Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Troyer was born about 1837, in Holmes, Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Troyer, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Reep, was 35. She married Henry Bean on 20 December 1856. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Liberty Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Catherine Bean, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Bean, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Catharine Stuart in household of James E Stuart, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1830–1870 Male
1837– Female
Children (1)
1858– Male
Parents and Siblings
1799–1856 Male
1803–1870 Female
Siblings (10)
1819–1872 Male
1822–1877 Male
1824– Male
1828–1902 Male
1832–1915 Female
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World Events (8)
1837
Age 0
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
Age 4
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 31
Name Meaning
Altered form of Swiss German Treyer, a cognate of 2 below and 3 below or a variant of Dreyer .
German: variant of Treuer (and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this), in the south a topographic name for someone who lived by a cattle track (Treyen, from Latin trivium ‘trail’), in the north an occupational name derived from Middle Low German troye ‘jerkin’ (compare 5 below). The surname Troyer is very rare in Germany.
Americanized form of Austrian German Trojer: topographic name derived from South German dialect troi ‘cattle track’, a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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