Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Catharina Nicholi

Female Cal 1797 - 1834  (~ 36 years)


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  • Name Catharina Nicholi 
    Born CALC 20 Dec 1797  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Catharina Herber 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-69778 
    Died 25 Feb 1834  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I69778  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family Heinrich Jacob "Henry" Herber,   b. 11 Apr 1796, Schweinsberg, Kirchhain, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Herber,   b. 6 Jan 1830, Schweinsberg, Kirchhain, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1918, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Wilhelm "William" Herber,   b. 1832, Schweinsberg, Kirchhain, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1868  (Age 36 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F8859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • She [Elizabeth Herber] came to Canada at the age of 3 years with her parents, Heinrich Jacob Herber (1796-1866) & Catherina Nicholi ( 1797-1834) and her brother, William. Elizabeth's mother Catherine, died shortly after arriving in Canada -25 February 1834 at the age of 36 years , 2 months and 5 days. She was buried in the then named Berlin graveyard 26 February, 1834.

      Elizabeth's father, Heinrich, was born 11 April, 1796 in Schweinsberg/Kurfurstenthum Hesson, Germany. He died 11 May May 1866 at the age of 70 years 1 month.

      Elizabeth's father went looking for someone to help raise his children. He asked a local farmer for one of his daughters to help. Heinrich married the farmer's daughter, Louise Schaeffer and I was told they had 8 children together.

      Email Dianne Wittig 2019

  • Sources 
    1. [S211] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church Register of H. W. Peterson 1833-1835.
      Died, February 25th 1834, Catharina Herber wife of Henry Jacob Herber (cooper). She was aged 36 years 2 months & 5 days. Buried in the Berlin Graveyard, Feb 26. Discourse delivered by Revd H W Peterson in German.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80927814/catharina-herber.

    3. [S211] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church Register of H. W. Peterson 1833-1835.
      25 Feb 1834, wife of Henry Jacob Herber (cooper), aged 36 years, 2 months, and 5 days, buried in the Berlin Graveyard on 26 Feb 1834, discourse delivered by H. W. Peterson in German.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 20 Dec 1797 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Feb 1834 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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