Gertrude was born in 1875 and she is the daughter of Lewis Leighton and Rachel Markham.[1] She married Charles F. Catlett in 1898.[2] She died in 1960.[3]
↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYG-VBL7 : 16 August 2019), Gertrude Leighton Catlett, 24 Dec 1960; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP2-3R3 : 14 November 2020), Gertrude Lenghton in household of Lewis Lenghton, Botetourt, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 135D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,356.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPP9-SN7 : accessed 26 November 2020), Gertrude Catlett in household of Charles T Catlett, Covington Ward 2, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 28A, family 441, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1620; FHL microfilm 1,375,633.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNQ-3C7 : accessed 26 November 2020), Gercirdi Catlett in household of C F Catlett, Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing ED 9, sheet 18B, line 61, family 334, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1878; FHL microfilm 1,821,878.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CZYB-B2M : accessed 26 November 2020), Gertrude Catlett in household of Charles F Catlett, Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3B, line 52, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2433; FHL microfilm 2,342,167.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRY3-V9H : 27 February 2020), Gertrude Catlett in household of Charles F Catlett, Covington, Covington Magisterial District, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-10, sheet 1A, line 7, family 2, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4243.
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