Catharine Overholt

1814 - 1902  (87 years)

• Name	Catharine Overholt
  Born	14 Dec 1814	Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catharine Bricker
  Residence	1854	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00016-1333.1
  Died	14 Oct 1902	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I12732	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Samuel E. Bricker,   b. 30 May 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Feb 1835  [1]
  Children	1. Solomon Overholt Bricker,   b. 15 Mar 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rebecca Bricker,   b. 28 Oct 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Feb 1904, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Dilman O. Bricker,   b. 14 Dec 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel O. Bricker,   b. 20 Nov 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Aug 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   5. Barbara Bricker,   b. 1 Nov 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1924, Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   6. Charlotte Bricker,   b. 15 Aug 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1923  (Age 75 years)   7. Mayor Samuel O. Bricker,   b. 19 Oct 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1920, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   8. Moses M. Bricker,   b. 4 Mar 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  On Tuesday of this week Mrs. Samuel Bricker Sr., passed quietly away at the advanced age of 88 years. The funeral will take place this (Thursday) afternoon at 2: 30. Mrs. Bricker lived with her husband in Port Elgin for half a century, their married life covering a period of 65 years. A sketch of her long career will appear in the TIMES next week. Port Elgin Times 16 Oct 1902 _________________________ The Late Mrs. Samuel Bricker ~ 67 Years of Married Life ~ 75 Descendants Living One by one the original settlers of this Province are passing away. On Thursday last the remains of Mrs. Samuel Bricker Sr., were carried to their last resting place in Port Elgin cemetery. Her maiden name was Catherine Overholt and she was born in Clinton township, county of Welland, on December 14th, 1813. In his interesting book, "Among the Forest Trees", the Rev. Joseph H. Hilts records how Mr. Overholt, father of Mrs. Bricker was killed by Indians on the road leading from Hamilton to Grimsby, not far from where Winona Station now is. She belonged to a Mennonite family and in 1835 on Feb. 21st, was married to Samuel Bricker at Beamsville. The Bricker family were among the Pennsylvania Dutch who came to the county of Waterloo a little over a hundred years ago and took up large stretches of land and by their industry and thrift soon made the howling wilderness the scene of happy and prosperous homes. Here Samuel Bricker, who still survives, was born in 1810, more than 92 years ago. He is now weak and frail and unable to leave his room without assistance. On March 4th, 1854, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bricker arrived in Port Elgin from Waterloo and here they lived steadily till death broke the union on Tuesday week. Mrs. Bricker was a kind, hospitable woman, much attached to her family and friends, and cherished the best traditions of the Old Mennonites to the last. Mrs. Bricker had a family of eight, one of whom died in infancy. The surviving members of the family are D. O. Bricker, of Winnipeg; Samuel, ex-Mayor of Listowel; Moses, general agent of the Dominion Life Assurance Co., Waterloo; Solomon, residing in Port Elgin, Mrs. Bowers, of Berlin, Mrs. John McIntosh and Mrs. Wm. Stafford, both of Port Elgin. Of direct descendants the departed leaves these seven children, 81 grandchildren, and 37 great grand children who are all alive but three. The old Mennonites are fast passing away. Their simple lives, plain manners and customs, habits of work and thrift, their sincere piety, are all things worth preserving, at least in their spirit and intent. The rush and complexity of modern life have few advantages over the quieter fashion of earlier days in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Bricker lived 67 years of wedded life together and for nearly half a century their home was known to all in Port Elgin. We rather think we have no residents left in town who were here before them. Port Elgin Times 23 Oct. 1902

  
  

• 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..., 329. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. [S411] Census - ON, Bruce, Port Elgin - 1901, Port Elgin (Village) G-1 Page 7. [S1768] News - ON, Bruce, Port Elgin - Port Elgin Times, The Late Mrs. Samuel Bricker ~ 67 Years of Married Life ~ 75 Descendants Living - 23 Oct 1902.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Dec 1814 - Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario Residence - 1854 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Oct 1902 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth