Margaretha Catharina "Catharine" Bossard was baptized May 07, 1786, at the Hamilton Union Church, Hamilton Township, Northampton County (now Monroe County), Pennsylvania, her sponsors were: Simon Heller and Margaretha Catharina Ramstein. Catharine's date of birth is listed as April 22, 1786.
The parents' names listed on her baptismal record are (Johannes) Melchior and Margaretha Catharina Bossard [spelled and indexed as Possert]. Catharine's maiden name in some biographical records is spelled B-U-Z-Z-A-R-D.
The date of birth inscribed on the marker shown is April 22, 1786, which is the same date of birth on the baptismal record listed above and NOT that of Catharina Conrad, who was born August 24, 1787, to Peter and Veronica (Heller) Conrad.
Margaretha Catharina "Catharine" Bossard was baptized May 07, 1786, at the Hamilton Union Church, Hamilton Township, Northampton County (now Monroe County), Pennsylvania, her sponsors were: Simon Heller and Margaretha Catharina Ramstein. Catharine's date of birth is listed as April 22, 1786.
The parents' names listed on her baptismal record are (Johannes) Melchior and Margaretha Catharina Bossard [spelled and indexed as Possert]. Catharine's maiden name in some biographical records is spelled B-U-Z-Z-A-R-D.
The date of birth inscribed on the marker shown is April 22, 1786, which is the same date of birth on the baptismal record listed above and NOT that of Catharina Conrad, who was born August 24, 1787, to Peter and Veronica (Heller) Conrad.
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