hmtl5 Katherine Slattery b. 1 Apr 1866 Covington, Fountain County, Indiana d. 16 Feb 1918 Highwood, Lake County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy

Katherine Slattery

Female 1866 - 1918  (51 years)


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  • Name Katherine Slattery 
    Born 1 Apr 1866  Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 Feb 1918  Highwood, Lake County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1940  Hedges
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2023 

    Family Oliver Fitt,   b. 10 Dec 1863, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1915, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1886  Fountain County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Divorced Bef 1900  [5
    Children 
    +1. Mary Fitt,   b. 18 Nov 1888, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1947  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Apr 1866 - Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Jan 1886 - Fountain County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Feb 1918 - Highwood, Lake County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • 1900 US census, enumerated 8 June 1900.
      Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
      Fitt, Katherine, b. April 1866 Indiana, age 37
      Fitt, Mary, b. Nov 1887 Indiana, age 12

      Katherine's father's birthplace, [illegible], mother's birthplace Indiana

      Mary's father's birthplace, Michigan. Mother's birthplace Indiana.

      Mary is listed a Katherine's granddaughter.
      [5]
    • LKH note:
      There is conflicting information about Oliver Fitt and who he married. It is possible that there are two Oliver Fitts.
      Oliver Fitt, born c. 1864 in Canada, son of Thomas Fitt (b. England) and Elizabeth Fitt (b. Canada), appears in his parent’s household in the 1880 census in Springwells, Wayne County, Michigan.
      Oliver P. Fitt (b. 10 Dec 1863, Canada) died 23 Feb 1915 in Chicago. Occupation switchman, father Thomas Fitt (b.England). Info from abstract on Ancestry of Oliver’s death record in Cook County, Illinois.
      Olive P. Fitt (b. Canada) married Sophia M. Denney (b. Canada) on 7 Apr 1884 in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan. Info from their marriage record.
      Oliver Fitt married Kate Slattery on 27 Jan 1886 in Fountain County, Indiana. Info from their marriage record. The Indiana marriage record does not include where they were born.
      So far, I have been unable to find any Oliver Fitt anywhere in the 1900 or the 1910 census.
      Sophia Fitt appears in an 1886 city directory for Bay City, Michigan as a dressmaker. Oliver does not appear in that directory.
      Sophia Fitt appear in the 1920 census in Chicago as the sister-in-law of William Watson (married to Lydia (Denney) Watson) Sophia is listed as a widow, age 55, born c.1865 in Canada. She’s a clerk in a dry good store.
      Katherine Fitt appears in 1900 US census in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. She is listed as born 37 years old, born in April 1866 Indiana. The only other member of her household is Mary Fitt age 12, born Nov 1887 in Indiana. Mary is listed a Katherine's granddaughter.
      Mary (Fitt) Gilkison’s information in the abstract of her entry in the Illinois death and stillbirths index gives her father as Oliver Fitt, born in Canada and mother as Katherine Slatery born in Covington, Indiana.
      [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1900 US census.

    2. [S4] Illinois deaths and stillbirths index: 1916-1947.

    3. [S90] Marriage record.

    4. [S40] Indiana Marriage Collection: 1800-1941.

    5. [S25] Census.

    6. [S82] LKH.