Benjamin Hilbert
(1819-1892)
Catharine Boyer
(1822-1896)
Catherine A. Hilbert
(1844-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Beecher

Catherine A. Hilbert 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 21 Oct 1844, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): John Beecher about 1874 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Died: 17 Aug 1925, Exeter Twp., Berks, PA at age 80 2 3 4
  • Buried: 21 Aug 1925, Birdsboro: St. Michael's Cemetery, Berks, PA 2

   Another name for Catherine was Kitty Hilbert.

   FamilySearch ID: L6BG-2VT.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Death certificate has 30 Sep 1844 birth but also 80y 9m 27d which is 21 Oct 1844, same as the church burial record., 30 Sep 1844 and , , Pennsylvania, USA. 3 4

2. Census in 1860 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. 6 The 1860 census recorded Benjamin HIlbert, 40, living with wife Catharine, 31; daughter Catharine A., 12; Henry, 9; Mary E., 7; Isaac, 4; and George, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1910 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. 1 The 1910 census recorded renting a home at 320 Furnance Hill Road: John Bercheart, laborer in furnace, 60, living with wife Kate, 62. They had been married 36 years and birthed no children by 1910. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1920 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. 7 The 1920 census recorded renting a rural home in Exeter Township: John Beachert, laborer iron works, 68, living with wife Kate, 65. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Most of their neighbors work in the iron works and speak Slovak.

5. Fact: The cemetery diagram record is online at Ancestry.com. George Brooke (church founder) owned Secion 2 Lot 439 and buried there in grave 1 is John Beecher, 2 is Catherine. 3 is Patrick Brenarem. Grave 5 is infant son Seifert., 1925, Birdsboro: St. Michael's Cemetery, Berks, PA. 8

6. Fact: The deaths of John Beecher and Catherine are recorded in Jacksonwald in the register of Schwarzwald UCC. 17 Aug 1925, Catherine Beecher, 80-9-24: 27 Nov 1925, John Beecher, 75-1-29., 1925, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Reformed Church, Berks, PA. 3

7. Cause of Death: dysentery, 17 Aug 1925, Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. 4


Catherine married John Beecher, son of John Beecher III and Susan Schmidt, about 1874 in , , Pennsylvania, USA.1 (John Beecher was born on 28 Sep 1850 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA,3 5 9 10 died on 27 Nov 1925 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA 3 5 10 and was buried on 1 Dec 1925 in Birdsboro: St. Michael's Cemetery, Berks, PA 5 10.)

Sources

1 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1313; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375326.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44560167.

3 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Berks, Jacksonwald, Schwarzwald United Church of Christ. Image 111 of 132.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 82554. Catherine Beecher. Father Benjamin HIlbert. Mother ___ Boyer.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 112207. John Beecher. Parents not listed, wife Catherine Beecher.

6 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXP8-MCZ Catharine Hilbert in household of Benjamin Hilbert, Exeter Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

7 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1535; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 597.

8 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Berks, Birdsboro, St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Parish. Image 133 of 178.

9 1870 United States Census, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZLJ-C1G John Beacher in household of John Beacher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 29, family 212.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44560114.


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