, Florida, around 1915. Dinda was one of the founders of both Slavia and of St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Dinda moved his family to the area in 1913. During this time, John Dinda was visiting from college. He also began teaching at the Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915.

Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.

ca. 1915

Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.

Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Slavia, Florida

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History Teacher

Economics Teacher

Geography Teacher

Copyright to this resource is held by Bettye Reagan and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Private Collection of Bettye Reagan

Robison, Jim. "Central Europeans Were Dirt Poor But Toiled For A Better Life In Slavia." The Orlando Sentinel, July 4, 1993. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-07-04/news/9307020414_1_turpentine-slavia-dinda.

"Teacher John Dinda, son of Michael Dinda, Sr.." Central Florida Memory. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/152823.

"Slavia Historical Trail." Steve Rajtar. http://www.geocities.ws/krdvry/hikeplans/slavia/planslavia.html.

1 black and white photograph