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Catherine May formerly Miller

Born 28 May 1792 in Adams County, Pennsylvania

Daughter of Daniel Miller and Elisabeth (Unknown) Miller

Sister of Henry Miller and John Miller

Wife of John May — married 13 May 1811 in Columbiana County, Ohio

Descendants

Mother of Maria (May) Yarian, Susannah (May) Sitler, Jacob May, Sophia H. (May) Flohr, Catherine (May) Yarian, Elizabeth (May) Heck, Rebecca (May) Heck and Hiram May

Died 28 Nov 1872 at age 80 in United States

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Biography

Catherine was born in Pennsylvania (3 & 4) in 1792 to Daniel and Elisabeth Miller. By 1802 Catherine's parents had moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. Catherine married John May in 1811 in Columbiana County. They raised a family of 9 children. Catherine died in 1872 and was buried in the Unity Brick Church Cemetery in Columbiana County, Ohio.

Sources

1. Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century (Westminster Maryland: Family Line Publications), page 177.

2. Columbiana County, Ohio Marriage Record, Book 1, Page 101.

3. 1850 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Mahoning County, Springfield Township (Catherine, age 58, born in Pennsylvania, living in the household of John May). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

4. 1860 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Mahoning County, Springfield Township (Catherine, age 60, born in Pennsylvania, living in the household of John May). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

5. John May wrote his will January 2, 1863. In it he named his wife Catherine and his children: Hiram, Jacob, Mary Yarian, Susannah Sidler, Sophia Flohr, Catherine Yarian, Elizabeth Heck, and Rebecca Heck. He appointed his sons Jacob and Hiram as executors. [Recorded in Mahoning County, Ohio Record of Wills, Volume 2, pages 417-418. Case #1115]

6. 1870 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Mahoning County, Springfield Township (Catherine May, age 77). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

7. Columbiana County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume 7 (Columbiana County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society: 1979), page 598

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5247560/catharine-may: accessed March 29, 2024), memorial page for Catharine Miller May (26 May 1792–28 Nov 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #5247560, citing Unity Brick Church Cemetery, East Palestine, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Mary May (contributor 48310229).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:

~3.12% ~6.25% K. Jones : 23andMe, GEDmatch M648648 [compare] + AncestryDNA
~3.12% Richard Heck : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1301rheck
~3.12% Donald May : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #430649
~3.12% James Campbell : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #1008745
~0.78% ~3.12% Jan Schweikert : AncestryDNA

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Catherine (Miller) May (1792 - 1872)

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