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Catharina Johns 1688–1737 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1688

Birth Location: Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland

Death Date: Aft. 1737

Death Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Father: August Johns

Mother: Bregt Visser

Spouse(s): Jacob Shantz

Children(s): Barbara Johns

Catharina Johns was born in 1688 in Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland, the child of August Johns And Bregt Gerrits Visser. Catharina Johns married Jacob Shantz, and had children including Barbara Johns. Catharina Johns passed away in 1737 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Catharina Johns was born in 1688 in Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland, the child of August Johns And Bregt Gerrits Visser.
  • Catharina Johns married Jacob Shantz, and had children including Barbara Johns.
  • Catharina Johns passed away in 1737 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Catharina Johns's Ancestors

Self
Catharina Johns
1688–1737
Birth Place: Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland
Parents
August Johns
1668–
Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Basel, Basle {Basel Stadt, Basel Land}, Suisse
Bregt (Gerrits) Visser
1670–
Grandparents
Frantz (Erdman) Johns
1640–
Georgeburg, Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catharina Johns's Descendants

1.
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Catharina Johns (1688–Aft. 1737) m. Jacob Shantz (1688–)
  1. 1. Barbara Johns 1716–1796 m. Johannes Erb 1713–1778
    1. 1. Peter Erb 1759–1832 m. Anna (Maria) Schaeffer 1763–1835
      1. 1. Anna Erb 1794–1822 m. Jacob (Stauffer) Acker 1797–1864
        1. 1. Maria Acker 1819–1907 m. Samuel Shelly 1811–1890

Catharina Johns's Timeline

5 Records

1688
1688
Birth of Catharina Johns in Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland
Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland
1689
14 Jan 1689
Age 1
Catharina Johns was baptized in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
1710
28 Apr 1710
Age 22
Catharina Johns was married
None
1716
1716
Age 28
Catharina Johns was married in Boeckten, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland
Boeckten, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland
1737
Aft. 1737
Age 49
Death of Catharina Johns in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1688
    Event Place: Boeckton, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1689
    Event Place: Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
    Record Source: Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1710

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1716
    Event Place: Boeckten, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Boeckten, Sissach Parish, Basel-City, Switzerland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1737
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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