Brief Life History of Catherina
When Catherina Hege was born on 16 August 1805, in Friedburg, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Lazarus Johannes Hege, was 39 and her mother, Eva Fischer, was 38. She married Christian Daniel Welfare on 9 March 1828, in Friedburg, Davidson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1860. She died on 6 July 1890, at the age of 84, and was buried in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.
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- Catharine Welfare, "United States Census, 1850"
- Catherine Welfare, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Welfare, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1822
Davidson County was formed in 1822 from Rowan County. On 22 Nov 1822, Joseph Spurgeon introduced a bill into the State Senate to create Davidson County. Eighteen days later, on 10 Dec 1822, an article ran in Salisbury's Western Carolinian announcing the act.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from Hege in Bavaria or from any of several places in Switzerland named Hegi; or a topographic name from Middle High German hege ‘fence, hedge’ or Middle Low German hege ‘hedge, small wood, enclosed dwelling’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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