Catherine Boroff
(1790-1821)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Peter Herr Jr.

Catherine Boroff 2

  • Born: 6 Jul 1790, La Plata, Charles, MD
  • Marriage (1): John Peter Herr Jr. on 28 Aug 1810 in , Washington, MD 1
  • Died: 8 Sep 1821, Williamsport, Washington, MD at age 31 3
  • Buried: Williamsport: River View Cemetery, Washington, MD

   Another name for Catherine was Catherine Borehoff.1

   FamilySearch ID: L6H8-V9S.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: The Torch Light: DIED, on Saturday last, in Williams Port, in the 32d year of her age, Mrs. Catherine Herr, wife of Mr. John Herr, Jr.. She has left six young children to deplore her loss., 11 Sep 1821, Hagerstown, Washington, MD. 3


Catherine married John Peter Herr Jr., son of John Peter Herr Sr. and Susannah Weiss, on 28 Aug 1810 in , Washington, MD.1 (John Peter Herr Jr. was born on 29 Nov 1789 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD,2 4 died on 29 Jan 1855 in Washington, Maryland 2 4 5 and was buried in Williamsport: River View Cemetery, Washington, MD 4.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, John Herr and Catherine Borehoff, 28 Aug 1810, Washington County.

2 Mabel McAtee Huyett, The Herr Family (Notebook with transcription of bible of John Peter Herr (1789-1855) and genealogy of his descendants including old photographs, created by descendant Mabel McAfee Huyett, in a storage room off Western Maryland Room at Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland, call # WMR 929.2 H).

3 The Torch Light, Hagerstown, Maryland (Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. Published 1851 to 1863.), 11 Sep 1821, page 4. Death of Mrs. Catharine Herr.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104925158.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2023), entry for John Peter Herr, person ID L6H8-J4S.


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