Catherine Rebecca Fink

Brief Life History of Catherine Rebecca

When Catherine Rebecca Fink was born on 18 October 1809, in Wheatfield, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John William Fink, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Goshorn, was 20. She married Thomas Birk Foy on 24 April 1828, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 21 May 1870, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Minersville Cemetery, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Birk Foy
1802–1873
Catherine Rebecca Fink
1809–1870
Marriage: 24 April 1828
Elizabeth Foy
1829–1853
Susannah Foy
1831–1902
John Moroni Foy
1835–1900
William Bosley Foy
1837–1920
Sarah Jane Foy
1840–1873
Elizabeth Foy
1841–
Emma Smith Foy
1842–1869
Frederick Lehi Foy
1844–1937
Catherine Rebecca Foy
1848–1912
Thomas Didymus Foy
1849–1859
Mary Ann Foy
1850–1937
Rhoda Marie Foy
1853–1898

Sources (32)

  • Catherine Foy in household of Thomas B Foy, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Cathrine Rebecca Fink - Government record: birth-name: Catherine Rebecca Fink
  • Catherine R. Fink Foy, "BillionGraves Index"

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1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

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, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and English: nickname for a lively and cheerful person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an artificial name, from Middle High German vinke, Middle English and Yiddish fink ‘finch’ (see Finch and Vink ). The surname of German origin is also found in some central European countries, for example in Czechia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic nicknames or surnames. In part, this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).

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

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