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Personal data Catherine Howittel 

  • Alternative name: Catherine Gertrude Horwedel
  • She was born on January 14, 1840 in Deutschland.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Jackie Hanna
  • She died on August 15, 1918 in Hanover, York Co., PA, she was 78 years old.
  • She is buried on August 16, 1918 in Penn Twp., York Co., PA (Mt. Olivet Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on October 30, 2024.

Household of Catherine Howittel

She is married to Edward C. Raffensperger.

They got married about 1870 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.


Child(ren):



Notes about Catherine Howittel

Catherine Howittel

Source: Author: NN (anonymous, pseudonym = Winter Birds PA), Title: "Edward G Raffensberger," (Publication location: Hanover, PA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvi Nov MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138845623/catherine-raffensperger

"Photo [of her stone] added by Winter Birds PA Added [photograph of family stone with the nane RAFFENSBERGER carved into it] by Winter Birds PA

Catherine Raffensperger Birth 14 Jan 1840 Death 18 Aug 1918 (aged 78) Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA Memorial ID 138845623

Family Members
Spouse

Edward G Raffensperger 1840-1919

Children
Anna Mabel Raffensberger Alwood 1873-1967

Created by: Winter Birds PA Added: 16 Nov 2014 Find A Grave Memorial 138845623"

Author: Hanna, Jackie, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication location: Egatorp, MI, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xix Apr MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I16354

"... Catherine HOWITTEL Sex: F Birth: 14 JAN 1840 in Germany

Census: 1900 Edward Raffensperger HH, Hanover, York Co, Pennsylvania

Death: 15 AUG 1918 in Hanover, York Co, Pennsylvania Note: of cerebral hemorrhage; informant Edward Raffensperger
death cert has July, possibly crossed off, but buried in Aug Burial: 16 AUG 1918 Mount Olivet Cem, Hanover, York Co, Pennsylvania Change Date: 19 APR 2014

Marriage 1 Edward C. RAFFENSPERGER b: 19 SEP 1840 in East Berlin, Adams Co, Pennsylvania Married: ABT 1870

Children

1. Mabel Anna RAFFENSPERGER b: 27 SEP 1873 in Pennsylvania"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Catherine Howittel

Catherine Howittel
1840-1918

± 1870

Edward C. Raffensperger
1840-1919

Anna Mabel Raffensperger
1873-1967

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Birthday January 14, 1840

  • The temperature on January 14, 1840 was about -6 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
    • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Day of death August 15, 1918

  • The temperature on August 15, 1918 was between 8.8 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
    • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
    • April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
    • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
    • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
    • October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.

Day of burial August 16, 1918

  • The temperature on August 16, 1918 was between 7.7 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
    • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
    • September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
    • October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
    • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
    • December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.


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