Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Ottney was born on 3 August 1851, in Williamsville, Amherst, Erie, New York, United States, her father, Charles Ottney, was 31 and her mother, Barbara Batt, was 28. She married Joseph Miller on 28 June 1872, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Put-in-Bay, Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa, Ohio, United States for about 30 years and Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1919. She died on 9 December 1919, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Put-in-Bay, Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa, Ohio, United States.
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- Catharina Miller in household of Joseph Miller, "United States Census, 1910"
- Church records - Birth/Baptism of Catheine Ottney
- Katherin Miller, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Otley, in Suffolk and Yorkshire. The placenames derive from the Old English personal name Otta + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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