Catherina was born about 1779, in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Johannes Rupp in 1803, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1850, in Union Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Historical Boundaries 1785: Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Some characteristic forenames: French Benoit.
French, English, and Scottish: from the female personal name Catherine (Old French and Middle English Katerine), from Latin Caterina, from Greek Aikaterinē, which is of uncertain origin. The usual vernacular form in medieval England was Cateline; see Catlin . The personal name was very popular in the Middle Ages due to Saint Katherine of Alexandria, a legendary Christian figure of doubtful historicity, who was supposedly martyred under the Emperor Maxentius in 307. The modern spelling and pronunciation of the name with -th- is a 16th-century ‘learned’ introduction by clerics and other educated people, who believed that it derived from Greek katharos ‘pure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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