Catharine Kulp Rittenhouse

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Catharine Kulp Rittenhouse (Fretz)

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Place of Burial: Hatfield Cemetery, Hatfield, Montgomery, Pa
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Daughter of Joseph Benner Fretz and Hester H. Fretz (Kolb)
Wife of Tobias Kienzle Rittenhouse
Mother of Anna Fretz Phillips and Ida Catherine Keck-Booz
Sister of Sarah Ann Kulp Kulp; Henry Kulp Fretz; Emma Jane Fretz and Harvey Kulp Fretz

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About Catharine Kulp Rittenhouse

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43205643/catherine-rittenhouse

A Brief History of Jacob Wismer and a Complete Genealogical Family Register With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time By A J Fretz, Eli Wismer

http://books.google.com/books?id=nwBgAAAAMAAJ

Page xiii, 7, 8, 53

I. Jacob Wismer, (...) was born in Germany about 1684, and died in Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Feb. 4, 1787 in his one hundred and third year.

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The children of Jacob and Nanny Wismer, as near in the order of birth as could be placed were: ---Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Henry, Mark, Daniel, John, Christian, Nanny, Abraham.

II. Jacob Wismer,* bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., about 1721. Mrd. Margaret ---. The dates of death of himself and wife are not known. He received his portion of his father's estate in 1783. Lived in Plumstead Twp. at what is known as the burnt mill, where he followed the occupation of miller. Children: Abraham, Isaac, Anna, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Barbara, Hannah, Margaret.

III. Barbara Wismer, born in Bucks Co., Pa., Oct. 11, 1761; died May 17, 1801. Mrd. David High, —. He was bn. July 3, 1752; died Sept. 20, 1847, aged over 94 years. Farmer, lived in Hilltown Twp., on farm now owned by his grandson Jacob H. High. Menn. Children: Philip, Jacob, John, Annie, Barbara, Mary.

IV. Philip High, bn. Mar. 3, 1783; died Dec. 15, 1863. Mrd. Mary Hunsicker, —. She was bn. Dec. 22, 1786; died Jan. 14, 1871. Farmer. Menn. Children: Elizabeth, Annie, David, John, Jacob, Henry, Mary, Lydia.

V. Elizabeth High, bn. —; died Feb. 5, 1845. Mrd. Henry L. Kulp, Mar. 1835. Farmer. Menn. Children: Mary, Dilman, Hester.

VI. Hester Kulp, bn. Sept. 23, 1840; died Jan. 21, 1878. Mrd. Joseph B. Fretz, Nov. 23, 1867. P. O., Dublin, Pa. Farmer. Menn. Children:

VII. Catharine K. Fretz, bn. Apr. 7, 1875.

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Catharine Kulp Rittenhouse's Timeline

1875
April 7, 1875
1905
December 19, 1905
1909
February 13, 1909
Pennsylvania, United States
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Hatfield Cemetery, Hatfield, Montgomery, Pa