When Maria Catharine Rathvon was born on 11 February 1774, in Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann George Rathvon, was 26 and her mother, Christina Kraemer, was 21. She died on 22 November 1822, in Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 48.
German: possibly from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with rāt, rād ‘counsel’ + -fons (as in the Visigothic personal name Alfons; compare Old High German funs ‘quick, active’). This surname is not found in Germany.
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