Catharina Vanderwerken Bogardus

Catharina Elizabeth Vanderwerken was born about 1730. Several possibilities exist for parents living in the Albany area.

In November 1750, she married thirty-year-old Albany resident Shibboleth Bogardus, Jr. at the Albany Dutch church. By 1756, three children had been christened in the Albany church where she was a pewholder.

This Bogardus family lived in the third ward - near the Albany waterfront.

Catharina Elizabeth Vanderwerken Bogardus was not heard from after the birth of her last child in 1756. Her husband lived for at least three more decades.

Sources: The life of Catharina Elizabeth Vanderwerken Bogardus has not yet been assigned a CAP biography number. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.