On 8 Jan 1814 John Nicholas married Catherine Wolfe, daughter of John Wendel Wolfe & Anna Maria Neufahrt, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Born on 6 Dec 1795 in Rose Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Catherine was baptized in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, on 20 Dec 1795. Catherine died aft 1881; she was 85.
According to the 1871 Canadian federal census Catherine Romkey resided in the Ritcey’s Cove census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. She lived in the household of her son and daughter-in-law Isaac and Desiah Romkey. The family were Methodists. (RG 31-C-1, 1871, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 195-E, Ritcey’s Cove p. 16)
The widow Catherine Romkey and her widowed son Isaac Romkey resided in the Ritcey’s Cove census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1881 Canadian federal census. They employed a servant named Sarah Conrad. Isaac Romkey was a farmer. He was Presbyterian. Catherine Romkey was a Methodist. (RG 31-C-1, 1881, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 11-B, Ritcey’s Cove, p. 44)