Born ‎± 1743 at Alsace,France, died ‎after 1796 at Berks County,Pennsylvania‎, buried ‎ at Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery,Bieber Creek,Berks County,Pennsylvania
Also Known As:<_AKA> Catharina Quierin
BIOGRAPHY: On November 29, 1761, Catharina Quierin was a sponsor forMaria Bauer at the Mertz Church. On April 1, 1763, Catharina Quierin wasa sponsor for the christening of Joh Georg Zimmerman. Catharina andhusband Johan Philip Mertz were members of the Mertz Church in RocklandTownship of Berks County for a number of years. Philip Mertz served asco-executor of his brother Henry's will, March 31, 1789, Berks County.Philip and Catharine Mertz sponsored a grandson's baptism, that ofAbraham Deep, on January 16, 1791 and that of Johannes Mertz on September17, 1796. Source: The Family of John Nicholas Query - AGreat-Great-Great Grandfather of President Dwight David Eisenhower, ByPatrick R. Pearsey, 2000.