Catherine Ambrose (Catharine)

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Catherine Ambrose (Catharine)

Samuel and Catherine Ridings

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Catherine was born on January 17th, 1815 in Highland County, Ohio.¹ Catherine's father was Rev. William Hanby Ambrose and her mother was Susanna B. Crum. Her paternal grandfather was William Henry Ambrose and her paternal grandmother is Sarah; her maternal grandparents were Christiana Schmidt and Rev. Christian Crum Sr. She had six brothers and three sisters, named Jacob, George, William, Christian, Mathias, Lewis, Elizabeth, Christena and Susan. She was the second youngest of the ten children. She died at the age of 82 on June 25th, 1897 in Mt. Orab, Brown County, Ohio.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Henry Ambrose
  - b.1740 d.01 Nov 1811 in Berkeley County, Virginia
  
  Rev. William Hanby Ambrose
  - b.30 Nov 1770 in Maryland or Berkeley Springs, West Virginia d.23 Aug 1850 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio
  
  Sarah
  
  Catherine Ambrose
  - b.17 Jan 1815 in Highland County, Ohio d.25 Jun 1897 in Mt. Orab, Brown County, Ohio
  
  Christiana Schmidt
  - b.~  1752 in Chester, Pennsylvania d.>  1831 in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio
  
  Susanna B. Crum
  - b.15 Nov 1776 in Winchester, Virginia d.18 Feb 1855 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio
  
  Anthony Crum Sr
  - b.~  1713 in probably Lower Rhineland, Germany
  
  Rev. Christian Crum Sr
  - b.~  1748 in probably Lower Rhineland, Germany d.30 Sep 1820 in Frederick County, Virginia
  
  <Unknown>
  - b.~  1717 in Virginia

Details of Catherine's family with Samuel Mathias Ridings

¹ Elsie Johnson Ayres, 1972, Highland Pioneer Sketches & Family Genealogies (H. K. Skinner & Son)