Vigil Homer Cate

1834–18 July 1863 (Age 29)
Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

The Life Summary of Vigil Homer

When Vigil Homer Cate was born in 1834, in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Joseph Cate, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Burbank, was 22. He married Phebe Cronkhite in 1853. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. In 1860, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as farmer in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. He died on 18 July 1863, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Valley Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Vigil Homer Cate
1834–1863
Phebe Cronkhite
1832–1897
Marriage: 1853
Clarance Thomas Cate
1856–1942
Clara Matilda Cate
1859–1935
Annie E "Lizzie" Cate
1860–1941

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1853
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (5)

    1835 · Angry Mob Seizes U-S Mail
    Age 1
    On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1846
    Age 12
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    Dutch: habitational name from any of several small farms in the East Netherlands known as Ten Cate, from katerstede ‘small cottage for a peasant or a laborer’.

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

    Sources (11)

    • Virgil Cate in entry for Cate, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
    • Virgil H Cate in household of Joseph Cate, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Legacy NFS Source: Vigil Homer Cate - death: 18 July 1863; Wagener, Aiken, South Carolina, United States

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