Catharine Kerstetter (1792 - 1871)

Born 8 Mar 1792 in Cleona, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Christopher John Yager — married 1810 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1871 at age 79 in Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Catharine was born in Pennsylvania in 1792, the daughter of George Kerstetter and Elizabeth Snyder. She married Christopher John Yager. They migrated to Upper Canada. Catharine passed away in Ontario in 1871.

Name

Catharine Kerstetter

Birth

Date: 8 Mar 1792

Place: Pennsylvania, United States

Residence

Date: 1871

Place: Ontario, Canada

Research Notes

• It appears that Catharine and Christopher arrived in Canada sometime in the 1820s, based on the birth places of their children.
• The date of death on her gravestone is 26 Dec 1871. The given name on the stone is spelled Catherine. [1]
• A source has not been found for the Cleona, Lebanon birth location within Pennsylvania that came with the 2012 gedcom import.

Sources

• CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project; Derwent / Fifth / 5th Concession Cemetery, Middlesex County, Ontario; YAGER, Catherine 1792 - 1871 (age: 79); accessed 1 Aug 2018. [2]
• Census of Canada, 1871, database with images, Library and Archives Canada ([3] : accessed 1 Aug 2018), Catharine Yager (in household of Elizabeth Hoover), age 79, birth year 1792, widowed, place of birth: United States, religion: Mennonite; Yarmouth, Elgin East, Ontario; page no. 51, line no. 19, microfilm C-9898, reference RG31 - Statistics Canada, item number 3330707.
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge
• Kerstetter, Steve. The Kerstetter Family: The Early Years, 1727-1850, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2010; ch. V, pp 63, 67. [4]
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 August 2018), memorial page for Catherine Kerstetter Yager (8 Mar 1792–29 Dec 1871), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76006835, citing Fifth Concession Cemetery, Derwent, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Cheryl (Yager) Mapes (contributor 47007729).

Acknowledgment

WikiTree profile Kerstetter-17 created through the import of Jason Allington family tree.ged on Jan 10, 2012 by Jason a.