Catherine Bender

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Bender was born in 1728, in Herxheim am Berg, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, her father, Johann Jacob Bender, was 35 and her mother, Anna Elisabeth Zimmermann, was 33. She had at least 6 sons and 10 daughters with Hans Bernhardt Barnabas Gilbert. She died on 14 September 1808, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hans Bernhardt Barnabas Gilbert
1724–1802
Catherine Bender
1728–1808
Sophia Gilbert
1752–1807
Christina Barbara Gilbert
1755–
Catharine Gilbert
1753–1816
John George Gilbert
1754–1803
Maria Magdalena Gilbert
1755–1797
Jacob Gilbert
1756–1831
John Gilbert
1758–1834
Elizabeth Gilbert
1759–1799
Mary Magdalene Gilbert
1760–1831
Bernhard Gilbert
1762–1835
Lenhardt Gilbert
1765–1822
Elizabeth Gilbert
1768–
Christine Gilbert
1770–
Henry Gilbert
1772–1840
Catherine Gilbert
1775–1816
Catherine Gilbert
1779–1853

Sources (6)

  • Catherine Bender Gilbert, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Catharine Gilbert in entry for John Gilbert, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • find a grave memorial

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

Name Meaning

German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of Fassbender . Compare Bainter and Painter .

English (London): metonymic occupational name for an archer or bow maker, from Middle English bender, an agent derivative of benden ‘to bend’ (Old English bendan). Compare Benbow .

Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’, hence a nickname for someone with curly hair.

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

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