Catherine (Catrina) Pelsy (Pelzel, Belsley, Bellesley)
1811 - 1887 (75 years)-
Name Catherine (Catrina) Pelsy (Pelzel, Belsley, Bellesley) [1, 2] Birth 4 Oct 1811 Azoudange, Moselle, FR 
[1] - Date from Christian Belsley’s hymnbook
Gender Female Immigration 1853 Woodford Co., IL - Stayed with her brother and family until her oldest son married and was able to care for her.
Religion Amish Mennonite, Apostolic Christian Death 1887 Burial - Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
Person ID I2165 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 27 Sep 2022
Father Christian Pelsy, b. 2 Jul 1772, Rhodes, Moselle, FR d. 10 Jun 1836, Rhodes, Moselle, FR (Age 63 years) Mother Catherine Verkler (Wirckler), b. 1 Jan 1778, Oberstinzel, Fenetrange, Moselle, FR d. 4 Apr 1860, Rhodes, Moselle, FR (Age 82 years) Marriage Bef 1802 Family ID F3422 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Joseph Lehmann, b. 12 Oct 1801, Hattigny, Moselle, FR d. 13 Jun 1837, Xouaxange, Moselle, FR (Age 35 years) Marriage 31 Mar 1834 Rhodes, Moselle, FR - By the mayor, Jean Martin Feltin
Children 1. Joseph Leman ( Lehman), Jr., b. 3 Jun 1835, Rhodes, Moselle, FR d. 21 Jul 1926, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 91 years)Family ID F1541 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Apr 2008
Family 2 Pierre Abresol (Abersoll) (Ebersol), b. 10 Jun 1812, Rhodes, Moselle, FR d. 31 Mar 1853, Fribourg, Meurthe, FR (Age 40 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1838 [3] Children 1. Magdaline Abresol (Abersoll) (Ebersol), b. 3 Apr 1848 Family ID F7066 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Apr 2019
Family 3 Andrew Schertz Marriage 27 Jan 1860 Family ID F7067 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Apr 2008
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Event Map 
Birth - 4 Oct 1811 - Azoudange, Moselle, FR 
Marriage - 31 Mar 1834 - Rhodes, Moselle, FR 
Immigration - 1853 - Woodford Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Catrina and her first husband, Joseph Lehmann lived at Mouckenhoff, near Saarebourg, in Moselle.
After the death of her second husband, Pierre Abresol, Catrina received an invitation (in July 1851) from her brother, “Red Joe” Pelsy living in America, to come live with him and his family. He offered to let her son Joseph help him with a new house he was thinking of building some day. And he would welcome help on the farm, as he only had one son. Before long, Red Joe went back to France (in 1953) and brought his sister and two of her children to America with him. They stayed with Red Joe and his family until Joseph Leman, her son, was married and able to support them.
This was the fate of many women of that time, who found themselves widowed, often several times over, and without resources to live. Catherine was fortunate to have a brother who had been very successful in America and could offer her this help.
Catrina, her third husband Andrew Schertz, her son, Joseph Lehman, Jr. and his family all left the Partridge Creek Amish Mennonite Church to become a part of the Roanoke Apostolic Christian Church.
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- Catrina and her first husband, Joseph Lehmann lived at Mouckenhoff, near Saarebourg, in Moselle.
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