Re: Catharine STROUP, w/o Joel DRESSLER
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Re: Catharine STROUP, w/o Joel DRESSLER
Diana Gale Matthiesen 8/09/02
I have seen on-line that Moses and Catharine Bauman had a daughter Catherine but have never been able to find any proof that she was "my" Catherine.I have Joel's pension file - hoping it would give me some proof, but no luck.There is however, an affadavit for Joel from Jacob B. Stroup, which made me feel even more that Catharine and Jacob were brother and sister.There was alot of brothers and sisters marrying a brother and sister of another family in the Dressler line - Joel's father Jacob and Jacob's brother John married Gelnett sisters, so for Joel and Josanna to marry siblings would not be out of reason.
I'd be grateful for any further information you might have - I have heard that Catherine may have had a son prior to her marriage to Joel, but again have not found any actual proof, which at this point in time, may not exist.