Catharine Reitz (1816 - 1887)

Born 25 Jun 1816 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Feb 1887 at age 70 in Rebuck, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Catharine never married. After the death of her sister Salome Reitz Treon, she acted as foster mother for her Treon niece and nephew and as housekeeper for their father, Dr. Michael Tryon. In his will, he left her much of his estate.

"Item I give and bequeath to Catharina Reitz my wife[‘s] Sister all the house hold Furneger [furniture] what belong to her … Item I give & bequeath to said Catharine Reitz Seven Hundred Dollars out of my property paid as follows my son Isaac shall pay one year after my Decease the Sum of three hundred and fifty Dollars to said Catharina Reitz as above …, as soon as conveniently may be after my death. … Item I give and bequeath to Catharina Reitz the Stone part of my dwelling house to live in as long as She is Sinkle [single] or in [for] life and the garden between the House and Barn as long as she see proper I give further out of my property to the said Catharina Reitz Apples as much as She needs for her own use in Equel Sheers [equal shares] is anny grown [any grown?] also Isaac Treion and Mary Roos wife of Daniel Roos Each of the two persons must give to said Catharina Reitz Five Bushiel Weath [wheat] every year as long as above Stated and plance [plant?] a quarter [quarter bushel?] potators [potatoes] for her to getter [gather] Every year as long as she Stays on the property and let her money Stants in said property and Firewood Holling [hauling] to the House as much as she needs for her own use also hay and paster [pasture] for one Cow out of tow [two] property … "^[1]

Catharine died in 1887 and is buried near her parents.^[2]

In her will dated 28 Jan 1887 she states she was a spinster. She left a number of items to friends (James Roose, Daniel Kehler, George Kehler, John P. Kehler) and to her relatives Mary Roose (née Tryon) wife of Daniel Roose [Rose or Roos] her niece, and Isaac Treon (her nephew). The estate was probated 21 Feb 1887.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993; Wills, 1772-1907; Index, 1792-1930; Author: Northumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of wills; Probate Place: Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Item Description: Wills, No 4-5 1834-1871. Original spelling used. (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 236 (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993; Wills, 1772-1907; Index, 1792-1930; Author: Northumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of wills; Probate Place: Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Wills, No 7-8, 1879-1892 (Ancestry.com)

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGB-5X1 : 12 April 2016), Catharine Reitz in household of Michael Treon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 17, family 119, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,884. NOTE: living in household of her brother-in-law Michael Trion/Treon

• Catherine Reitz's Find a Grave Memorial 34490432