Katharina Susanna (Matter) Frey (1853 - 1910)

Born 19 Sep 1853 in Sennfeld, Baden, Germany

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1910 at age 57 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Katharina Susanna Matter (1853-1910)

Obituary

Mrs. Katherine Frey

Mrs. Katherine Frey, 57 years old, died yesterday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul L. Coyle, 4529 Friendship Avenue, East End. She was born in Germany. She was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church of the East End. Mrs. Frey was married twice. She is survived by her husband, Charles Frey; a son, William Bender; three daughters, Mrs. D.B. McNulty, Mrs. William Berry and Mrs. P.L. Coyle, and six grandchildren.

FREY

On Wednesday morning, December 7, 1910, at 6 A. M., Katharine Bender, wife of Charles Frey, aged 57 years, member of Fort Liberty Lodge, No. 606, Knights and Ladies of Honor.

Funeral services at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Paul L. Coyle, 4529 Friendship Avenue, on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend.

Pittsburgh Press, December 8, 1910.

Sources

• Katherine Bender Frey - Pennsylvania Death Certificate - 1910. Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964 - accessed via Ancestry.com. This record shows that Katherine Bender Frey died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1910. Katherine's daughter, Louise Coyle, is listed as the informant on the death record, and listed Katherine's parents as Adam and Barbara Matter of Germany. Louise also listed Katherine's birth date as September 19, 1853, which matches perfectly with the birth date listed on Katherine's baptismal record.

• There is likely to be a death record for Katherine Frey in the St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church Records 1839-1964 - 9 microfilm reels of records created by the St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church. The records include annual reports, registers of marriages and deaths, constitution, and financial documents. These microfilms are available at the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGHX-C4C : accessed 29 December 2016), Catherina Frey in household of Paul L Coyle, Pittsburgh Ward 9, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 395, sheet 4A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1302; FHL microfilm 1,375,315.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS1P-7HM : accessed 29 December 2016), Catherine Bender, Pittsburgh city Ward 19, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 219, sheet 11B, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,361.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW6K-9KQ : 10 August 2016), Katharine Bender in household of Andrew Bender, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 130, sheet 87C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1093; FHL microfilm 1,255,093.

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N8C6-24L : 28 November 2014), Katharina Susanna Matter, 25 Sep 1853; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,272,364. Katharina Susanna Matter was born in Sennfeld, Baden, Germany on September 19, 1853 to Adam Matter and Susanna Kraemer.