Born in Washington, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andreas Reitz
and Maria-Margaretha (Brosius) Reitz
Sister of
Jacob Reitz Sr., Johann Nicolaus Reitz Wrights-Oh, Maria Eva Reitz, Maria Elisabetha Reiss [half], Leonhart Reitz, Juliana Reitz, Magdalena Reitz, Susanna (Reitz) Treon, Lydia (Reitz) Smith, Johannes Reitz Sr, Philip Reitz, Salome (Reitz) Tryon and Catharine Reitz
Wife of
George Phillip Hetrick
— married
about 1804 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Hetrick, Peter Hetrick, Philip Hetrick, Johann Jacob Hetrick and Salome (Hetrick) Bobb
Died
at age 67
in Washington, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2016
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Biography
Catharina (Catharine or Catherine) was born in 1786. She was the daughter of Andreas (Andrew) Reitz (1755 - 1837) and Maria Margaretha Brosius Reitz (1761 - 1826). Catherine Reitz Hetrick passed away in 1854, and was buried at Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.[1] [2]
Catherine Reitz. [3]
Born 1786[4]
Died 1854[5]
Buried Rebuck, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N40.7222. Longitude: W76.7358. [6]
Catharina was born in 1786. She passed away in 1854.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 May 2019), memorial page for Catherine Reitz Hetrick (21 Oct 1786–25 Jun 1854), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30256898, citing Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 46902961).
- ↑ Descendants of Hetrick Families of Sandusky County, Ohio (Second Edition)
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- Source: S3 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R2
- Repository: R2 Ancestry.com
- Leighton, Steven. Personal recollection, 22 Feb 2018.
- Leighton, Steven Personal recollection, 22 Feb 2018.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catharina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catharina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catharina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catharina:
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~3.12%
Paul Reitz
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member prreitz
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #930265
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~1.56%
Larry Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch M238801 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jamal (Treon) Whittaker :
23andMe, GEDmatch FQ2187130 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch TU6988743 [compare]
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~1.56%
Richard Kroh :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Steven Leighton :
23andMe, GEDmatch a182406 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a182406 [compare], Ancestry member sjl8n97
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~0.78%
~3.12%
R. Sahm :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Christina Hetrick :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member christinafleming_1
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~0.39%
Kristen Hetrick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CX8234132 [compare]
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Categories: Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Pennsylvania
The difficulty exists in many places. For my immigrant ancestor, Johan George Reitz's baptism (at Bieber Evangelisch parish, Archion.de) was recorded as "Georg Henrich Reiz". His name at marriage (1744) was recorded "Johann Georg Reitz". An emigration record names him Johan Heinrich Reitz. The German researcher who located the Bieber records said all males baptized there (1709 - 1744) had the saint name Johan[n]. In American, his name was recorded at Himmels as either G. Reitz or G. Heinrich Reitz.
I believe the situation with Catharine Reitz's husband is similar. For example, "Hetrick Family History of Sandusky County Ohio" says "One of J. Nicholas Hetrick's sons was George Philip Hetrick who married Catharina Reitz" In another location it supplies "9. Johann (George) Philip Hetrick [16] (John Nicholas [1] was born on 23 Jul 1785 in Rebuck, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania,17 died on 1 Mar 1853..."
Floyd’s Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in section pp. 563 - 587, reports "John Philip Hetrick, great-grandfather of John K. Hetrick, was born July 24, 1785, and died March 1, 1853 ... ...He and his wife, Catharine (Reitz), born Oct. 24, 1786, died June 25 l854..." (buried Himmels).
The record dates make it clear these refer to the same person even if the names differ in detail. So I hope there is a simple method and tutorial ("simple" = less than Five New Genealogy Terms Seldom Used Elsewhere) to describe a method that can address any combination of saint name, first and middle 'Christian' names.
I don't know a perfect solution. It concerns me that the most stringent of naming requirements may leave them separate forever. My sense is that genealogy would be better served by merging them, with notes describing naming differences, than leaving them as different people.
-Paul
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