Catharine Bergey^{[1, 2]}

1838 - 1925  (86 years)

• Name	Catharine Bergey
  Born	9 Oct 1838	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31002995
  Name	Catharine Melia
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  Residence	1866	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00004-878
  Died	11 Mar 1925	Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA
  Buried	Ford Cemetery, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I5704	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Isaac W. Bergey,   b. 30 Mar 1812, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Mar 1874, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Huber,   b. 30 Sep 1813, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 16 Feb 1905, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1835	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F1487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patrick Henry Melia,   b. 17 Mar 1839, , County Cork, Ireland ,   d. 25 Aug 1899, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	19 Jul 1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Henry Melia,   b. 5 Jun 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1923, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States  (Age 56 years)   2. Isaac Newton Melia,   b. 25 Jan 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1949, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, United States  (Age 81 years)   3. John Alvin Melia,   b. 8 Nov 1869, Freeport, Barry, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1947  (Age 77 years)   4. Orator Bergey Melia,   b. 14 Jul 1872, Freeport, Barry, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1945, Loveland, Larimer, Colorado, United States  (Age 72 years)   5. Emerson Verne Melia,   b. 29 Oct 1875, Freeport, Barry, Michigan, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1965, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Catherine Bergey
  		Catharine Bergey Melia Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Bergey, " is married to Patrick Melia. They reside at Bucklin, Ford County, Kansas. Their family consists of five 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________________ Born Oct 9, 1838 in Preston, Ontario, Canada. She died at her home four miles east of Ford, March 11, 1925, at age of 86, in Ford, Ford County, Kansas, and is buried in the Ford Cemetery. She was married to Patrick Henry Melia July 18, 1865, and to this union were born 6 children: I.N and J.A. of Bucklin, E.V. of Ford, Henry W. of Jefferson, Oklahoma, O.B. of Loveland Colorado, and Mrs. Milton W. Stanley of Wamego, Kansas, all of whom surivive her with the exception of Henry W. who proceeded her in death in 1923. She united with the church in early girlhood and was a consistant and faithful Christian all her long life. In 1869 she, with her husband, moved to Ionia County, Michigan, where they resided until 1880, at which time they moved to Saline County, Kansas. From there, they came to Ford County in 1885, where she has since resided. In 1899, Her Husband preceeded her in death. She leaves to mourn her loss, 2 brothers, Tobias Bergy, of Jackson, Mich., and Wellington Bergy of Calidonia,Mich. and one sister, Mrs. Nancy Morey of Alma, Mich. also leaves 4 sons, one daughter, 22 grand children and 2 great grandchilddren and many other friends who will miss her happy smile and cheerful presence, but their loss is her gain. Mrs. Melia lived to a ripe old age. She had not been in good health for the past 2 years, but her last illness was only a few days when she obeyed the summons "to come up higher." She had been a faithful interested member and supporter of the Congregational Church of Ford for the last 24 years. For the last 2 years she had not been able to get out much, but her peace of mind flowed on like a river and her cheerful, happy smile never failed........... Newspaper unknown

  
  

• 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..., 827. [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..., 233. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Patrick H. Melia, 28, res. Dumfries, b. Ireland, son of John and Ann, married 19 July 1866 Catherine Bergey, 27, resl. Waterloo, b/ Waterloo, daughter of Isaac and Nancy [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 70. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 24 Sep 1835:5. 22 Sep 1835 By Wm Scollick, Isaak Berge, Waterloo, m. Anna Huber, daughter of Peter Huber, of Dumfries.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Oct 1838 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Jul 1866 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Mar 1925 - Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Buried - - Ford Cemetery, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth