Catherine Garlitz

Catherine married Miles DeLoss Thomas in 1851. Miles died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Miles DeLoss Thomas was born in 1853; died in UNKNOWN.

Catherine married Solomon Albright in 1858. Solomon was born on 9 Nov 1834; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Albright was born on 13 Dec 1857 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 5 May 1928 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
2. Samuel Albright was born on 27 Feb 1862 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Jan 1914 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
3. Daniel Albright was born on 3 Feb 1866; died on 21 Dec 1946.
4. Louise Albright was born on 3 May 1867 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jun 1939 in Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
5. Margaret Albright was born on 28 Jul 1868 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 7 Dec 1937 in Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
6. Joseph Albright was born on 13 Sep 1870 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Dec 1930 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
7. Charles Albright was born on 18 Oct 1872 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 25 Jul 1946 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
8. Nancy M. Albright was born on 15 Oct 1876 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 7 Sep 1945 in Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland.

Notes:

He was buried in Greenville Lutheran Cemetery, Pocahontas, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.

Jacob married Elizabeth Keefer about 1816. Elizabeth was born on 24 Nov 1794; died on 1 Jan 1868 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry had a farm in Greenville Twp., PA., just a five minute walk from the Maryland line. Baptismal records for several of Henry's children appear in St. Johns Reformed Parish Records of Salisbury, PA. At the time of their baptisms, this parish was a union church of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions. In the "History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, PA, 1884, page 551, the original members of the St. John's Reformed Church, Salisbury, Somerset Co., PA listed (among others) Philip Hare, Clement Engle, Henry Garlitz, Adam Fowler (Yowler) and James Boyd. -- (Philip Hare was a brother-in-law to Henry.) Son Jacob may be the Jacob Garlitz listed as one of the founders of the Reformed congregation in Greenville Twp. PA. Son Henry became a Methodist preacher and son Christian became one of the founders and patriarchs of St. Ann Catholic Mission in Avilton, MD.


Children:

1. Barbarab. abt 1784d. 1861- 69Ohio or Indianam. Peter Engle
2. Jacob b. May 25, 1787d. April 29, 1863 Buried Lutheran Cem, Greenville Twp, PA m. Elizabeth Keefer
3. Anna Mariab. July 4, 1789m. George Klingeman
4.Catherineb. Feb 2, 1793m. Adem Keaffer
5. Henry b. Dec 18, 1795died at age 5
6. Christian IIIb. April 18, 1797d. 1873m. Sarah McKenzie
7. Margretta b. July 28, 1799m. Casper Haller
8. Elizabeth b. April 4, 1801m. Michael Infield
9. Sarah b. Jan 18, 1803
10. Henryb. Jan. 20, 1805 m. (see theory 1 below) m. (see theory 2 below)
11. Solomonb. Nov. 27, 1806d. Jan 27, 1846m. Rebecca unknown (possibly McKenzie)
12. Eve b. about 1809m. Henry M. Hare

Theory One Re: Henry Garlitz:

Who was Henry Garlits?

It is unclear if this Henry Garlits is the son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp born in 1805, who was the son of Hendrey (Christian I). This Henry by one theory is thought to be the father of Theodore Henry, the progenitor, for, among others, the famous race car driver Don Garlits. He is also proported to have married an Indian maiden. Another theory has Henry son of Henry of Greenville Twp marrying an Elizabeth Fair. Their descendents are recorded.

There was, however, another Henry of the same time period, a cousin of Henry's son Henry, that being Henry son of Christian II. We have no information for him, no date of birth, no descendents. However, Henry, son of Christian II, would have been born in Maryland, as Christian II had moved there by 1800 and that is where he raised his family. Census records have the Henry who married Elizabeth Fair being born in PA, which would be consistent with him being the son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp. We find the Fair family interwined with the Garlitz family, both in Greenville Twp and also in Ohio. Could it be that Henry the father of Theodore Henry is actually Henry the son of Christian II? We do not know.

The Henry presented on this page is the Henry who married a Choctaw Indian.

Theory Two Re: Henry Garlitz

Who was Henry Garlits?

It is unclear of these pages is Henry Garlits son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp born in 1805, who was the son of Hendrey (Christian I). That Henry, whom we have refered to as "1805 Henry", was previously thought to be the father of Theodore Henry, the progenitor, for, among others, the famous race car driver Don Garlits. That Henry was also proported to have married an Indian maiden. We do know, however, that the Henry of these pages did not marry a Choctaw Indian. Rather he married Elizabeth Fair. We find the Fair family interwined with the Garlitz family, both in Greenville Twp and also in Ohio. Census records have the Henry of these pages being born in PA, which would be consistent with him being the son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp.

