Brief Life History of Catharine
When Catharine Klock was born on 26 July 1843, in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, Elias Klock, was 25 and her mother, Alice Eliza Sharp, was 23. She married Asa Keller on 23 March 1864, in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1875 and Danube, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1900. She died on 4 June 1920, in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Church Street Cemetery, Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Kate Morris in household of Elias Klock, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Catherine Keller, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Catharine Keller in household of Asa Keller, "United States Census, 1870"
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Children (6)
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Siblings (9)
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Dutch and North German:
nickname from Middle Dutch or Low German cloec, clo(o)c ‘deft, skillful, clever’.
topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bell, Middle High German glocke, Middle Dutch clocke. In some instances this may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a bell maker or bell ringer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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