#1858 Catharine Barnhart ( Jacob BernhardtCasper Bernhardt )

Catharine was born 24 Jan 1787. She died 29 Apr 1844. She was buried in White Oak Cemetery, Kepples Corners, Butler Co., Pennsylvania.

Catharine is not listed in the 1790 census of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. Some genealogies confuse her with her sister, Elizabeth Catharine, but both are listed in Jacob's will, dated Mar 1813 in Buffalo Twp.

[Barnhart/Warter] has some confusion over Catharine and her husband, George. First, it conflates her husband, George Thorne, with her cousin twice removed, George Thorne. This is detectable because, as it is given in that source, the latter George is listed as married and having children when he is eight years old.

Once we understand the difficulty with the latter listing and substitute George (husband) for George (cousin), there is uncertainty about George's marriages. The text states that George married first to "Unknown" and second to Catharine Stewart (1803-29 Apr 1844), and had three children with his second wife: Elizabeth (b.1835) who married Jonathon Kepple, Christina (b. 1837) and Andrew (b.1839). The birth dates of Catharine Barnhart and Catharine Stewart are different, but the death dates are identical, an unlikelihood. I don't know which woman should have that death date but I've left it on Catharine Barnhart as she is the elder of the two. Since the three children are born to George's second wife and we realize that the correct George, himself, was not a Barnhart, I've removed their entries contrary to [Barnhart/Warter].

Catharine married #61177 George Thorne.

Marriage notes

They married Abt 1818.

 

George was born Abt 1784. He died 6 Aug 1868. He was buried in White Oak Cemetery, Kepples Corners, Butler Co., Pennsylvania.


Howard D. Barnhart & Janet K. Warter, The History of Casper Bernhardt and His Descendants, revision by Warter, (unpublished, 1998). Ref. as [Barnhart/Warter].


Line Generation: 4

Relationship: First Cousins Five Times Removed through Casper Bernhardt