Catherine Dickinson

Female7 September 1849–12 October 1928

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Dickinson was born on 7 September 1849, in New York, United States, her father, Reuben C Dickinson, was 44 and her mother, Mary Ann Doxtader, was 30. She married William L Mahaney on 13 March 1872, in Butler, Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 12 October 1928, in Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Homer Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

William L Mahaney
1847–1924
Catherine Dickinson
1849–1928
Marriage: 13 March 1872
Byron Logan Mahaney
1874–1931

Sources (19)

  • Kate Dickinson in household of Reuben Dickinson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Catherine Dickinson, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Katherine Mahany, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

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  • Marriage
    13 March 1872Butler, Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1854 · Creation of the Republican Party

    Age 5

    A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.

    1855 · Lager Beer Riot

    Age 6

    The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.

    1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.

    Age 23

    Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide. 

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.

    History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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