CATHERINE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850; Upper Mounty Bethel, Northampton, PA

Notes:

In the 1850 she is identified as Catherine Strong.
Also referred to as Katie
Beers used as a reference page 47
Quotation from COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVA NIA BY BEERS, Chicago, 1900 Page 48
Mrs. Sarah (Strunk) Shiffer is a veritable " Mother in Israel" and h er Christian character wins the affection of all who come within her ran ge of influence. She was born in July, 1823, in Smithfield township, Monr oe County, and still resides at the old homestead at the advanced age of s eventy-five years. Her parents, Jacob and Katie Strunk, were natives of S mithfield township but their last days were spent in Northampton County, P ennsylvania. They had ten children: Lizzie, Hannah, Sarah, Benjamin, Dav id, Jeremiah, Ellen, Charles, Annie and Catherine. Besides herself, no ne are now living except Annie, wife of Frederick Smith of Northampton Cou nty.

Research shared by Clara Strunk

Family/Spouse: STRUNK Jacob. Jacob was born about 1796 in PA; died between 1860 and 1870; was buried in Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Shawnee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. STRUNK Hannah was born on 21 Sep 1821; and died.
2. STRUNK Sarah was born on 28 Jul 1823 in Mt. Bethel, Northampton, PA; died on 9 Jan 1899 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, PA; was buried in Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg PA.
3. STRUNK Benjamin was born on 17 Sep 1825 in Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA; died on 10 May 1882 in Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA; was buried in Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Church Yard.
4. STRUNK David was born in 1827 in Smithfield Township, Monroe Co. PA; and died.
5. STRUNK Jeremiah was born on 12 Jan 1828 in PA; died on 14 Apr 1877 in Northampton, PA; was buried in Slateford, Northampton, Mt. Bethel PA.
6. STRUNK Elizabeth was born about 1831 in PA; died on 26 Aug 1920.
7. STRUNK Elenora was born on 14 Nov 1832 in Pennsylvania; died on 8 Feb 1874 in Spring Grove, Virginia.
8. STRUNK Anna Maria was born on 15 Mar 1835 in Pennsylvania; and died.
9. STRUNK Catherine was born in 1837 in Pennsylvania; died between 1890 and 1900.
10. STRUNK Margaret Jane was born on 14 Apr 1837 in Pennsylvania; died in 1882 in Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA.
11. STRUNK Charles Kennedy was born on 3 Feb 1839 in PA; and died.
12. STRUNK Marietta was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania; and died.