Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Blackburn was born on 8 January 1844, in Napier Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph S. Blackburn, was 37 and her mother, Susannah Wonders, was 37. She married Aaron Rose about 1870, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Napier, Napier Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 26 March 1895, in Napier Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Centerville, Cumberland Valley Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Catharine Blackburn in household of Joseph Blackburn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Rose, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Catherine Rose, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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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.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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