There was, however, another Henry of the same time period, a cousin, son of Christian II. We have no information for him, no date of birth, no descendents. However, Henry, son of Christian II, would have been born in Maryland, as Christian II had moved there by 1800 and that is where he raised his family. Could it be that Henry the father of Theodore Henry is actually Henry the son of Christian II? We do not know.

Information for the descendants of Henry Garlits and Elizabeth Fair was provided by Hunter Johnson, whose wife Lori is a Garlits descendent.

Henry married Magadelena Hutzel about 1783. Magadelena died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Who was the First Garlitz of our Family History? (from Christian Garlitz family History at http://www.garlitz.org/familytree.html)

Unfortunately, there is uncertainty as to the actual name of the Garlitz Family progenitor. Most family historians have identified him as Christian Garlitz, referred to in the listings as Christian the First (I). There are several inconsistent historical accounts that include the Garlitz progenitor: Jacob Brown's Miscellaneous Writings of 1896, Charles E. Hoye's article of 1935, St. Ann Mission History of 1930, and presumably the 1790 census. All of these sources were written in good faith, but they must be reconciled with fact and with each other.

Brown's, the earliest record, does not give our progenitor a name but rather records him as the unnamed father of John, Henry, and Christian Garlitz. "-------Garlitz, father of Christian, Henry and John, and two sisters, was born in Montgomery county, Md. During, or near the close of the Revolutionary War, he removed with his family westward and located in the southeastern part of Somerset, (then Bedford,) Co. Pa. Here his family grew up, Henry and John remained in Pennsylvania, and Christian stepping over the line into his native State."

Writing thirty nine years later, Hoye identifies this unnamed Garlitz as Christian Garlitz. "Christian Garlitz I, soon after the American Revolution, moved from Montgomery County, Maryland to what is now Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa. He settled just north of the Maryland line and was one of the first settlers of that township, then well forested and a fine hunting ground. In the census of 1790 Christy Garlick is listed in Bedford (now Somerset) County with a family of five males and three females. Three of Christians sons were Christian, John, and Henry."

The 1920 History of St. Ann Mission includes the background of Christian Garlitz (III), one of the mission's founders. Based on interviews with the Garlitz parishioners, the writer identifies Christian Garlitz III's father as John Garlitz and recounts that the Garlitz family claim him as the first Garlitz in the area (now Garrett County, MD & Somerset County, PA). This we know to be incorrect. The writer most likely erred when recording the Garlitz family testimony for they certainly knew that the father of Christian (III), that is their grandfather, was Henry Garlitz. The John Garlitz they spoke of was the man they believed to be the first Garlitz settler in the area. We do not know if their story was correct or not, though no records exist pointing to a John Garlitz as the first settler.

Finally, we have the 1790 census. Here we find a Christly Garlick and two Hendrey Garlets. It appears that Hoye referred to the census in deducing that the unnamed Garlitz of Brown's account was Christian, assuming that Garlick was a variation of Garlitz and Christly of Christian. This may be the case and that has been widely accepted. Still, Garlitz family genealogists have had to contend with the census record of Hendrey Garlets and the fact that the Brown history did not conclude that Christly Garlick was the same man as the unnamed Garlitz. Therefore they seek to reconcile Hoye, Brown and the census by naming this early Garlitz as Hendrey Christian Garlitz or simply Christian I. (Hendrey is spelled variously Heinrich, Henrich, Henry) To include the St. Ann Mission account on the father of Christian (III), the first settler is named John Hendrey Garlitz which neatly takes care of the second Hendrey of the census as well as the John story. Presumably this John Garlitz traveled to Western Pennsylvania as an older man with his married son Christian I.

In the end we are unable to reconcile the facts, because they, to this date, simply have not been discovered. Therefore we can only reconcile the stories. Thus, for the present, the history presented on this website lists the first Garlitz in the area, the one who came from Prussia, as John Hendrey Garlitz. The Garlitz to whom all the family histories are traced is Hendrey Christian Garlitz or Christian I. The great hunter of folklore is Christian II. And the convert to the Catholic faith and the settler of Avilton, MD, is Christian III.

Hendrey + Maria Margareth. Maria died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]