Katarina "Catherine" "Kate" Degenhardt

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211386193
• Name: Catherine Degenhardt
• Name: Katarina "Catherine" "Kate" Gerbig
• Name: Katarina "Catherine" "Kate" Gerbig
• Name: Kate Degenhardt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107972P
• Immigration: 1850, , Canada
• Residence: 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Marriage Contract: May 1871, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

In Memoriam Died: At Berlin, on Friday, November 8th, Catharine Gerbig, relict of the late Henry Gerbig, of Mannheim, aged 68 years, 2 months and 15 days. The Funeral Will be held on Sunday, at one o'clock, from the residence of her son, Henry D. Gerbig, Peter Street, to Mannheim Lutheran church and cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card of Catharine Gerbig

_____________

DEATH OF MRS. HENRY GERBIG, BERLIN

The death took place on Friday morning of Catharine Degenhardt, relict of the late Henry Gerbig, for years hotel keeper at Mannheim, at the home of her son, Henry D. Gerbig, Peter street. Death was due to a paralytic stroke. The deceased was born in Germany about 69 years ago, but was the greater part of her lifetime a resident of this county. For many years husband conducted a hotel at Mannheim. He predeceased her about twelve years ago. Of late she had made her home with her sons and daughters. Two sons survive, Chas. W. of Detroit; and Henry D. of Berlin, The four daughters are: Mrs. Jacob Kriesel, Berlin; Mrs. Geo. Heimpel and Mrs. Geo. Schnellar, of Mannheim, and Mrs. A. C. Clemens of New Dundee. The funeral will be held on Sunday at one o'clock from the residence of Henry D. Gerbig, Cedar street, to Mannheim Lutheran Church and cemetery.

The Chronicle Telegraph, 14 Nov 1907, p. 3

Katarina married Johannes Christian "John Gerbig 5 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Johannes was born 9 Oct 1827, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 20 Nov 1869, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Henry D. Gerbig was born 9 Jan 1857, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1914; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Wilhelmina "Minnie" Gerbig was born 4 Mar 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Maria Anna Catharina "Mary Anna" Gerbig was born 25 Mar 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Mar 1873; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Melissa Gerbig was born 7 Aug 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Elizabeth Gerbig was born 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Susannah Gerbig was born 12 Dec 1866, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Katarina married Heinrich "Henry" Gerbig May 1871. Heinrich was born 12 Oct 1847, , Hessen, Germany; died 18 Nov 1897; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Susanna Gerbig was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Anna Maria Gerbig was born CALC 25 Mar 1862; died 11 Mar 1873, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Mar 1873.
3. Charles Gerbig was born 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Ludwig Jakob Gerbig was born CALC 24 May 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1873, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. William Charles Gerbig was born 14 Mar 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
6. Clara Enetta Gerbig was born 17 May 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1962; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211902222
• Name: Henry Degenhardt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24929
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; inn keeper

Notes:

A-1-35 Henry Degenhart: Last Will and Testament of Henry Degenhart, late of Mannheim, in the Township of Wilmot, written in the German language, and the same translated into English, and translation verified, by C. Enslin, Notary Public.

…Mannheim the 22rd February 1854. I Henry Degenhart make my Will for wife and children.

(1) My wife, a born Mary Schafer, married to me the 27 February 1851 and shall have after my death the marriage bed wherein there is her feather cover, the small rocking chair and what she owns herself in clothing.

(2) She shall have two hundred dollars but she must wait till the Executors will have received the money, which lasts about three years. (3) Lewis Degenhart shall have my writing desk.

(4) Catharine and Elizabeth shall have their bureaus and divide the white linen and what else belongs to them. Elizabeth and Catharine shall select for themselves each one bed.

(5) Shall M. Degenhart, because she had received nothing, have thirty dollars advance, and the Executors and Relatives do care for her, because she is yet a minor.

(6) The Brick house with barn and lot, Lewis, Catharine and Elizabeth shall draw the lot for the same six weeks before the termination of the four years for which it is given in Rent, and value the same at $1,600, I say sixteen hundred dollars, which will be divided in equal portions and bear 400 for each of my four children and the wife has nothing to do therewith.

(7) The upper and lower house with lots can be sold… The seven acres from Peter Horner are serviceable to the Tavern, may take the seven acres to the same, make one hundred and eighty dollars, say $180 with costs, at which I value them in four equal portions, for the four children.

(8) After my death shall be sold all the house and kitchen furniture and what else is on hand and two complete beds with feather covers and quilts thereto, then seven blankets and if John Schader allows the 3 beds which he also has with the Lean to be sold by the Executors at the vendue [Within Amish and Old Order Mennonite tradition, the word Vendu is used for Auction sale and derives from French.] Then he shall have deducted from his Rent five dollars each year, but if he don't do, then they must as now be delivered up.

(9) All the aforesaid shall be sold after common usage, but in case my children buy something their Notes shall be put payable in two years, then it goes with interest.

(10) I chose to me the subscriber as Executor Adam Bricker and Michael Stoltz, all of the Township line of Wilmot.

(11) But in case (one) departs life between time John Frantz[sic] shall take his place. The white linen and the fine German coffee service which Catharine and Elizabeth divide, the Executors and Relatives may value so that little Mary be not overreached, but gets her share thereof. Whether second mother Mary buys at the venue, the amount goes off from her two hundred dollars.

(12) Shall cow, stove and whatever else is on hand be sold, that is my will…

Witnessed by John Franz
Will dated 22 Feb 1854
Proved and insinuated 3 May 1854
Inventory £579/6/10

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

_______________________

A-1-37 Henry Degenhart: Appointment of Guardians to the children of Henry Degenhart of Wilmot, deceased, in the Surrogate Court of the County of Waterloo, in the Province of Canada.

A Petition to William Miller, Esquire, Judge of the said Court.

The Petition of Louis Deganhart, Catharine Degenhart, Elizabeth Deganhart and Maria Deganhart, all of us minor children and orphans of Henry Degenhart, late of the Township of Wilmot, in said County, Innkeeper, deceased, and all of us above the age of seven years. Humbly prayeth that: Whereas our said late father Henry Dagenhart departed life on or about the fifth day of April, instant, leaving a Will wherein he appointed as his Executors Jacob Stoltz, of the said Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, and Adam Becker, of the same place, Yeoman - And whereas his widow Mary, our Stepmother, a born Shafer, daughter of Henry Shafer, of the Township of Waterloo, in the said County, Yeoman, after she in the presence of this her father, hath by the Registrar of this Court been duly apprized of her first rights and duties to and of the Administration of the Estate of her said deceased husband, left the premises and domicile in which they hitherto hath lived, abandoned the Estate of our said deceased father and went home with her own aforesaid father, so that there is none to take charge of the Effects Chattels, good and debts of our said deceased father, the same hence liable to suffer waste, and there being no creditors to the Estate which might administer, and also none to take us aforesaid minors under her, her or their protection. Now therefore do we the aforesaid orphans, viz: Louis Degenhart, now seventeen years old, Catharine Degenhart, now fifteen years old, Elizabeth Degenhart, no thirteen years old, and Mary Degenhart, now eight years old, unitedly and most respectfully pray your Honor, the Judge of the said Court, to appoint the aforesaid Jacob Stoltz and Adam Becker, Guardians over us, during our respective ages of minority….

Dated 13 April 1854
In the Surrogate Court, Counto of Waterloo

I hereby grant the prayers of the above Petitioners, and order that Jacob Stoltz and Adam Becker above named be appointed Guardians to the infant children the petitioners above named. Signed Wm. Miller

Appointment of Guardians to the orphan children of H. Deganhart - public notice having been given the aforenamed, Jacob Stoltz and Adam Becker do appear and give their Bond….

BOND: Know all men by these presents, that we Jacob Stoltz, of the Township of Wilmot, yeoman, Adam Becker of the same placed, yeoman, George Seip, of Berlin, Cooper, Justus Werner of Berlin, Wagonmaker, are held and firmly bound unto Louis Degenhart of the Township of Wilmot, aforesaid infant, son of Henry Degenhart, Innkeeper, now deceased and of Dorothee Deganhart, his wife, also now deceased….

[Jacob Stoltz and Adam Becker receive the appointment as guardians of all four children.]

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

Heinrich — Elisabetha Dorothea "Dorothy" Bercher. Elisabetha was born 1804, , Hessen, Germany; died 1845, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211901629
• Name: Dorothy Bercher
• Name: Elisabetha Dorothea "Dorothy" Degenhard
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24930