Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Reese was born on 27 January 1804, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States, her father, John Reese, was 38 and her mother, Susannah Owen, was 26. She married Zephaniah Clawson on 8 January 1824, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 8 November 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Catherine Clawson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Catherine Reese Clawson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Reese in entry for Harriet C. Lamb, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Rice .
North German and Dutch (De Reese): nickname for a very big man, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch rese ‘giant’.
German: habitational name from any of the places called Rees or Reese, in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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