Catherine Louise (Lowe) Thompson (1878 - 1954)

Born 19 Aug 1878 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Gideon S. Lowe and Celeste Cecilia (Hayman) Lowe

Wife of Walter Willard Thompson — married 18 Apr 1900 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1954 at age 76 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA

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Catherine (Lowe) Thompson is part of a Bahamian family.

Catherine (Lowe) Thompson is buried in Key West Cemetery.

Biography

Catherine was born 19 August 1878 in Key West, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of Gideon S. Lowe^[2] and Celeste Cecilia Hayman.

She married Walter Willard Thompson on 18 April 1900 at St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Key West in a ceremony performed by Rev. A. B. Friend, S.J.^[3]

She died 30 August 1954 in Tampa, Florida,^[4] and she is buried with her husband in the Key West City Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Baptisms, 1851–1882, II: 59, no. 112, Catharine Grace Louise Lowe, born 19 August 1878, baptized 28 October 1878; Key West Public Library. Catherine's baptismal record identifies her parents as Gideon Lowe and Celeste Hamin. Her sponsors were M. J. Whitehurst and Ella Gunn. Florida Office of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 20881 (1954), Catherine Lowe Thompson, 30 August 1954, Hillsborough County; certified copy in possession of Jeffrey L. Haines. This record states that she was born 19 August 1878 to Gideon Lowe and Celeste Hayman. The informant was her daughter Celeste. T. Haines.
2. ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Donald Lowe GEDmatch T494748, Chris Haines GEDmatch T109230 and Joy Jossi GEDmatch T388818 sharing a 19.2 cM segment on chromosome 20 from 8464695 to 18251661. Their most recent common ancestral couple is Gideon Lowe, Jr. and Nancy Saunders
3. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 5: 243, Walter W. Thompson and Catherine L. Lowe, 18 April 1900; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YHM?i=306&cat=341167 : accessed November 2015); citing FHL microfilm 0945905.
4. ↑ Florida Office of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 20881 (1954), Catherine Lowe Thompson, 30 August 1954, Hillsborough County; certified copy in possession of Jeffrey L. Haines.
5. ↑ Rachel Keller, “Catherine Lowe Thompson,” Memorial no. 35421242, posted 1 April 2009; memorial with photographs, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35421242&ref=acom : accessed February 2015). The memorial states that Catherine died in 1952, but the photograph of her gravestone clearly shows that it was 1954. Also, Florida Office of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 20881 (1954), Catherine Lowe Thompson, 30 August 1954, Hillsborough County; certified copy in possession of Jeffrey L. Haines. The certificate states that she was buried in an unknown cemetery in Key West.