Brief Life History of Cecelia Catherine
When Cecelia Catherine Bost was born on 30 April 1849, in Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jesse Witherspoon Bost, was 45 and her mother, Sarah Paulina "Sally" Wilson, was 34. She married Marcus Augustus Kale on 13 November 1873, in Catawba, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Union Precinct, Columbia, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 28 April 1927, in Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Old Yankton Cemetery, St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Cecilia Best in household of Jessee Best, "United States Census, 1850"
- Selia Bost, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " (1873)
- Celia Catherine Kale, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937" (1927)
Spouse and Children
1853–1911 Male
1849–1927 Female
Children (3)
1875–1951 Female
1877–1941 Male
1879–1905 Female
Parents and Siblings
1804–1892 Male
1814–1884 Female
Siblings (11)
1835– Female
1836– Female
1837–1921 Male
1840–1922 Female
1841– Male
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World Events (8)
1853 · First State Fair
Age 4
1863
Age 14
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 21
Name Meaning
German (mainly Saarland): variant of Bast .
English: variant of Boast .
Dutch: topographic name, possibly a variant of Bos or in relation to ‘boxwood’, with suffix -t in collective plural. Bost is a village near Tienen in Flanders, hence the Flemish habitational name Van Bost.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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