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Catherine Best 1781–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Feb 1781

Birth Location: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 13 Jul 1866

Death Location: , Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Johan Best

Mother: Anna Best

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Catherine Best was born in 1781 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Johan Wilhelm Best And Anna Catherina Best. Catherine Best passed away in 1866 in , Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Catherine Best was born in 1781 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Johan Wilhelm Best And Anna Catherina Best.
  • Catherine Best passed away in 1866 in , Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Catherine Best's Ancestors

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Catherine Best
1781–1866
Birth Place: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Johan Wilhelm Best
1733–1823
, Palatinate, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna (Catherina) Best
1742–1786
Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Johan (Wilhelm) Best
1713–1762
Switzerland, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna (Susanna) Schaeffer
1717–1769
Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany
George Hawk
1710–1798
, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Catharina
1712–
, , , Germany
Great-Grandparents
Wilhelm Baest
1680–1749
Anna Michael
1682–1749
Adam Schaeffer
1693–1756
Anna Weiland
1695–1770
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Michael
1656–

Catherine Best's Timeline

2 Records

1781
15 Feb 1781
Birth of Catherine Best in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
1866
13 Jul 1866
Age 85
Death of Catherine Best in , Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA
, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1781
    Event Place: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jul 1866
    Event Place: , Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

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