Catherine (Jolly) Cavanaugh (1851 - 1925)

Born 1851 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Cavanaugh — married 23 Sep 1872 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1925 at about age 74 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

Catherine Jolly was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland County England in 1851. She married John Cavanaugh in 1871. In the 1880's the family left England for Philadelphia. They lived in the Manayunk area of Philadelphia, near the Schuylkill River.

On the 1900 census, Catherine says she gave birth to 14 children and nine were still alive. On the 1910 census, she says she gave birth to 13 children and 9 were still alive. I do not see any evidence that any of her children died in Philadelphia. Since the births were registered as Cavener instead of Cavanaugh, I am adding some children who I suspect were her children, born and died in Whitehaven.

Her death certificate also says the same thing about paralysis and exhaustion as her husbands did in 1917

Sources:

• Freebmd.org.UK: District Whitehaven: Vol 25: Pg 164
• England and Wales Census, 1861," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M7PZ-5QY : accessed 12 May 2014), Catherine Jolly, Cleator, Cumberland, England; citing "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 9, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• England and Wales Census, 1871," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V51T-R4N : accessed 12 May 2014), Catherine Jolly in household of Peter Jolly, Cleator, Cumberland, England; citing "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 10, folio 51, p. 23; Whitehaven registration district, Egremont subdistrict, ED 2m, household 98, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 0847451.
• England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQS1-MP8 : accessed 12 May 2014), Catherine Kavanagh in household of John Kavanagh, Cleator, Cumberland, England; citing "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 11/, p. , The National Archives of the UK, Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm .
• United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M37Y-FMH : accessed 26 Apr 2014), Catherina Cavanaugh in household of John Cavanaugh, Philadelphia city Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241462.
• United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGWF-L3X : accessed 12 May 2014), Kathryn Cavanaugh in household of John Cavanaugh, Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 375, sheet 8B, family 302, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375407
• United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNMN-TJ7 : accessed 12 May 2014), Catherine Cavanaugh in household of John A Cavanaugh, Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821617.