Catherine was named as the wife of David Selsam in an 1885 Frederick County, Maryland equity court case over the estate of Catherine's brother George Hurley.[1]
Sources
↑ Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, Liber WIP-1. No. 5112, pp. 374-398. Viewable at Maryland State Archives.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4N-MWH : 22 December 2020), Catharine Selsam in household of David Selsam, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQ2-5JX : 19 February 2021), Catharine Selsam in household of David Selsam, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district ED 72, sheet 173A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,509.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 April 2021), memorial page for Catherine Selsam (unknown–4 Jan 1895), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51648499, citing Pleasant View Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Burkittsville, Frederick County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by BIRDMAN (contributor 47118844) .
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DNA Connections
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: