Catherine (Beck) Younghans (abt. 1827 - 1899)

Born about 1827 in Kingdom of Württemberg

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1899 at about age 72 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States

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Has German Roots in Württemberg

Biography

Birth

She was born in 19 March 1831 in the Kingdom of Württemberg.^[1]

Occupation

In 1892 her profession was recorded as a baker.^[2] In 1896 she is classified as a clerk.^[3]

Marriage

Catherine married Henry Younghans (Heinrich Junghans) in 1853 or 1854, after the death of his first wife, Anna Maria Schwarz.

Children

Catherine and Henry Younghans had the following children:

Residence

1892 — 1019 Page, Toledo, Ohio, with Henry, Frederick, and William Younghans.^[4]

1895 — photographed with their visiting grandson, Don Dieterle:

Louisa, Henry, Don Dieterle, Katherine, unidentified daughter.

1896 — 1019 Page, Toledo, Ohio, with Henry and Frederick Younghans.^[5]

1899 — 1111 Sherman, Toledo, Ohio, with Frederick and Catherine.^[6]

Death

A brief obituary notice states:

In Toledo, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 14, 1899, of dropsy,

Mrs. Catherine Younghans, relict of Henry Younghans,

age 72 years.^[7]

Her death record says, more precisely, that she died of chronic (Glomerulo)nephritis which has edema as one of its symptoms.^[8] The disease is a form of kidney failure.

She is buried in Section T, Lot 11, at Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave gives the precise date of 19 March 1831, but there is no source for this, save that her tombstone gives her birth date as being in 1831.
2. ↑ 1892 Toledo Directory, p. 1127.
3. ↑ 1896 Toledo Directory, p. 1433.
4. ↑ 1892 Toledo Directory, p. 1127.
5. ↑ 1896 Toledo Directory, p. 1433.
6. ↑ 1899 Toledo Directory, p. 1606.
7. ↑ Manchester Enterprise, June 1899. Dropsy is now called "edema".
8. ↑ Lucas County Death Record for Catherine Younghans, 14 June 1899.
9. ↑ Find a Grave.

See Also:

• 1860 Federal Census of the United States, Erie East Ward, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 17 July 1860, p. 179.
• 1870 Federal Census of the United States, Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan, 4 July 1870, p. 1.
• 1892 Toledo, Ohio Directory.
• 1896 Toledo, Ohio Directory.
• 1899 Toledo, Ohio Directory.
• Manchester Enterprise (Manchester, Michigan), June 1899.
• Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 Lucas Death records, 1898-1901, vol E-Z, FamilySearch (3 Aug 2021), entry for Catherine Younghans, 14 June 1899.
• "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (9 March 2018), Katherine Beck in entry for Frederick W. Younghans, 07 Jan 1914; citing Death, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, source ID cn 65, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,689,632.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 March 2021), memorial page for Katherine Beck Younghans (19 Mar 1831–14 Jun 1899), Find a Grave Memorial no. 28602112, citing Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Richard Dieterle (contributor 49554235) .