Brief Life History of Catharine
Catharine Sahler was born in 1733, in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. She married Christian Gross about 1754, in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1790, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 57.
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1773
Historical Boundaries: 1773: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Elke, Kurt.
North German (also Dähler): topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (see Dahl ), or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.
German (also Dähler): from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name the first part of which means ‘proud, famous’ (cognate with Anglo-Saxon deal).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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