Died
at about age 95
in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
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Biography
Katherine Freida Schott was born about 20 June 1901[1]
in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.[2][3]
Her parents were Franz Schott and Pauline Rieger.
She lived with her parents and siblings in their Houston Heights home during the 1910 and 1920 censuses.[4][5]
Katherine went to school through the 8th grade.[6]
At the age of 18, she worked as a stenographer in the family bakery.[5]
She married Leonard C. Bryan on 6 June 1922.
[7][8]
They had four children:
The family lived at 702 East 12th Street in the Heights during the 1930 census.[11]
By 1940, Katherine and Leonard were divorced, and Katherine was living in the same house with her children. She didn't hold an outside job, but kept a boarder to provide income.[6]
She died on 28 January 1997 in Houston,[12][2]
and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.[3]
Sources
↑ The SSDI gives 20 June 1901, while her gravestone shows 20 July 1901. A birth record hasn't yet been found.
↑ 2.02.1 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 20 May 2014), Katie Bryan, 28 Jan 1997, age 96; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ 3.03.1Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 27 January 2020), memorial page for Bryan Katie Schott (20 Jul 1901–28 Jan 1997), Find A Grave: Memorial #153588559, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA, maintained by Joey (contributor 47700750); includes headstone photo. Note: Name entered incorrectly on memorial, correction requested 27 Jan 2020.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 25 January 2020), household of Frank Schott, Houston Ward 6, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 4B, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1560; FHL microfilm 1,375,573.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Frank Schott Head Male 47 Germany
Pauline Schott Wife Female 37 Germany
Frank Schott Jr. Son Male 17 Texas
Herbert Schott Son Male 14 Texas
Bennie Schott Son Male 12 Texas
Catherine Schott Daughter Female 9 Texas
Mary Busse Niece Female 22 Texas
↑ 5.05.1 "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 25 January 2020), household of Frank Schott, Houston Ward 6, Harris, Texas, United States; citing ED 96, sheet 25A, line 39, family 600, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1815; FHL microfilm 1,821,815.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Frank Schott Head Male 57 Germany
Pauline Schott Wife Female 47 Germany
Frank Schott, Jr Son Male 26 Texas
Benie Schott Son Male 21 Texas
Kathrine Schott Daughter Female 18 Texas
↑ 6.06.1 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 29 July 2019), household of Katherine Fredda Bryan, Tract 4, Houston, Justice Precinct 1, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 258-23, sheet 8A, line 3, family 176, 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 4190.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Katherine Fredda Bryan (div.) Head Female 38 Texas
Hilda Mae Bryan Daughter Female 16 Texas
Leonard Bryan Son Male 15 Texas
Frank Carson Bryan Son Male 13 Texas
Edward Mccarthy Bryan Son Male 10 Texas
Eugenia Dabney Lodger Female 19 Texas
↑ Ancestry.com, "Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015," database on-line (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014); Ancestry Record 9168 #926191816, Leonard C Bryan and Katherine Schott, 06 Jun 1922, #55381. See also Ancestry Record 9168 #926042211
↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 5 November 2017), Leonard C. Bryan and Katherine Schott, 06 Jun 1922; citing , Harris, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 25,247.
↑ Ancestry.com, "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015), Ancestry Record Numident #40160604, Leonard Clarence Bryan Jr
↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 11 March 2018), Edward Mccarty Bryan, 26 Dec 1929; citing Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, certificate 5565, file 108403, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,139,067.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 27 January 2020), household of Lenard C Byan, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 20B, line 71, family 392, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2342; FHL microfilm 2,342,076.
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Lenard C Byan Head Male 35 Texas
Katherine F Byan Wife Female 28 Texas
Hilda M Byan Daughter Female 6 Texas
Lenard C Byan Jr. Son Male 5 Texas
Frank C Byan Son Male 3 8/12 Texas
Edward M Byan Son Male 4/12 Texas
↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 5 December 2014), Katie Fredia Bryan, Harris, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
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