Catharine Stryker

10 March 1798–21 May 1882 (Age 84)
Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Catharine

When Catharine Stryker was born on 10 March 1798, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Arnold Strycker, was 47 and her mother, Barbara Hershey, was 3. She had at least 8 daughters with Tobias W. Wanner. She lived in Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 21 May 1882, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hespeler, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Tobias W. Wanner
1790–1845
Catharine Stryker
1798–1882
Barbara S. Wanner
1821–1903
Wanner
1832–1833
Hannah S Wanner
1823–1911
Nancy S Wanner
1825–1906
Catherine S. Wanner
1827–1861
Mary Wanner
1828–1896
Susannah S. Warner
1830–1906
Leah Wanner
1835–1909

Spouse and Children

children

(8)

    Barbara S. Wanner

    Female1821–1903Female

    Hannah S Wanner

    Female1823–1911Female

    Nancy S Wanner

    Female1825–1906Female

    Catherine S. Wanner

    Female1827–1861Female

    Mary Wanner

    Female1828–1896Female

+3 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(3)

    John Strycker

    Male1795–1862Male

    Catharine Stryker

    Female1798–1882Female

    Elizabeth Strycker

    Female1808–1877Female

World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

Age 2

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.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Age 14

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 
1820 · Making States Equal

Age 22

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

1 Dutch (Strijker): occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess.2 Possibly an altered spelling of English Striker , or even an Americanized spelling of German Streicher .

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Cathrine Wanner in household of David Panabaker, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Cathr Strizer in entry for David Pannebecker and Geo Wariner, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
  • Catherine Stryaker in entry for Leah Manner Panabaker, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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