Catherine Amanda Garthe (1869–1963) • FamilySearch

Catherine Amanda Garthe

27 October 1869–21 December 1963 (Age 94)
Greenup, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Catherine Amanda

Catherine Amanda Garthe was born on 27 October 1869, in Greenup, Kentucky, United States. She married Henry Shires in 1888, in Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wellston, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Trimble, Athens, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 21 December 1963, at the age of 94, and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.

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Parents and Siblings

Henry Shires

1860–1924

Catherine Amanda Garthe

1869–1963

Marriage: 1888

Rose Shires

1889–

Fred Shires

1891–1984

Corbett Shiers

1894–

Henry Jack Shires

1897–1980

William Earnest Shires

1900–1929

Iva Shires

1904–1951

Baby Boy Shires

1906–

George Shires

1908–1977

Spouse and Children

Henry Shires

Male1860–1924Male

Catherine Amanda Garthe

Female1869–1963Female

Children

(8)

Female1889–Female

Male1891–1984Male

Male1894–Male

Male1897–1980Male

William Earnest Shires

Male1900–1929Male

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1892 · The Radio is invented
Age 23

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 27

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Garthe

Catherine

Amanda

1 German: habitational name from a place so named near Cloppenburg.2 German: variant of Garth .3 Eastern German: variant of Slavic Jarota, from a short form of personal name Jaroslaw.

Possible Related Names

Garth

Sources (16)

Amanda C Sheris in household of Henry Sheris, "United States Census, 1900"
Amanda Shires in household of Henry Shires Sr., "United States Census, 1910"
Amanda Shires in household of Henry Shires, "United States Census, 1920"

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