Cadarina Margaretha Dörner ¹

   Other names for Cadarina were Katharina Mararetha Darner and Anna Catharina Dörner.

  General Notes:

There is much debate or confusion about the name of the wife of Johann Nicklaus Fast with most researchers giving the name as either Catherina Margaretha Dörner (Darner or Danner) or Anna Catherina Dörner. Catherina was the daughter of Peter and Barbara Dörner while Anna Catherina Dörner was the daughter of Bernhard and Catharina Dörner.

A recent message on a genealogy board stated the following:
"Johann Nicklaus Fast was married to Anna Catharina Dorner, daughter of Bernhard and Catharina Dorner of Ilbesheim, Duchy of Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany, Duchy of Zweibrucken. Robert G. Fast documented and devoted the 10 pages of chapter 2 in his book "Nicklaus Fast of Göcklingen, Germany" (1994) to her. He documents his research and quotes other sources, the main one being an article from the magazine, The Dutchman, 1956, written by Dr. Friedrich Krebs entitled Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers. The information is far too long to quote here. Robert's book is still available to purchase."
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There is some confusion regarding Cadarina's birth date. Her grave marker indicates 1729 while birth and christening records in Ilbesheim, Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany indicate 1724 (see Robert G. Fast, "Nicklaus Fast of Göcklingen, Germany", 1994, p. 15-16.)
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Catarina Margareta Doerrner
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 29 Oct 1724
Event Place: Leinsweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland
Event Place (Original): Leinsweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Bernhard Doerrner
Mother's Name: Anna Catarina

Citing this Record
"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFPC-H31 : 25 March 2020), Catarina Margareta Doerrner, 1724.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Baptism, 29 October 1724, Ilbesheim, Duchy Of Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany.

2. Emigration, 1746.

3. Cemetery: Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, After 8 May 1795, McClellandtown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ¹ Find a Grave Memorial 31647274

Inscription:
"CADARINA VASSIN WARD, GEBOREN DEN 19 SEPTEMBER 1729 HAT GEZEIGHT 8 SOHNE UND 6 TOCHTER HAT GESEITEN EN 50 ENGOLENUND (ENRELIN) 8 UNRENKELKIND"
(On back side)
"GESTORBEND 8 MAY 1795 ALT WORDEN 65 YAHRE 7 MONATE 18 TAGE"

Translation:
"Cadarina Fass being born on the 19 September 1729 has produced 8 sons and 6 daughters, has produced 50 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren"
(On back side)
"Died 8 May 1795. Age 65 Years 7 Months 18 Days"

Note: V and F are pronounced the same in Old German and were often written interchangeably. The "in" at the end of Vassin was a feminine suffix. Thus Vassin = Fass or Fast. (Notes from Wirt G. Faust and Robert G. Fast)
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Cadarina married Johann Nicklaus Fast, son of Johann Jacob Fast and Anna Margaretha Fuchs, in 1749 in Ilbesheim, Duchy Of Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany. (Johann Nicklaus Fast was born on 26 December 1727 in Göcklingen, Duchy Of Kürpfalz, Pfalz, Germany ³, baptized on 28 December 1727 in Göcklingen, Duchy Of Kürpfalz, Pfalz, Germany,⁴ died on 3 May 1818 in German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States ³ and was buried after 3 May 1818 in Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, McClellandtown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Her parents, who were people of wealth, opposed the marriage on account of the young man's poverty. After their marriage they sailed for America. On their arrival they were unable to pay for their passage over the ocean, and were sold into a term of servitude until it was worked out." Quotation from History of the Bowman Family
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