Christian KETTENRING & Sarah E. VINNERICK & Serena __?_

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Christian KETTENRING
Sarah E. VINNERICK
Serena __?__

Husband: Christian KETTENRING / KETTERING / CATTRON / CATRON / CATRINE
Birth: 10 Mar 1784, Wythe Co., VA
Death apparently: 1850-60, Pulaski Co., KY
Father: Johann Michael KETTENRING
Mother: Maria Magdalena MARGUARD

Marriage-1: 2 Jun 1803, Wythe Co., VA

Wife-1: Sarah E. WENRICH / VENRICK / WENNERICH / VENERICK / WINNERICK / VINNERICK
Birth: 2 Jan 1786, VA
Death: 20 Jul 1874
Father: Michael WENRICH
Mother: Elizabeth MICHAEL

Marriage-2: It's unknown whether Christian actually divorced his first wife or actually married his second.

Wife-2: Serena / Cerena / Cirena __?__
Birth: 1804/5, VA
Death apparently: 1850-60, Pulaski Co., KY
Occupation: homemaker
Other Children: three possible daughters from a prior marriage

Children:

— born in VA or TN:
1. (Daughter A) CATRON, b. 1804-10
2. Elias CATTRON / KETRON, b. 28 May 1805, TN; d. ca. 1896; m. Elizabeth __?__
3. Zachariah CATRON / COTTON, b. 29 Aug 1809; d. 31 Mar 1876; m. Ms. WILSON
4. Jeremiah CATRON, b. Jul 1811

— born in Scott Co., VA:
5. Joel CATRON, b. 16 Apr 1812
6. (Son A) CATRON, b. 1810-15
7. (Son B) CATRON, b. 1810-15
8. (Daughter B) CATRON, b. 1815-20
9. (Daughter C) CATRON, b. 1815-20
10. Isaac CATRON, b. 17 Sep 1818; d. ca. 1893
11. (Son C) CATRON, b. 1820-25
12. (Daughter D) CATRON, b. 1820-25
13. (Daughter E) CATRON, b. 1825-30
14. (Daughter F) CATRON, b. 1825-30
15. Simon Peter CATRON, b. 21 Jan 1830; m. Lucinda __?__

Children — born in KY, probably in Wayne Co., KY:

16. Ellen CATRON, b. 1832/3
17. Manasa / Manasah / Manasseh CATRON, b. 1 Dec 1834; d. 23 Nov 1926
18. Lydia CATRON, b. 1836/7

"Manasseh" is the correct spelling of this scriptural name.

Grandson(?):

. Thadeus CATRON, b. 1849/50, VA

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Sources (n.b., Wayne and Pulaski Cos., KY, are adjacent, and both were formed by 1800):

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Kettering, Christian Vinnerick, Sarah 2 Jun 1803 Wythe Co.

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, which probably means they were in TN because most of the TN census was lost.

3. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 35 — indexed "Catrow"; list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 VA Scott Co. Roll M33_139 p. 186B Ln. 1 Catron Christian 420010-21010-0-300 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

4 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = Isaac (b. 1818)
= Son B
= Son A
= Jeremiah (b. 1811)

2 males 10-15 1804-1810 = Zachariah (b. 1809)
= Elias (b. 1805)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Christian (b. 1784?)

2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Daughter C
= Daughter B

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Sarah (b. 1786)

3 persons engaged in agriculture

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 64; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 VA Scott Co. Roll 200 p. 6 Ln. 19 Catron Christian 112 200 100 - 211 000 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Simon (b. 1830)

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Son C

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = Isaac (b. 1818)
= Son B

2 males 15-19 1810-1815 = Son A
= Jeremaih (b. 1811)

1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = Christian (b. 1784?)

2 females 4 or under 1825-1830 = Daughter F
= Daughter E

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Daughter D

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = Daughter C

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Sarah (b. 1786)

There is also a Christian CATRON in Sullivan Co., TN, but he is a man in his 30's.

5a. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #43-44 of 76; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Wayne Co. Roll 126 pp. 165B-166A Ln. 9 Christian Catron 010 010 010 - 111 201 no slaves 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Manasseh (b. 1834)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Isaac (b. 1818) or Son B or C

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = Christian (b. 1784?)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Lydia (b. 1836/7)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Ellen (b. 1832/3)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Step-Daughter?

2 females 15-19 1820-1825 = Step-Daughter?
= Step-Daughter?

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Serena (b. 1804/5)

2 person employed in agriculture

It's hard to imagine that any of Sarah's daughters wouldn't have stayed with her, and the numbers indicate they did (see next record), so it appears Serena was a widow with children when she married Christian.

5b. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30-31 of 74; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 VA Scott Co. Roll 578 pp. 293A-294B Ln. 9 Sarah Catron 001 010 - 001 200 100 no slaves 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Simon (b. 1830)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Isaac (b. 1818) or Son B or C

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Daughter E or F

2 females 15-19 1820-1825 = Daughter D
= Daughter C

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Sarah (b. 1786)

1 person employed in agriculture

6a. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #103 of 135 — indexed "Christiana"): Division No. 1, Pulaski Co., KY, Roll M432_217, p. 56B, 793/793, enumerated 19 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Christian Catrine 70 M Farmer 300 Va

Cirena       " 45 F "

Ellen        " 17 F Ky

Manasa       " 14 M "

Lidia        " 13 F "

6b. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #31 of 228): Western District, Scott Co., VA, Roll M432_975, p. 365A, 208/208, enumerated 27 Jul 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sarah Catron 62 F 500 Va

Listed next to Joel CATRON, who is two households from Simon P. CATRON (æ 20, b. VA, wife Lucinda); and, in the other direction, listed four households from Elias CATRON (æ 45, TN, wife Elizabeth).

7a. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Christian not found, nor Serena, at least not as Widow CATRON.

7b. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #236 of 301): Estillville P.O., Scott Co., VA, Roll M653_1376, p. 460, PN 232, 1578/1578, enumerated 14 Sep 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sarah Cattron 70 F Spinster 90 Va

Thadeus " 10 M "

This enumerator called all the wives (and widows), "spinsters." Thadeus is presumably a grandson. Listed between Joel CATTRON and Simon P. CATTRON (æ 30).

8. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #32 of 40): Fulkerson P.O., Fulkerson Twp., Scott Co., VA, Roll M593_1677, p. 537B, PN 32, 217/216, enumerated 29 Sep 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Cattron Sarah E 82 F W Keeping house 300 Virginia

Listed next to Joel CATTRON.

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