Catharine B. Meyer

1862 - 1943  (81 years)

• Name	Catharine B. Meyer
  Born	14 Feb 1862  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	14 Feb 1870	Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Name	Catharine B. Gascho
  Name	Katie
  Name	Katie Meyer
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-71569
  Died	26 Nov 1943	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Buried	Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I71569	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Meyer,   b. 1 Apr 1839, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 11 Jun 1931, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Barbara Brenneman,   b. 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Mar 1859	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F31681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Menno E. Gascho,   b. 16 Mar 1871, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1948, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1892  [4]
  Children	1. Simeon Gascho,   b. 8 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   2. Barbara Gascho,   b. 27 Jan 1895, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 May 1960  (Age 65 years)   3. Susanna Gasko,   b. 22 Jul 1898, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1980, Medina, Orleans, New York, USA  (Age 81 years)   4. Olivia Gascho,   b. 21 Nov 1900, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1948  (Age < 47 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F18331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gascho.-Catherine Gascho, daughter of Jacob and Barbara Meyer, was born in Huron Co., Ont., Feb. 14, 1862; passed away at the Kitchener and Waterloo Hospital, Nov. 26, 1943, following a double fracture of the hip; aged 81 y. 9 m. 12 d. She was united in marriage to Menno Gascho of Wilmot, Jan. 5, 1892. Surviving are her husband, a son (Simeon, of Wilmot), and 2 daughters (Barbara, wife of Peter Gingerich, Baden; and Susan, wife of John Zehr, Lockport, N.Y.). One daughter, Olivia, died in 1910. Also surviving are 2 sisters (Mrs. Menno Swartzentruber, Kitchener, Ont.; and Mrs. David Gingerich, Zurich, Ont.), 3 brothers (John and Jacob Meyer, Kitchener; and Menno, Baden, Ont.), 16 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Three sisters predeceased her. Funeral services were held Nov. 30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Gingerich, and at the Steinman Church where Bro. Peter Nafziger had charge. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVI, No . 51 - March 16, 1944, page 1086 and 1087

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Catherine Gascho - March 16, 1944. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 3. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 10, 1948 - Obituary of Menno Gascho. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Jacob Moyer - July 16, 1931 - pp. 367, 368. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob Moyer, 19, res. Wilmot, b. France, son of Jacob and Catherine, married 1 Mar 1859 Barbara Brenneman, 27, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, daughter of John and Magdalena [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 56.

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Feb 1870 - Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Nov 1943 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth