Catharine (Decker) Blass (abt. 1795 - 1880)

Born about 1795 in Columbia, New York, United States

Wife of Abraham Blass — married 26 Aug 1813 in Churchtown, Columbia, New York

Died 8 Mar 1880 at about age 85 in Taghkanic, Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

Catharine was probably born about 1795 in Columbia county, New York.^[1]

She married Abraham W. Plass on 26 August 1813 at the Dutch Reformed church in Churchtown, Columbia county^[2] and was the mother of 13 children.^[3]

She passed away on 8 March 1880 and was buried in the West Taghkanic Methodist cemetery in Taghkanic, Columbia county.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1865 Census: "New York, U.S., State Census, 1865"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7218 #226151 (accessed 10 March 2022)
   Catharine Blass (70), wife, in household of Abraham Blass (72) in Taghkanic, Columbia, New York, USA. However, no firm date of birth has yet been established, since the dates in records associated with Catharine ranged from 1786 (tombstone), to 1792 (1860 census), to 1795 (1850 and 1865 censuses), to 1797 (1855 census). It is less likely to have been the latter date, since we know that she married in 1813, and she would have been 16 years old -- possible for a marriage, but unlikely.
2. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989"
   Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Churchtown, Vol I, Book 82
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6961 #2153064 (accessed 10 March 2022)
   Catharina Decker marriage to Abraham W Plass on 26 Aug 1813 in Churchtown, Columbia, New York, USA.
3. ↑ 1865 Census: "New York, U.S., State Census, 1865"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7218 #226151 (accessed 10 March 2022)
   Catharine Blass (70), wife, in household of Abraham Blass (72) in Taghkanic, Columbia, New York, USA.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147231696/catharine-blass : accessed 10 March 2022), memorial page for Catharine Blass (1786–8 Mar 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147231696, citing West Taghkanic Methodist Church Cemetery, West Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Janet Reasoner (contributor 47343751) .