Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyCatherine M. Bartholomew

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 March 2014; Last Edited: 27 December 2023 
Person ID6518
NameCatherine M. Bartholomew
GenderFemale
Born September 1838 in Ulster County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Married 17 June 1855 in Town of Denning, Ulster County, New York to William H. Bush7, 8
Married 22 May 1871 to Cornelius Benjamin Burger3, 7, 8
Died 26 April 1918 in Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York8, 9
Buried in Pine Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York8, 10

Biography

After her first husband died, Catherine married Benjamin Burger, with whom she had no children. Both Catherine and Benjamin were referred to as grandparents by the Bush grandchildren. They lived on the lower Cherrytown Road. Benjamin kept a store in Pataukunk.8

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyWilliam H. Bush (son of William Bush, Jr. and Nelly _____)
Born 10 July 1833 in Town of Marbletown, Ulster County, New York
Married 17 June 1855 in Town of Denning, Ulster County, New York to Catherine M. Bartholomew
Died 9 July 1863 in Fort Baker, Southeast, Washington DC
  
Children of Catherine M. Bartholomew and William H. Bush:
  
+1.FamilyWilliam Henry Bush
Born 5 September 1861
Married ca. 1881 to Effie Wood Latimer
Died 11 February 1924
  
Spouse 2FamilyCornelius Benjamin Burger (son of Benjamin B. Burger and Catharine Quick)
Born March 1848 in New York
Married 22 May 1871 to Catherine M. Bartholomew
Died 4 June 1923 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
  

Sources

  1. New York State Census, 1855, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Second Election District, family of Wm. Bush (26, Ulster Co., laborer); wife Catherine Bush (24, Ulster Co.).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Page No. 52, Catharine Bush (35, New York); William Bush (9, New York); Benjamin Burger (21, New York, laborer); Dickson Townsend (37, New York, carpenter); Nancy Townsend (36, New York).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Enumeration District 125, Sheet No. 8B, family of Benjamin Burger (52, New York, March 1848, farmer); wife of 29 years Catchern [sic] Burger (61, New York, Sept 1838, no children [undoubtedly with reference to her current husband Benjamin]).
  4. New York State Census, 1905, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, 2nd Election District, Page 7, Cornelius B. Burger (57, farmer); wife Katherine M. Burger (70).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, E.D. 158, Sheet No. 14A, Cornelius B. Burger, 62, New York, 1st marriage, farmer, general farm; wife of 37 years Catherine M. Burger, 75, New York, 2nd marriage, 1 child, 1 living.
  6. New York State Census, 1915, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Page No. 11, Cornelius B. Burgher [sic], 57 [sic, may be an enumeration error, he was about 67 at the time of this census]; wife Cathrine M. Burgher, 82.
  7. U.S., Civil War Widow’s Pensions, 1861-1910 (available at fold3.com), William H. Bush. Twenty-seven pages of the application for pension by his wife, Catherine Bush (also named as Catherine M. Bartholomew and remarried as Catherine B. Burger), age 31 (as of 23 September 1863), and living in Kerhonkson, NY, per several included documents. Various documents and affidavits provide vital details, including his death, and marriage dates and places, and enlistment date and place [20 or 21 August 1862 at Cape Vincent, NY].
  8. Record of conversations with Maude (Bush) Gazlay during multiple visits 1968-1983; notes in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  9. New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. 1918, Catherine M. Burger, died: 26 April 1918 in [Town of] Rochester, [Ulster County], New York [incorrectly indexed as Rochester, Monroe County, New York].
  10. Find a Grave (website). Pine Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York, Catherine M. Bush Burger and Cornelius B. Burger: Cornelius B. Burger / 1848 / Catherine M. / Bush / His Wife / 1833 - 1918 [from gravestone].