Person talk:Catherine Schumaker (2)


Duplicate parents [21 September 2009]

Hi, we're trying to clean up the WeRelate data. Can you look at your documentation and try to resolve the parents of Catherine into one family. There isn't any documentation posted on either family for me to work with. Thanks. --Judy (jlanoux) 23:10, 20 September 2009 (EDT)


Judy,

I don't have parents listed for Gertrude Catherine Schumaker in my Family Tree Maker File. My information regarding Gertrude Catherine Schumaker and her marriage to Peter Cleaver comes from the Potts book "Our Family Ancestors" by Thomas Maxwell Potts, 1895. On page 35 it shows that "Peter Shoemaker, Jr..... married Margaret Op Den Graeff...... Peter Clever" [is a witness and] "he married Catharine Shoemaker, 3 mo 27, 1695. She was probably a sister of the groom." [i.e. sister of Peter Shoemaker, Jr]

In my Ancestry.com page I do have Peter Schumaker and Margaret [no last name] as Gertrude Catherine's parents. However, in re-reading the information from the Potts book it looks like Peter Schumaker, Jr and Catherine are siblings and therefore, Margaret is Catherine's sister-in-law.

So, this does not resolve the issue, except that I would say that maybe Peter, Sr and Anne whatever you have are the parents of Peter, Jr and Gertrude Catherine.

Good luck, Peggy--Peggytrobinson 10:38, 21 September 2009 (EDT)

I see that you have taken care of the problem. THANK YOU! --Judy (jlanoux) 11:24, 21 September 2009 (EDT)