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Catherine <I>Schuster</I> Bensinger

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Catherine Schuster Bensinger

Birth
Buhl, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death
28 Sep 1901 (aged 73)
Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
McKeansburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Wife of Franklin B. Bensinger. Daughter of Martin & Magdalena (Kuntz) Schuster.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1916, Volume I, Page 516:

"His wife, Catherine (Shuster), born in September, 1821 , died in March , 1899, was a daughter of Martin and Magdalena (Koons) Shuster."

"They had the following children: John went West, and is now deceased; Howard, a farmer in West Brunswick township, married Emma Leiby; Charles S. married Ida Baer; Frank L. married Ida Albright, and resides on the homestead farm; Harry, who is a foreman in a silk mill at Tamaqua, married Cora Albright; Thomas, deceased, married Elmira Horn, who resides at McKeansburg; Dora married W. S. Miller, of East Brunswick township; Mary married W. H. Yost, of Reading; Susan is the widow of James Shoener, and lives at Hamburg; Lizzie is the widow of Oscar Kimmel, and makes her home at Port Carbon; Kate married J. A. Shellhammer, of Port Carbon; Carrie married J. A. Yost, of Ringtown, this county."

"He was an earnest member of the Church of God and very active in its work, serving as trustee and in other capacities. His wife was also a member. They are buried in the Steigerwalt cemetery in East Brunswick township."
Wife of Franklin B. Bensinger. Daughter of Martin & Magdalena (Kuntz) Schuster.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1916, Volume I, Page 516:

"His wife, Catherine (Shuster), born in September, 1821 , died in March , 1899, was a daughter of Martin and Magdalena (Koons) Shuster."

"They had the following children: John went West, and is now deceased; Howard, a farmer in West Brunswick township, married Emma Leiby; Charles S. married Ida Baer; Frank L. married Ida Albright, and resides on the homestead farm; Harry, who is a foreman in a silk mill at Tamaqua, married Cora Albright; Thomas, deceased, married Elmira Horn, who resides at McKeansburg; Dora married W. S. Miller, of East Brunswick township; Mary married W. H. Yost, of Reading; Susan is the widow of James Shoener, and lives at Hamburg; Lizzie is the widow of Oscar Kimmel, and makes her home at Port Carbon; Kate married J. A. Shellhammer, of Port Carbon; Carrie married J. A. Yost, of Ringtown, this county."

"He was an earnest member of the Church of God and very active in its work, serving as trustee and in other capacities. His wife was also a member. They are buried in the Steigerwalt cemetery in East Brunswick township."

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Mother
Catherine
Wife of
Franklin Bensinger
Born Nov 25, 1827
Died Sept 28, 1901
Aged 73 Y. 10 M. 3 D.



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  • Maintained by: Tim Gruber
  • Originally Created by: Diane Gravlee
  • Added: Sep 11, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58520349/catherine-bensinger: accessed ), memorial page for Catherine Schuster Bensinger (25 Nov 1827–28 Sep 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58520349, citing Steigerwalts Church of God Cemetery, McKeansburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Tim Gruber (contributor 47185765).