Born in Longswamp Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Eck
and Maria Margaret (Bernt) Eck
Sister of
Salome (Eck) Stein, Margaret (Eck) Paules, Charles Eck, George Eck, Judith (Eck) Carl, Thomas B. Eck, John S. Eck, Josiah Eck, Marcus Eck, Joseph Eck, Mary Anna (Eck) Pilgert, Benneville Eck and Menoah Joseph Eck
Wife of
Aaron John Rohrbach
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
John Rohrbach
— married
30 Sep 1851 in Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles A. Rohrbach, Fianna Marie Rohrbach, Susanna (Rohrbach) Bolig, Catherine Marie Rohrbach, Mary Agnes Rohrbach, John Albert Rohrbach, Maria B. Rohrbach, Frank A. Rohrbach, Catherine Victoria Rohrbach and Emaline Rohrbach
Died
at age 77
in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2021
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Biography
Catherine and her brother, John are twins.
Catherine's son, Charles A. Rohrbach, is the only grandchild of John Eck to be mentioned in John Eck's will. There is no marriage record for Catherine and Aaron John [Rohrbach-461] and Aaron lived until 1906.
Catherine is buried at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- Goshenhoppen Register (Catholic Church Records)
- Will of John Eck dated 15 Oct 1855, Will Book n10, p. 382; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
- Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, Rohrbach Genealogy Vol. 2, pp. 83, 123-124, 126, 131, 173; Rockland, Maine, Maine Coast Printers, 1977
- Lehigh Register newspaper dated 18 May 1892; Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
- U. S. Decennial Census, Berks County, Pennsylvania 1850, 1860
- Eck Families Primarily Listing Descendants of Jacob Egg/Eck and Anna Maria Margaret Kilcher; Helen E. Arkey, Allentown, PA, 1992 pp. 117, 120
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~1.56%
Barbara (Powlus) Hays
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #912092
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~0.78%
Michelle Hunt :
23andMe, GEDmatch NM3138889 [compare]
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~0.78%
Thomas Beck :
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~0.78%
Geoff Hays :
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