Born in St Croix, Danish West Indies
Ancestors 
Daughter of Frederik Christian Heitmann
and Gertrudt (Thimmerman) Heitmann
Sister of
Frederik Heitmann, Anna Marie (Heitmann) Olivarius, Heinrich Heitmann, Gertrud (Heitmann) Hage, Johan Ludvig Heitmann and Frederikke Christiane (Heitmann) Smith
Wife of
Christian Frederik Kipnasse
— married
20 Jul 1782 in St Croix, Danish West Indies
Wife of
Geert Sørensen Gyllich
— married
12 Jan 1791 in St Croix, Danish West Indies
Descendants 
Mother of
Christian Frederik Kipnasse, Catherine Marie (Kipnasse) Jaeger, Anna Lucia Gertrud (Gyllich) de Bretton, Geert Sørensen Gyllich KD, Jacob Heitmann Gyllich KD and Claudius Christian Gyllich
Died
at age 89
in St Croix, Danish West Indies
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Oct 2018
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Biography
Catharine Marie Heitmannwas born in 1757, the daughter of Frederik Christian Heitmann and his wife Gertrud Thimmerman. In 1782 she married Christian Frederik Kipnasse, and they had four children. After his death, in 1791 at the Kipnasse estate of Canaan she married Geert Sørensen Gyllich and had four more children. In the 1841 census she was living with son Jacob and daughter-in-law at the Stoney Ground estate. She was buried in the Lutheran cemetery at Frederiksted.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Grav nr. 43 på kirkegården på Sankt Croix. Indskriften lyder: "HERUNDER HVILER FRUE CATHARINE MARIE GYLLICH. fodt Heitmann fodt d: 2 Martz 1757 dod d: 21 September 1846. "En Vandring kun er Livet her; Vort rette Hiem i Himlen er. Did stunder hvert et modigt Fied; Thi Banen gaaer til Lys og Fred." (Life here is only wandering/Our proper home is heaven/Make every moment a brave step/The path leads on to light and peace.)
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