Catherine Heimbach 
Catherine was born on January 16th, 1775 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Catherine's father was Heinrich Heimbach and her mother was Catherine Wetzel. Her paternal grandparents were Matthias Johann Heimbach and Susanna Weske; her maternal grandparents were Johan Jacob Wetzel and Anna Maria Bassler. She had three brothers and nine sisters, named Heinrich, Johan Peter, David, Susanna, Elisabeth, Eva, Maria Barbara, Maria Elizabeth, Gertraut, Maria Magdalena, Christine and Sarah. She was the second oldest of the thirteen children. She died at the age of 92 on December 31st, 1867 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was buried on January 3rd, 1868 in St. Peters Union Cemetery, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.General Notes
Some sources list her birth on April 4, 1773 with her death on April 13,
1867
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1680 in Rhineland Phatz, Germany d.> 1725 in Germany
- b.09 Jul 1722 in Ilgesheim, Palatinate, Germany d.01 Dec 1756 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1685 in Germany d.> 1725
- b.23 Aug 1749 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.12 Feb 1837 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.< 1700
- b.Bet 1723 and 1726 in Alsace-Lorraine, France/Germany or New Hanover, York, Pennsylvania d.> 1785 in Esopus, Kingston County, New York
- b.16 Jan 1775 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.31 Dec 1867 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.1710 in Switzerland or Germany d.Nov 1785 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.04 Nov 1754 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.18 Apr 1843 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1723 in Germany or Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.> 1768 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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‌Catherine and Heinrich were married in a religious ceremony about 1799 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. They had a daughter named Gertrude.
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Children
Gertrude Wendling
Gertrude was born on October 25th, 1815 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She died at the age of 72 on May 9th, 1888 in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in St. Peter Union Church Cemetery,Upper Milford Township,Lehigh County,PA.
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