Catharine Schnider was born between 1805 and 1806 at
Bavaria.
2,3 She married
Henry Ess.
3,2 Catharine immigrated to the United States from Darmstadt in 1848.
4 At the age of at an unknown age , Catharine was widowed 1848 when her husband
Henry died.
4 Catharine Ess obtained a land patent for forty acres at
Audrain County, Missouri, on 15 February 1854. Her land was located in NE 1/4, section 25, township 5#, range 13W.
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The eighth United States census was taken in 1860. Catharine was enumerated as "Catherine Ess", head of a household at Monroe County, Missouri. Her given age was 55 and her given place of birth was Germany. She was a farmer. The value of her real estate was $1,500 and the value of her personal estate was $400. Also enumerated in her household were
George Adams Ess,
Elenora Ess,
Catharine Ess and
Eleanor Snider.
3 The ninth United States census was taken in 1870. Catharine was enumerated as "Catherine Ess", in the household of
George Adams Ess at Monroe County, Missouri. Her given age was 64 and her given place of birth was Bavaria. The value of her real estate was $1,500 and the value of her personal estate was $300.
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