Catharina Christlieb, Daughter of Carl and
Catharina Christlieb

Ca. 1789

Catharina Christlieb died in infancy. For that reason, only her name and approximate birth year are known. No record of her baptism exists, as a Lutheran Church was yet to be built. It may be assumed that Catharina was buried in the graveyard of Big Spring Presbyterian Church. It was in this consecrated place that her grandmother, Anna Catharina, was buried, along with other early settlers of the area. Catharina would have been named after her mother, Catharina née Umberger and quite likely after her grandmother, Anna Catharina Engel/Bock Christlieb, who was buried in the Big Spring Church graveyard, ca. 1773.