Catherine (Schuler) Schirck (1815 - bef. 1897)

Born 21 Mar 1815 in Strasburg, France

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Schirck Jr. — married 21 Feb 1838 in Warren, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 24 Jun 1897 before age 82 in Yankee Bush Hill, Conewango Twp., Warren County, Pennsylvania

Biography of Catherine SCHULER SCHIRCK

• Catherine Schuler was born in Strassbourg, France on March 21, 1815, the daughter of Michael Schuler and his wife Catherine Hardwick

• Catherine Schuler mmigrated to Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania in 1939 with her parents and siblings in 1839 when she was 24 years old.

• Catherine Schuler married Jacob Schirck, Jr. on and became a farmer's wife. Jacob and Catherine had several children:
  • Catherine Schirck, I, born about 1844, who died in infancy.
  • Jacob Schirck, III, born August 1845, who enlisted in the Pennsylvania 10th Infantry Reserves was killed at Second Bull Run
  • Mary Margaret Schirck who married Louis Werle.
  • Phillip Schirck who enlisted in the 111th Pennsylvania Infantry, survived the Civil War and married Amelia Reig, and passed away August 24, 1924.
  • Mathias Schirck, born August 24, 1846 and married Anna Baker on July 3, 1873.
  • Catherine Schirck, born June 30, 1848, who married Civil War POW survivor Lawrence Lesser.
  • Mary M. Schirck, born November 14, 1850 who married William Yeagle and moved to Russell, Pennsylvania.
  • Carrie B. Schirck, born May 20, 1853, who married Clayton Cheney, was widowed, and remarried to Fenton B. Hayward.

• Catherine Schuler Schirck lost her husband Jacob Schirck on September 20, 1856 and was a widow for over 40 years.

• Catherine Schuler Schirck died in Warren, Pennsylvania on June 24, 1897 at the age of 82 years, 3 months and 3 days.

Sources

• The Schirck Family History by Salome Anne Schirck Gruber Huck, Warren, Pennsylvania, 1930. Second edtion updated by Hazel Culbertson and Dorothy Keller, and republished by Glenn Culbertson in 1967.

• 1850 United States Federal Census for Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Z7-NJV : accessed 4 February 2016), Catherine Schirck in household of Jacob Schirck, Conewango, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 2386, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Pennsylvania GenWeb = Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania at GenWeb.com