Catherina Ann (Rombach) Empey (1770 - 1826)

Born 8 Jan 1770 in Osnabruck, Stormont Co., Ontario

Ancestors

Wife of Henrich Empey — married 1787 in Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1826 at age 56 in Cornwall, Stormont Co., Ontario

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Biography

Catherina Anna Rombough/Rombach was born about 1770 in Osnabruck, Ont. or Tryone, NY, her parents were Hans Jacob Rombough/Rombach and Anna Mary (Gobel?). Catherine married Henrich "Henry" Empey/ Empie about 1787 in Osnabruck, Ontario and they had fourteen children. Catherine died in 1826 in Osnabruck, Ontario.

Children: Elizabeth, Nancy, Catherina, Barbara, Philip, Anna Purlina, Jacob, Henry, William "Guy", Sarah Eve, Juliann, Fanny, Margaret, Matilda

Burial^[1]

Research Note

There was a note on FAG on her profile before it was merged that indicated she may have been married before her marriage to Empey. No further info available.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220368434/catherine-ann-empey: accessed 16 June 2023), memorial page for Catherine Ann Rombough Empey (1772–16 Jun 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #220368434, citing Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Warner UE Family (contributor 47954921).

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• "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MP-MQ4 : 13 February 2020), Anne Hamblin in entry for Barbara Empey, 1792.
  

• "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MG-LD3 : 13 February 2020), Anne Romback in entry for Jacob Empey, 1797.
  

• "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MG-2X1 : 13 February 2020), Anne Rombach in entry for Henry Empey, 1800.
  

• "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLGS-V5G : 13 February 2020), Anna Romback in entry for Fanny Empey, 1807.