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Catherine May (Lilly) Gibson (1871 - 1920)

Catherine May Gibson formerly Lilly
Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 7 May 1894 in All Saints Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 48 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Biography

Catherine May Lilly was born May 9, 1871 to William Lilly and Louisa Stringer in Birmingham, Warwickshire.[1] She had three older siblings, John, Mary and William. [2] In the 1891 census, Catherine was recorded as working as a school teacher.[3]

On May 7, 1894 Catherine married Walton Gibson at All Saints Church in Birmingham[4] and at some point following this the couple migrated to the United States, where their four children Jean, Claude[5], John and Marjorie were born.

Catherine passed away on February 1, 1920 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[6]

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X4N-YSL : 1 October 2014), Catherine May Lilly, 1871; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Aston, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  2. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-VFBZ : 12 December 2017), Catherine M Lilly in household of John Stringer, Aston, Warwickshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 10, Piece/Folio 3049/74, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,858.
  3. "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WLY6-83Z : 11 December 2017), Catherine May Lilly in household of John Stringer Lilly, Aston, Warwickshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Warwickshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  4. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXRM-274 : 10 February 2018), Walton Thomas Gibson and Catherine May Lilly, 07 May 1894; citing All Saints, Birmingham, Warwick, England, reference it 5, p 87, no 173, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,520,010.
  5. "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBT2-BDX : 9 March 2018), Catharine in entry for Claude Gibson, 22 Apr 1900; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.
  6. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 October 2018), memorial page for Catherine May Lilly (9 May 1871–1 Feb 1920), Find A Grave Memorial no. 78363513, citing Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Bill Gibson (contributor 47630332) .




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