Brief Life History of Catherine Veronica
When Catherine Veronica Koch was born on 11 September 1897, in West Hazleton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Frederick Joseph Koch, was 23 and her mother, Anna Barbara Strack, was 21. She married William Joseph Ellwood on 5 July 1916, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Whitehall Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 June 1956, in Fullerton, Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Cementon, Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Catherine Elwood in household of William Elwood, "United States Census, 1940"
- Catherine Koch, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Catherine Koch in entry for Joseph J. Elwood and Mathilda M. Hayduck, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900
Cementon was originally known as Siegfried's Ferry, as it is located directly across the Lehigh River from Siegfried. In 1828, a bridge was built across the river, and the town became known as Siegfried's Bridge. After a large Whitehall Portland Cement Works' quarry and mill were established in 1900/1901, the town was renamed Cementon.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Klaus, Helmut, Fritz, Heinz, Gerhard, Wolfgang, Ernst, Florian.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German koch, German Koch ‘cook’. The name in this sense is also established in some other European countries, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
Czech and Slovak: from Koch, a pet form of Kochan or of any other personal name beginning with Ko-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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