Kate Biehl Rudy

Brief Life History of Kate Biehl

When Kate Biehl Rudy was born on 26 November 1858, in Cressona, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Henry Josiah Rudy, was 32 and her mother, Anna Maria Biehl, was 32. She married Ira Allen Reed on 26 June 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Granger, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 1 August 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Allen Reed
1856–1931
Kate Biehl Rudy
1858–1918
Marriage: 26 June 1879
Gertie Reed
1880–1980
Mary Elizabeth Reed
1884–1962
Clarence Allen Reed
1887–1965
Mabel Irene Reed
1891–1972
Anna Maria Reed
1894–1988
Bertha Bernetta Reed
1900–1994

Sources (26)

  • Kate Rudy in household of H Rudy, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Kate Beihl Reed, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Kate Rudy in entry for Bertha B Reed, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

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.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

South German: variant of Rudi .

Ukrainian, Rusyn, Polish, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic); Rusyn (from Slovakia), Slovak, and Czech (also Rudý): nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Ukrainian and Polish rudy, Slovak and Czech rudý ‘red, reddish-brown’.

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

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