Catherine (Van Sickle) Finch (1795 - 1883)

Born 20 Apr 1795 in Sussex County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Ira Finch — married 31 Oct 1815 in Cayuga County (now Tompkins), New York

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1883 at age 88 in Duplain Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Catherine was born in 1795. She passed away in 1877.

Notes

"In the autumn of 1817, she in company with her father and mother, emigrated to Southern Ohio, and settled in Gallia County.

In the autumn of 1823, with her family, her father and mother, and her niece, Catharine (Abraham Van Sickle's daughter), removed to Central Ohio, and settled in Delaware County.

In the spring of 1853, she with her family, in company with Cornelius Van Sickle and family, removed to the State of Michigan, and settled in Clinton County, Duplain Township, where her husband Ira Finch...died...at the age of 66.

Nearly all her days have been spent amidst the hardships of pioneer life. She was energetic and high-spirited. Ambitious for her children, she bent all her energies towards forwarding their interests, to give them a liberal education, and the benefits of refined society. She is a lady of good personal appearance; about the average height, and well proportioned, with dark hair and eyes, of refined ideas, ambitious and enterprising, and well calculated to be a leader in society. She maintains a high social standing, but her manners are simple and unassuming. Had she been educated she would have been an ornament to society, but as it is her life has been a success; her children and grandchildren move in the best society, and are highly respected. She was ever a virtuous and affectionate wife, a kind and indulgent mother, esteemed by all who knew her, and especially by her children and grandchildren. She is now (1880) living at the age of 85, enjoying the possession of her physical and mental faculties." (taken from "A History of the Van Sickle Family")

Catherine was born in 1795. She passed away in 1883.

Burial in June, 1883 was at the Elsie Village Cemetery in Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan.

Sources

• New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 for Peter Van Sickel

Name: Cathrine Van Sickel

Gender: Female

Baptism/Christening Date: 1795

Baptism/Christening Place: CLOVE VALLEY DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,WANTAGE,SUSSEX,NEW JERSEY

Birth Date: 22 Apr 1795

Father's Name: Peter Van Sickel

Mother's Name: Catherine Huffman

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50786-1

System Origin: New_Jersey-ODM

Source Film Number: 599308

• John W. Van Sickle A.M., M.D., Ph. D, A History of the Van Sickle Family in the United States of America (Springfield, Ohio: The Author, 1880.). See https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LST2-G66

• 1860 Census Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan, 215-215

Blaney, John S., age 32, farmer, $1200./$300., Ohio

Permelia O., age 27, Ohio

Jasper N., age 5, Ohio

Philip Finch, age 30, farmer, $1000./$100., Ohio

Catherine Finch, age 65, New York

• 1870 Census Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan, 251-247

Finch, Philip, age 40, farmer, OHIO

Harriet, age 32, keeping house, PENNSYLVANIA

Milton, age 8, MICHIGAN

Flora C., age 6, MICHIGAN

Catharine, age 75, none/aged, NEW JERSEY

• 1880 Census Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan,134-138

Finch, Philip, age 50, Head, farmer, OH./N.Y./N.J.

Harriet, age 42, Wife, keeping house, PA./PA./PA.

Milton, age 18, Son, single, farm laborer, attends school, MI./OH./PA.

Flora C., age 16, Daughter, at home, attends school, MI./OH./PA.

Anna D., age 7, Daughter, at home, attends school, MI./OH./PA.

Catherine, age 85, Mother, w'd., at home, N.J./N.J./N.J.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206633154/catherine-finch