This family appears on page 40 of the book A Brief History of John Valentine
Kratz, and a complete genealogical register with biographies of his descendants
from the earliest available records to the present time. With portraits and other
illustrations. by Rev. A. J. Fretz of Milton, N.J. with an introduction by
R. W. Kratz (Elkhart, Ind.: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1892).
The entry reads:
V. Catharine Kratz, born May 30, 1809; died May 8, 1891. Mrd. (*)Jacob S. Yeakel, in
1829. He was born Mar. 17, 1803; died May 5, 1864. Weaver and farmer. Children:
Samuel, Mary, John, Catharine.
VI. Samuel K. Yeakel, born Mar. 25, 1832. Mrd. Sophia Reitz, Oct. 4, 1858. P. O., 950,
5th St. Beloit, Wis. Carpenter. Children: Mary, Anna, John, Samuel, Harvey, infant.
VII. Mary Ella Yeakel, born June 25, 1860. Mrd. John F. Warehime, Nov. 24, 1881. P.
O., Lake City, Iowa. Farmer. Mrs. Warehime, Methodist. One child: (VIII.) George O.
Warehime, born Jan. 16, 1882.
VII. Anna Martha Yeakel, born Oct. 18, 1861; died Apr. 3, 1864.
VII. John H. Yeakel, born Mar. 12, 1866.
VII. Samuel G. Yeakel, born Dec. 11, 1868.
VII. Harvey R. Yeakel, born Oct. 22, 1871.
VII. Infant, still born.
VI. Mary A. Yeakel, born Sept. 18, 1839. Mrd. Henry S. Moyer, Jan. 28, 1866. He was
born Aug. 15, 1810; died May 27, 1882. Farmer. Mennonites. Children: (VII.) Ella
Moyer, born Jan. 17, 1867. (VII.) Hannah Moyer, born Mar. 5, 1870. (VII.) Harvey
Moyer, born Aug. 15, 1872. (VII.) Erwin Moyer, born Mar. 30, 1875.
VI. John K. Yeakel, born Mar. 28, 1843. Mrd. Minnie VanGilder, in 1875. Tinsmith. No
issue.
VI. Catharine Yeakel, born May 27, 1847. Mrd. Quincey A. Fretz, Oct. 10, 1873. He was
born July 18, 1847. P. O., Bedminster, Pa. Farmer. New Mennonites. One child: (VII.)
Alice Y. Fretz, born --; died in infancy.
(*) A descendant of the Schwenkfelders.
Catharine was the eldest of four daughters and second eldest of the seven children
of Jacob Kratz, born 5 February 1771. He was a farmer who lived in Blooming Glenn, Pennsylvania.
Jacob was the youngest son of John and Anna (Moyer) Kratz, of Hilltown Township,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. John was born 1732 in what is now Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, to John Valentine and Anna (Clemens) Kratz, and he died
1812. Anna Moyer, John's wife, was the daughter of Samuel Moyer. Anna Clemens
Kratz was the daughter of the immigrants Gerhard Clemens and his wife Anneli Reif.
The Kratz family history gives Catharine's mother as ??? Latchaw.
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