Catharine Boyer ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Catharine was Catharina Boyer.¹

   FamilySearch ID: MRDZ-9K1.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. ² The 1860 census recorded Benjamin HIlbert, 40, living with wife Catharine, 31; daughter Catharine A., 12; Henry, 9; Mary E., 7; Isaac, 4; and George, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Mrs. Catharine HIlbert on 19 Aug 1896 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁵ Mrs. Catharine Hilbert died of a stroke of paralysis at 9 p.m., Tuesday, at her residence, in Exeter, aged 73 years, 8 months and 18 days. She was compelled to take to her bed 4 weeks ago, owing to general debility, and 2 weeks ago received the stroke which resulted in her death. She was born in Exeter and resided there all her life. Her husband, Benjamin, died about 4 years ago. The following children survive: Mrs. Benjamin Blatt, of Birdsboro, Mrs. John Richard, Charlotte, Henry, George, Isaac, Jerome, all of Exeter.

Catharine married Benjamin Hilbert on 12 Oct 1845 in Reading: Trinity Lutheran Church, Berks, PA.¹ (Benjamin Hilbert was born on 17 Dec 1819 in , , PA,^{2 6} died on 15 Sep 1892 in , Berks, PA ⁶ and was buried in Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Cemetery, Berks, PA ⁶.)