Catherin is not a typo, it’s the German spelling for the name and her parents were born in Germany. German’s do not use a silent ‘e’ at the end of a word. Actually they don’t have silent anything, all letters are pronounced. Generally, If you find an ‘e’ at the end of a German word, it is pronounced similar to a short ‘a’.

There is no ‘conflicting into’. The US, Canada and Australia are three large countries whose populations are comprised of mainly immigrants. So, in our census records, we not only ask where a person was born, but where their ancestors were born. In my case – my mother’s parents were born in Germany, my father’s maternal grandparents were born in Cornwall, and of course the original Dom immigrants were born in Germany – I was born in Chicago, so I am an American of German-English origin (or, descent).

The ‘Ethnic Origin’ of William and Catherin’s children IS German – Catherin’s parents were German and Wilmot’s GGgrandpa (John Michael Kuster – bn 1716) was born in Germany and either he and/or his parents were the original immigrants. Kuster is not a typo either, Wilmot’s Ggrandpa, Leonard Kuster, was the first to use Kester when he named his kids. Leonard and his eight siblings were born in Pennsylvania. He married Marie Keres in 1777 and moved to her hometown in Ontario where their first 4 kids were born. They returned to PA after the Revolutionary War was over and had 3 more kids, then for some unknown reason returned to Ontario around 1793, where their last 2 kids were born and they lived out their lives. Some of their descendents seem to follow their lead in bouncing back and forth across the border.

Wilmot WAS born in Canada. If you’re referring to the “-English”, it means that he was born in an English-speaking area of Canada. Canada is a bi-lingual country. In certain areas, like Ontario, the prevalent language is English. In other areas, like Quebec, the prevalent language is French. People who were born in Quebec would show “Canada-French” – no matter what their ‘Ethnic Origin’ was.

Wilmot and Frances only had 7 children – each of the previous four Kuster/Kester generations had 9 children and lost one as a child.

If you check the LDS site for the surname Kester in the 1881 Canadian Census, you will get a list of 58. Among these 58 you will find the widow Catherin (William died 3 months after his namesake was born in 1871), with 5 of her children – Wellington, Wilmot, William, Adeline and Arville. Her son Willis died before his second birthday. Her daughters, Ada and Arminta were married. The census includes her son Washington, with his wife and daughter. It also includes her brother-in-law, Leonard (bn 1825). Actually, considering the procreativity of the family, the remaining 48 are probably in-laws of some kind.
Bobbi

PS In German, a Kuster is a parish clerk or sexton and Dome means cathedrals or ministers - what a coincidence!

PPS - Catherin's maiden name was Yake (German spelling - Jacke). The Yake's must have lived next door to the Kester's - 4 of William's siblings married 4 of Catherin's siblings.