Marie Catherine Knapp

Brief Life History of Marie Catherine

Marie Catherine Knapp was born in 1874, in Ohio, United States. She married Joseph Gillming on 25 September 1895, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 17 July 1962, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Gillming
1873–1917
Marie Catherine Knapp
1874–1962
Marriage: 25 September 1895
Lauretta M Gillming
1897–1970
Dorothy F. Gillming
1904–1993
Joseph Henry Gillming
1907–1967
Ethel Catherine Gillming
1911–1975

Sources (6)

  • Catharine Gillining, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Marie Catherine Knapp - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Marie Catherine Knapp
  • Marie Catharine Knapp, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

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.

1881 · Hamilton County History

History of Hamilton County Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches ~~~~~ Compiled by: Henry A. Ford, A. M. and Mrs. Kate B. Ford ~~~~~ L. A. Williams & Co. Publishers 1881

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.

Name Meaning

German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).

German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).

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

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