Catharine Ann Kern

Birth Name Catharine Ann Kern
Gender female
Age at Death 41 years, 1 month, 4 days

Narrative

Eleanor Wicks' research lists an unnamed child in this marriage.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth April 22, 1815     1a
Baptism August 20, 1815 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   1b
General

From online images at HeritageQuestOnline.com of Della Reagan Fischer, compiler, Births - Baptisms of the First Lutheran Church, Westmoreland County, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1792-1853 (McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1964):

page name date of birth parents sponsors
date of bapt.

74 Anna Catharina 4-22-1815 Joseph Kern John Lessig
8-20-1815 Margaretta Maria

Death May 26, 1856 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   2

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Joseph KernAugust 30, 1772May 23, 1846
Mother Margaret SteinbachOctober 1779April 16, 1856
    Brother     George Washington Kern October 3, 1800 May 28, 1881
    Brother     Jacob S. Kern about 1802 September 24, 1829
    Sister     Sarah Kern 1805 between 1864 and 1867
    Brother     Joseph Funk Kern October 14, 1806 May 15, 1884
    Sister     Sibilla Kern December 30, 1808 June 21, 1888
    Sister     Mary Ann Kern December 15, 1810 between 1870 and 1888
    Sister     Elizabeth Kern September 22, 1813 between 1880 and 1888
         Catharine Ann Kern April 22, 1815 May 26, 1856
    Brother     Henry Riley Kern January 26, 1817 May 26, 1872
    Sister     Eleanor Margaretta Kern February 10, 1819 May 20, 1902
    Brother     Samuel Mclane Kern January 16, 1823 October 14, 1888

Families

Family of Robert McMillen and Catharine Ann Kern
Married Husband Robert McMillen ( b. between 1760 and 1770 d. September 4, 1843 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage January 14, 1836 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   3a
General

From Mary Jane Mains, compiler, Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Greensburg: Westmoreland County Historical Society, 1994):

M'MILLEN, Robert of Derry Twp. & Catharine Ann KERN d/o Joseph of
Hempfield Twp m Thurs 14th inst by Thomas Davis (1-22-1836 RF)

[He was called Robert H. Miller in the Jan 23, 1836 Westmoreland Intelligencer, according to Della Reagan Fischer's book.]

Family of Samuel L. Gorgas and Catharine Ann Kern
Married Husband Samuel L. Gorgas ( b. about 1820 d. about November 10, 1908 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1844     4 3b
General

From Mary Jane Mains, compiler, Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Greensburg: Westmoreland County Historical Society, 1994):

GORGAS, Samuel L. & Mrs. Catharine Ann M'MILLEN, all of this borough m on Thurs. 11th inst. by __ Irwin (1-26-1844 RF)

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Minerva Jane GorgasDecember 12, 18441924
Alexander Murray? Gorgasabout 1848
George Kern Gorgasabout April 5, 1851October 22, 1854
Sarah Ellen Gorgasabout September 1853October 19, 1854

Source References

  1. Della Reagan Fischer: Births - Baptisms of the First Lutheran Church, Westmoreland Co., Greensburg, PA
      • General:

        Della Reagan Fischer, Births - Baptisms of the First Lutheran Church, Westmoreland Co., Greensburg, PA, McKeesport, PA, 1994 .

      • General:

        Della Reagan Fischer, Births - Baptisms of the First Lutheran Church, Westmoreland Co., Greensburg, PA, McKeesport, PA, 1994 .

  2. Obituary from the Cambria Tribune, May 28, 1856. Photocopy obtained from the Cambria County Library, November 2004.
  3. Mary Jane Mains, compiler: Newspaper accounts of births, marriages & deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive)
      • Page: citing the Westmoreland Republican and Farmers' Chronicle, Jan 22, 1836
      • Page: citing the Westmoreland Republican and Farmers' Chronicle, Jan 26, 1844
  4. mairg42: Her first husband died in 1843. Five year old daughter on 1850 Census, Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA, Series M432, Roll 761, page 210.