Catharine Reitzel^[1]

1857 - 1955  (98 years)

• Name	Catharine Reitzel
  Born	12 Sep 1857	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230062531
  Name	Catharine Karcher
  Residence	1880	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1900	Elgin, Lyon, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00091-5274
  Died	11 Oct 1955	Little Rock, Lyon, Iowa, United States
  Buried	Pleasant View Cemetery, Little Rock, Lyon, Iowa, United States
  Person ID	I1617	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Anton Reitzel,   b. 10 Mar 1810, Dachsburg, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 30 Jul 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Erb,   b. 23 Jul 1816, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Nov 1834  [1, 6]
  Family ID	F14117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael Karcher,   b. 29 May 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Dec 1937, Little Rock, Lyon, Iowa, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Married	18 May 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Lizzie Kaercher   2. Adeline Kaercher,   b. 2 Jun 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Clara Kaercher,   b. Jun 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Levi Kaercher,   b. Jan 1886, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Reitzel, "was born September 12th, 1857. She is married to Michael Kercher and resides at May City, Iowa, where he is engaged in farming. They have a family of four children" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. ___________ LITTLE ROCK FUNERAL HELD FOR WOMAN, 98 Little Rock, Ia., Oct. 13 - Funeral services were held here today for Mrs. Michael Karcher, 98, Lyon County's oldest resident who died Tuesday. Burial was at the Little Rock Cemetery. Mrs. Karcher was born Jan. 6. 1857 in Canada and she came to Little Rock in 1895. Survivors are four children, five grandchildren, eight great grand-children and a great great grand- child. Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Thursday, October 13, 1955 __________________ Lyon County's Eldest Is Dead; Funeral Today LITTLE ROCK, Ia.-Special: Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the residence here for Mrs. Michael Karcher, Lyon county's oldest resident who died Tuesday at the age of 98. Burial will be in the Little Rock cemetery. Mrs. Karcher was born January 6, 1857, in St. Jacob's, Ontario, She was one of a group of early-day Canadian settlers in Iowa, coming in 1889 to a farm near May City. She came to Little Rock in 1895. Survivors are four children, Mrs. Elizabeth Schulze of Welcome, Minn., Mrs. Adlai Raymond of Little Rock, Mrs, Clara Bramley of Creeiman, Saskatchewan, and Edward of Des Moines five grandchildren. eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa Thursday, October 13, 1955

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 643. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 180. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 51. [S1835] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1900 12th Census, Census Place: Elgin, Lyon, Iowa; Roll: 445; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0056. Michael Kercher b Jun 1855 Canada - laborer Katherine b. May 1856 Canada Levi b. Jan 1886 Canada Adeline b. Jan 1884 Clara b. Jun 1888 Edward M. b. Nov 1892 Iowa [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Michael Karcher, 23, res. Heidelberg, farmer, b. Canada, s/o Michael and Mary Karcher married Catharine Reitzel, 23, res. Wooliwch, b. Canada, d/o Anton and Elizabeth Reitzel, witnesses Levi and Mary Karcher Heidelberg, married 18 May 1880 Berlin [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 178.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Sep 1857 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1880 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 May 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Oct 1955 - Little Rock, Lyon, Iowa, United States Buried - - Pleasant View Cemetery, Little Rock, Lyon, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth