Catherine Scott

1848 - 1926  (78 years)

• Name	Catherine Scott
  Born	1848	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124691091
  Name	Catherine Germann
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-106744
  Died	10 Jul 1926  [2]
  Buried	Paterangi Cemetery, Te Awamutu, Waipa District, Waikato, New Zealand   [2]
  Person ID	I106744	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William James Scott,   b. 1812, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Marion Augusta Henderson,   b. 1816, , Scotland ,   d. 24 Aug 1850  (Age 34 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1839	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F22607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Friedrich Carl "Charles" Germann,   b. 23 Sep 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Dec 1908, , New Zealand  (Age 65 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1871	, New Zealand
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F37128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catherine then fell in love with one of the estate's field hands, Charles Germann. In a pique of rage directed at his daughter's choice, Scott turned his back on his adopted homeland. In 1867, with Canada's greatest years ahead, he sold his homes and holdings. Scott moved his entire family, save his eldest son Allan, who remained behind for a time to tie up business ends, to the far side of the world - Peterangi, on New Zealand's North Island. There Scott turned to land acquisition again and purchased great tracts of farmland. He became one of New Zealand's wealthiest men. It appears too that Scott eventually was moved by the sadness of the lovelorn Catherine. In 1871, four years after their sudden departure from New Hamburg, Scott gave Charles Germann leave to come to New Zealand and marry Catherine.

  
  

• Sources

  [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 63. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124691091. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 9 Mar 1839:11. 7 Mar 1839 Rev Bayne m. William Scott to Spr Marion Henderson, daughter of Allan Henderson of Dumfries.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1848 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Nov 1871 - , New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth