Catherine Blair (McPherson) Campbell (1857 - aft. 1886)

Born 26 Jul 1857 in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Wife of William Campbell — married 1876 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died after 14 Aug 1886 after age 29 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Catherine was born July 26, 1857 in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Duncan McPherson and Jessie Main.^[1][2]

She married William Campbell in 1876 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[3]

Sometime after October 21, 1879 but before the Census in the USA in 1880, Catherine, William and children Jessie (born 1877) and John (born October 1879) were living in Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio since they had John's birth registered there and stated that he had been born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

By the Census of 1880, they were boarders in a home in Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan and William was employed as a plumber.

1880 CENSUS - Harriet Street, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan ^[4]

Household Role Age Birthplace

Maria Louisa Smith Head 59 Canada

M A N Y---B O A R D E R S----N A M E S----

William Campbell Other M 24 Scotland

Catherine Campbell Other F 22 Scotland

Jessie Campbell Other F 2 Scotland

John Campbell Other M 0 Scotland

Research Notes

When her husband William died at age 30 on August 14, 1886 by drowning, it was stated that he was married and although a search has been made on Ancestry and FamilySearch, I have not been able to find Catherine's death or a second marriage. (MacKechnie-21 17:57, 19 June 2021 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQDR-F8Y : 12 February 2020), Catherine Blair Mc Pherson, 1857.
2. ↑ "Scotland Statutory Registers - Births" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 08 Oct 2021), Catherine Blair McPherson, 1857, Blythswood; citing Parish Number 644/6, Reference Number: 602.
3. ↑ "Scotland Statutory Registers - Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 08 Oct 2021), William Campbell and Catherine McPherson, 1876, Blythswood; citing Parish Number 644/7, Reference Number: 237.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3P-YTM), William Campbell in household of Maria Louisa Smith, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 285, sheet 335A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,612.