Catherine (Wight) Reed (1790 - 1886)

Born 24 May 1790 in Ormiston, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan C Reed — married 10 Mar 1808 in Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1886 at age 95 in Abingdon, Knox, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Catherine Wight was born 24 May 1790 in Ormiston, Scotland.^[1] She was the daughter of James Wight and his wife Jeanne (Jean/Jane) McConochie. In 1794 she left Scotland for the U.S with her parents and siblings. A record of the family's departure from Scotland is recorded with her birth in the church sessions books in Ormiston, Scotland.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Old Parish Registers, Ormiston, Scotland, Births, 715/ 10 215, penned page 206, (ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk : accessed 9 Nov 2022.)
2. ↑ Ibid Scotland's People

• Find A Grave memorial page for Catharine “Kitty” Wight Reed (24 May 1790–18 Feb 1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #5438987, citing Cherry Grove Cemetery, Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois, USA

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• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTYC-F7J : 11 February 2020), Ketty Wight, .

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY2K-LX3 : 11 February 2020), Ketty Wight, 1790.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RM-Y5Z : 4 April 2020), Catharine Reed in household of John Reed, Knox county, part of, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing family 932, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64R-G9M : 19 March 2020), Catherine Reed in entry for James W Kays, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVQ-HLY : 15 September 2017), Katharine Reed in household of James W Kays, Cedar, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 18D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,220.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-KTMS : 20 May 2020), Kitty, 1886; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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