Catharine Fetzer

Brief Life History of Catharine

When Catharine Fetzer was born on 3 August 1816, in Boggs Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Michael Fetzer, was 37 and her mother, Mary Holmer, was 38. She married John Foster Poorman Jr on 10 December 1835, in Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 15 August 1882, in Boggs Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Advent Cemetery, Milesburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Foster Poorman Jr
1812–1892
Catharine Fetzer
1816–1882
Marriage: 10 December 1835
Mariah or Maria Poorman
1837–1888
Nancy Jane Poorman
1838–1917
Mary E Poorman
1841–1899
William H Poorman
1843–1911
Daniel Frederick Poorman
1848–1934
John Edward Poorman
1850–1910
Aramenta Poorman
1854–1938
Alice C Poorman
1855–1927
Fleming Poorman
1858–1943

Sources (8)

  • Catherine Poorman in household of John Poorman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Catherine Fetyer, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Catharine Fetzer Poorman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1818

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

German:

occupational name for a ragman, from an agent derivative of Middle High German vetze ‘scrap, rag’ or vetzen ‘to tear or shred’.

topographic name for someone who lived in a marshy area, from Swabian Fätsche ‘marsh’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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