Brief Life History of Katharine Davis
When Katharine Davis Holden was born on 3 November 1898, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Albert Fairchild Holden, was 31 and her mother, Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Davis, was 29. She married Edwin Converse Higbee on 27 June 1918, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 55 years. She died on 27 October 1985, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (21)
- Katherine H Higbee in household of Edwin C Higbee, "United States Census, 1930"
- Katherine Davis Holden, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
- Katharine D. Holden, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
Spouse and Children
1897–1977 Male
1898–1985 Female
Children (1)
1920–2019 Male
Parents and Siblings
1866–1913 Male
1869–1900 Female
Siblings (3)
1895–1908 Female
1896–1984 Female
1898–1985 Female
World Events (8)
1899 · The Salt Palace Convention Center
Age 1
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 2
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of various places so named, especially Holden in Haslingden (Lancashire), but also Holden in Bolton and Holden in Silsden (both Yorkshire), Holedean Farm in Henfield and Holden in Rotherfield (both Sussex), Holding Farm in Cheriton and Woolding Farm in Whitchurch (Hampshire), and Holden in Southborough (Kent). Most of the placenames derive from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + denu ‘valley’, though Holden in Rotherfield (Sussex) and Holden in Southborough (Kent) may have Old English denn ‘pasture’ as the final element. Compare Holcomb .
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, most of them derived from Old Norse hǫll ‘slope, hillside’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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