Katherine Kane

Brief Life History of Katherine

When Katherine Kane was born on 16 February 1842, in Owen, Owen Township, Clark, Indiana, United States, her father, Alfred Cain, was 34 and her mother, Susanna Hart, was 26. She married Isaac Bradley Gilmore on 4 October 1860, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bluff Township, Grant, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 16 February 1922, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Bradley Gilmore
1835–1920
Katherine Kane
1842–1922
Marriage: 4 October 1860
Frank B Gilmore
1861–
Vernor S Gilmore
1863–1894
John G Gilmore
1866–
Leonard Bradley Gilmore
1869–1952
Floy A. Gilmore
1873–
Nora P Gilmore
1876–1880
Byrd G. Gilmore
1880–1939

Sources (20)

  • Kate Gillmore in household of Isaac B Gillmore, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Catherine Gilmore, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Catharine Kane, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Padraic, Brennan, Declan, Donovan, Fergus, James Patrick, Keelin, Kieran, Siobhan.

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin or Mac Catháin ‘descendant (or son) of Cathán’, a personal name meaning ‘warrior’ (see O'Kane ). Compare Keane .

English: variant of Cane .

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

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