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Catherine (Wilder) Olmstead (1815 - 1890)

Catherine Olmstead formerly Wilder
Born in Worcester, Otsego, New Yorkmap
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Wife of — married 4 Aug 1838 in Maryland, Otsego, New Yorkmap
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Died at about age 74 in Victoria, Knox, Illinoismap
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Biography

Catherine Wilder was the oldest child of Charles Wilder and his wife, Leah Romans. She was born in Otsego County, New York on the 12 of November in 1815.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Catherine married Henry Benjamin Olmsted on the 4th of August in 1838.[5]

The couple are first found in the 1840 US census for Maryland, Otsego, New York. H.D.Olmsted is listed as the head of house and there are 3 children.[6] The family is found there again in 1850, the listing includes 2 of Henry's children from his first marriage and 6 children of Henry and Catherine: Charles Wilder Olmsted, age 11, Sarah Olmsted, age 9, Malon Olmsted, age 7, Milton Olmsted, age 5, Henry Olmsted, age 2 and Willet Olmsted, an infant under 1 year of age.[7]

The couple and their children moved to Illinois sometime before 1860 when they are found living in Copley, Knox County.[8]

The final move is to Victoria in Knox County, Illinois where the couple are found in 1870[9] and 1880.[10]

Catherine Wilder Olmsted died there in 1890 and is buried with her husband in the Victoria Cemetery.[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave
  2. Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
  3. Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pg. 307, #5531s.
  4. Sourced Family Tree; at familysearch.org.
  5. Portrait and biographical album of Knox county, Illinois p.713
  6. Year: 1840; Census Place: Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: 329; Page: 265; Image: 536; Family History Library Film: 0017203
  7. Year: 1850; Census Place: Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 157A; Image: 320
  8. Year: 1860; Census Place: Copley, Knox, Illinois; Roll: M653_195; Page: 388; Image: 53; Family History Library Film: 803195
  9. Year: 1870; Census Place: Victoria, Knox, Illinois; Roll: M593_241; Page: 468A; Image: 454; Family History Library Film: 545740
  10. Year: 1880; Census Place: Victoria, Knox, Illinois; Roll: 220; Family History Film: 1254220; Page: 378B; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 0761

Find A Grave for Catherine Wilder Olmstead

Portrait and biographical album of Knox county, Illinois, published 1886 by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, Author unknown

Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.





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