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Catherine (Shearer) Hufft (abt. 1820 - 1887)

Catherine Hufft formerly Shearer
Born about in Kentucky, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 24 Dec 1840 in Wayne, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 67 in Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Catherine was a daughter of William Christian Shearer, Jr. (c 1760 North Carolina - c 1830) and his second wife, Sallie Walters.

Katherine was born about 1820. Katherine is the child of Christian Shearer and Sallie Walters. [1]

Her nickname was Katy (spelling may have been Caty).

Censuses

  • 1850 Calaveras Twp, Calaveras Co CA, Newton Hough, 33 KY, with wife Catherine, 29 KY, with two children, both born in Missouri, miners; possibly the third child is listed at the top of the next household, but the image is too blurred to see clearly. In same township, TJ Hough/Huff, 24 KY, head of a household of single men, all miners.
  • 1860, Diamond Springs, El Dorado Co CA, PM Huff, 42 KY, C, 40, G W, 17, M A, 14, J W, 12, W W, 10, H L, 8, J B, 6, I N, 4, B F, 1, the first three children born in MO, the others in CA, and W Moore, 35.
  • 1870 El Dorado County, California
Philip N Hufft
Catharine Hufft
William N Hufft 18 California
Hattie L Hufft 16 California
Joseph B Hufft 15 California
Isaac N Hufft 13 California
Charles E Hufft 8 California
Thomas J 5 California

Research Notes

Conflicting vital information in a merge 3/2023:

  • Born 10 Jan 1816 in Ashe County, North Carolina
  • Died 1880 at about age 63 in Lamar County, Mississippi,
  • Born about 1820 in Kentucky, United States
  • Died 2 Nov 1887 at about age 67 in Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California, United States

Sources

  1. A source for this information is needed.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209290353/catherine-hufft : accessed 17 December 2021), memorial page for Catherine Shearer Hufft (1820–2 Nov 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 209290353, citing Diamond Springs Cemetery, Diamond Springs, El Dorado County, California, USA ; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47371789) .

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.




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Shearer-1334 and Shearer-326 are not ready to be merged because: Caution: Unusual information. Is the following correct?

A birth date (Shearer-326 born 1820) is more than 40 years before or after a sibling's birth date (Shearer-1235 born 1776) .

Shearer-1334 and Shearer-326 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same parents
posted by Neal Parker
Shearer-1334 and Shearer-326 appear to represent the same person because: Hint 585: FindAGrave - Multiple profiles link to same grave ID

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