I ordered three films from the Family History Library to try to find more information about Catharine Smith, wife of James D. Boone. These films were numbers 0013932-4, containing records and indexes for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick. The index to the records is contained in the first film, and was prepared by the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.
I found the record of the marriage of James Boone to Miss Catharine Smith on April 23, 1826 (page 1339 on film 0013933). However, that's the only record that I can identify definitely as pertaining to her. I found no baptism record for her, and no record of James or any of James and Catharine's children.
I also found no Boones that were definitely connected to James. Most of the Boones I found were the German Boones. I did find a Charles L. Boone who doesn't seem to be connected to the German Boone family, or to the Pennsylvania Boone family, either. There were also Sam. and Jane Boon, who were witnesses to the marriage of Andreas Miller and Rachel Fauth (see below). I think these are Samuel and Jane Foulke (Hughes) Boone, part of the Pennsylvania Boone family.
I've prepared some tablulations of the Smiths I found in these records. Even though I found no definite link to Catharine's family, it may be that this data will be helpful to other researchers, and might even lead to the identification of Catharine's parents. I would be happy to hear from anyone who has more information about her or her family.
Note: Most of the early instances of the Smith surname used the German spellings. The use of the English spelling seemed to increase as the records became more recent, but there were still Schmidt spellings well into the late 1800s. I've included some Boones in the following, along with the Smiths..
| Date | Event | Names |
|---|---|---|
| Easter 4 Apr 1790 | Communicants | Philipp Schmid, wife Elizabeth, daughter Catharina |
| Whitsunday 12 Jun 1791 | Communicants | Cath. Schmid, Matthes? Schmid |
| 20 Oct 1793 | Communicants | Catharina Schmidin |
| Good Friday 1797 | Confirmations | Catharina Schmidin |
| 8 Sep 1805 | Confirmations | Catha. Schmidten, Loudoun Co, VA |
| 5 Jun 1808 | Communicants | Henrich Schmidt, Joh. Schmidt, Anamarie Schmidten, Michael Schmidt |
| 21 May 1809 | Communicants | Henrich Schmidt, Jacob Schmidt, Michael Schmidt, Conie Schmidten |
| 18 May 1823 | Communicants | Anna Maria & Barbara Schmitt, Andreas Schmitt, Johannes Schmitt |
| Whitsuntide 6 Jun 1824 | Communicants | Andreas Schmitt, Johannes Schmitt, Eater Schmitt, Anna Maria Schmitt |
| Whitsuntide 6 Jun 1824 | Confirmations | Henrich Schmitt |
| 22 May 1825 | Confirmations | Jacob Schmitt, Elizabeth Schmitt |
| 22 May 1825 | Communicants | Anna M. Schmitt, Barbara Schmitt, Andreas Schmitt, Georg Schmitt |
| Christage 1825 | Communicants | Marian Smith, Henrietta Smith |
| 14 May 1826 | Communicants | Johan Schmitt, Elizabet Schmitt, A. M. Schmitt, Maria Schmitt |
| Charfreytag 1826 | Confirmations | Ezra Smith, Emanuel Smith |
| Osterfest 1826 | Communicants | Marian Smith, Henrietta Smith, Sophia Smith |
| Pfingst-fest 1826 | Communicants | Marian Smith |
| Christfest 1826 | Communicants | Mary Smith, Henrietta Smith |
| Charfreytag 1827 | Confirmations | Tracy Smith, Catharine Smith |
| Eastersunday 1827 | Communicants | Julian Schmidt, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Ann Smith |
| Surname | Name | Father | Mother | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidt | Catharina | Balthasar Schmidt | Catharina | 26-Jun-1796 | Born 30-Mar-1796 |
| Schmidt | David | Johannes Schmidt | Catharina | 15-Mar-1801 | Born 18-Feb-1801; Wit: Niclas Freidinger, Catharina |
| Gardie | Marian | John Gardie | Catharine | 12-Jul-1818 | Cath. Schmidt was a witness |
| Curtier | Jane Catherine | Vincent Curtier | Barbara | 20-Jul-1819 | Cath. Smith was a witness |
| Groom Surname | Groom Name | Bride Surname | Bride Name | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller | Andreas | Fauth | Rachel | 20-Jul-1780 |
| Smith | John | Wolf | Margaret | 14-Jan-1787 |
| Schmid | Jacob | Spielmann | Maria | 09-Oct-1787 |
| Schmid | Peter | Hardt | Elizabeth | 22-Feb-1789 |
| Schmidt | Henry | Grase | Mary | 21-May-1798 |
| Schmidt | Heinrich | Zimmermann | Mary | 17-Jan-1802 |
| Schmidt | Peter | Weber | Catharina | 11-Apr-1802 |
| Schmid | Georg | Getzendonner | Rebecca | 21-Apr-1805 |
| Schmid | Christian | Hannin | Elizab. | 27-Oct-1805 |
| Smith | Frederick | Rennee | Esther | 27-Nov-1808 |
| Boon | Soloman | Merryman | Martha | 08-Apr-1813 |
| Smith | Waren | Thomas | Mary | 17-Feb-1820 |
| Smith | Jacob | Horinu? | Rebecca | 04-Mar-1820 |
| Boone | James | Smith | Catharine | 23-Apr-1826 |
| Stub | Samuel | Smith | Elizabeth | 13-Mar-1828 |
| Hoffman | Ezra | Smith | Marian | 10-Aug-1828 |
| West | John | Hopkins | Mary | 31-Mar-1829 |
| Smith | George | Baugher | Lydia | 26-Nov-1829 |
| Smith | Christian | Bauman | Margaret S. | 26-Nov-1854 |
| Boone | Charles L. | Wilhide | Celia C. | 12-Sep-1882 |
| Surname | Name | Date | Comments |
| Schmidt | Catharina | 15-Dec-1801 | d/o Heinrich, age 4 mo. |
| Schmidten | Catharina | 11-Aug-1804 | w/o Jacob Schmidt, age 80 |
| Schmidt | Cath. Anna | 20-Nov-1868 | w/o Jacob, age 49-1-17 |
| Smith | Catharine (Mrs.) | 20-Jan-1876 | (date buried) age 78-3-8 |
| Smith | Catharine | 12-Jun-1876 | age 19-2- |
This file was last updated on 7/15/2004.
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