Catherine M (Conard) Kugler (1837 - 1899)

Born 13 Feb 1837 in Center Square, Whitpain Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Charles Nassau Kugler — married 25 Mar 1855 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Died 4 Jul 1899 at age 62 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

The daughter of Jacob Conard and Ann (Rickert) Conard, Kate was born in Center Square, where her father worked as a wheelwright,^[1] in 1837. She had four siblings who died in infancy or early childhood. Catherine Conald married Charles Nassau Kugler (1834-1903), the son of George Kugler and Catherine Lebold, marrying in Trenton Township, New Jersey on March 25, 1855,^[2]having four known children together.

In 1860, they lived in Washington, DC, where her husband worked as a confectioner; her sister, Elizabeth Conard, also lived in the household.^[3] By 1870, the family had returned to Pennsylvania, residing in Philadelphia, where Kate and her son, Henry, worked with her husband in the confectionery business.^[4][5] Catherine Kugler passed away in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 62^[6] and is buried at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery in Ambler, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Research Notes

There are screen grabs of her brief obituary on Ancestry but no expanded image or source listing the location, only her residence as "Randall Street." Her husband's obituary from the following year cites Baltimore, Maryland as the location of his death.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CQ-RYX : 22 December 2020), Catharin Conard in household of Jacob Conard, Whitpain Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZN5-557 : 20 January 2020), Kate Coward in entry for Charles N. Kugler, 1855.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV9-F9K : 18 February 2021), Kate Cougler in entry for Charles Cougler, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZRZ-9YT : 29 May 2021), Kate S Kugler in entry for Chas Kugler, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJC-KXY : 19 February 2021), Kate M Kugler in household of Charles N Kugler, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 232D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,172.
6. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J66G-BQ8 : 18 February 2021), Catharine Kugler, 04 Jul 1899; citing cn 379, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,769,849.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SS-YDT8 : 17 July 2020), Catherine M. Conard Kugler, 1899; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #157632043