Catharine Deshler, daughter of Adam Deshler and Appolonia Deshler, was born in 1751 and died Feb. 11, 1825 in Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania. She married Peter Kern in 1770 in Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1748, and died May 28, 1821. They are both buried at Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Peter Kern settled along the Jordan in 1792, where he purchased a tract of 380 acres, and in 1806, built the grist-mill still standing at Kernsville[Link]. [1].
Peter Kern and Catharina Deshler had the following children:
SUSANNA KERN was born on 01 Sep 1771. married Peter Kohler B: 18 Jun 1768
JOSEPH KERN was born on 18 Oct 1773. married Maria Romich B: 1 Jan 1782.
JULIANA KERN was born on 19 Dec 1775. married Michael Sieger
JONAS KERN was born on 17 Dec 1779. married Mary Catharine Leisenring B. 18 Apr 1794
SALOME ELIZABETH KERN was born on 11 Apr 1784. married a Mr. Herman.
PETER KERN was born on 10 Jul 1786. removed to Philadelphia and married.
DANIEL KERN was born in 1788. married Lydia Siegfried B: 7 Jul 1795
THOMAS KERN was born on 31 Oct 1791. married Sarah Guth B: 13 Sep 1792
Sources
↑ ANNIVERSARY HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY: VOLUME II digital image [link]
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