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Notes for John Wetzel and Catharine Wise

1804 Catharine Wise, daughter of George, son of Jacob; was born 25 Jan 1804. [1]

1826 Catharine Wise and John Wetzel were married on March 9, 1826, by Rev. John Ebaugh, at the Reformed Church of Carlisle. [2] [3]

1840 John Wetzel lived in North Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 2 (under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 2 (10 thru 14), and 1 (30 thru 39); and females: 1 (under 5), 2 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), and 1 (30 thru 39). [4] [5]

1842 John Wetzel died on May 26, 1842 and was buried at Carlisle Springs Cemetery, Carlisle Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. John Wetzel was born May 3, 1803. [6]

1850 Catherine Wetzel (age 46, born in Pennsylvania) lived in North Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Susan Wetzel (age 21), Henry Wetzel (age 9), Eliza Wetzel (age 7), John Wetzel (age 18), and Pheby Wetzel (age 13). [7]

1860 Catharine Wetzel (age 56, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Carlisle Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Catharine Wetzel (age 25), and Eliza Wetzel (age 17). [8]

1864 Eliza Wetzel and Lewis Masonheimer were married, on May 5, 1864, in German Reformed Church, German Reformed church, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [9]

1870 Catharine Wetzel (age 67, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Carlisle East Ward Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Lewis Masenheimer (age 29), Eliza Masenheimer (age 26), and Mary C Masenheimer (age 3). [10]

1880 Catharine Wetzel (age 77, born in Pennsylvania, widowed) lived in Carlisle Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the household of Lewis Masonhermer. Catharine Masonhermer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. [11]

1881 Catharine Wetzel died on Oct. 5, 1881 and was buried at Carlisle Springs Cemetery, Carlisle Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Catharine Wise Wetzel was born Jan. 26, 1804. Her gravestone is adjacent to that of John Wetzel. [12]

Catharine Wetzel
Died October 5th 1881
Aged 77-8-10

Eliza Wetzel was the daughter of John and Catherine Wise Wetzel. [13]


Footnotes:

[1] Jeremiah Zeamer, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County Pennsylvania (1905), 53, [InternetArchive].

[2] Jeremiah Zeamer, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County Pennsylvania (1905), 53, [InternetArchive].

[3] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, [AncestryRecord].

[4] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[5] [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLFilmCatalog].

[6] Find A Grave Memorial 73237680, [FindAGrave].

[7] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[8] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[9] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[10] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[11] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[12] Find A Grave Memorial 73237697, [FindAGrave].

[13] Samuel P. Bates, P. A. Durant, and J. Fraise Richard, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania [Cumberland] (Warner, Beers:1886), 385, Biosketch of Lewis Masonheimer, [GoogleBooks].