Catharine Shirk
(1819-1878)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry Beecher

Catharine Shirk 1 2

  • Born: 20 Mar 1819, , Lebanon, PA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Henry Beecher
  • Died: 26 Jan 1878, Gahanna, Franklin, OH at age 58 2 4 5
  • Buried: Gahanna: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Franklin, OH 4

   Another name for Catharine was Katherine Shirk.6

   FamilySearch ID: LD92-XZW.

  Burial Notes:

Catharine, wife of Henry, of Lebanon Co., Pa., died Jan 26, 1878, aged 58 yrs 10 mo 6 ds.
God my redeemer lives
And often from the skies
Looks down and watches all
my dust
Till he shall bid it rise.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. 3 Henry Beecher, farmer, 37, was living with wife Catheren [sic], 41; son Adam, 8; and Rufes [sic], 3. Henry and wife were born in Pennsylania, Adam in Ohio, and Rufus in Indiana. Henry's real estate was worth $1,200 and personal estate $200.

2. Census in 1870 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. 1 The 1870 census recorded Henry Bucher [two handwritten e's look like a u so was transcribed wrong in census], 46, farmer, living with wife Catherine, 50; Adam, 18; and Rufus, 13. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Ohio. Henry's real estate was valued at $5,000. Post office was Chili.


Catharine married Henry Beecher, son of William Beecher and Julia Ann Carpenter. (Henry Beecher was born on 22 Dec 1823 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 5 7 and was christened on 17 Jan 1833 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA 7.)

Sources

1 1870 United States Census, Indiana, Miami County, Richland Township, Series: M593 Roll: 343 Page: 233.

2 Peace Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Gahanna, Franklin County, Ohio (http://www.genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/peaceluth/peaceluth.htm).

3 1860 United States Census, Indiana, Miami County, Richland Township, Series: M653 Roll: 281 Page: 143.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90369431.

5 Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cemetery listings at http://www.centralohiogravesearch.com/uploads/cem-peace.htm).

6 FamilySearch.org, Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, Death certificate of Adam Beecher.

7 Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (Note: Some very early records that appear in this church register were from Muddy Creek Lutheran Church in Brecknock Township, before the congregation moved to New Holland.).


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