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Re: Caton's of Ireland

NCatonFloerchinger — 2012-04-16 06:34:35Z

This information came from a family bible written in by my Grandmother's hand (Mabel Jane Towne)she was the wife of Hugh William Caton and she was born October 20, 1879 in Creston, Union County. Iowa and died November 26, 1957 in Rapid City South Dakota.
The parents of Hugh William Caton born in Binghamton, Brome County, New York April 14, 1872 died December 18,1949 in Rapid City, South Dakota at the age of 77 years & 8 months were: Hugh J. Caton born September 23, 1850 and died in 1903 at the age of 53 years and his wife was Nettie Marie Sweet born October 2, 1849 and died 1909 at the age of 60 years.

Re: Caton's of Ireland

sgraber1 — 2012-04-14 12:14:49Z

Do you have the names of any parents for the elder Hugh? I think he was the brother of my Sarah Caton who was also married in Broome county

Re: Annie Caton, Titanic survivor

FKanserstein — 2012-04-13 18:51:03Z

My mother was a Caton. Her father Alfred was born in Blackburn/Blackpool, growing up in Liverpool. He came from a large family and mentioned a brother in London. He was only 3 or 4 years younger. He said something about a brother who did some design work on the Titanic. My mother grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts. Thank You, Frank

Re: Drury & Emily Caton, North Carolina

NancyCaton27 — 2012-04-12 10:20:24Z

Need the text of the will and the date to figure out which Jesse this is. There are several, and possibly two totally different families one of which has about 6 Jesse's.

Drury & Emily Caton, North Carolina

groscher02 — 2012-04-11 02:58:27Z

We need your help in connecting our Caton's. Our Caton's are;
Betty Caton Hinkle (1929 - 2008 OK) daughter of
Conrad Caton (1902 Wayne Co., TN - 1978 OK) son of
Dr. Charles Nathan Caton (1876 TN - 1939 OK) son of
Daniel Spencer Caton (1849 N.C. - 1911 Wayne Co, TN) son of
Drury Caton (1828 Davie Co., N.C. - 1892 Ark.) son of
???

We know that Drury was awarded land in Jesse Caton's Will in Davie Co., N.C. We don't know if this is his father, and is Jesse Caton Sr. or Jr.

Any help you can provide us would be greatly appreciated.

Kathryn Roscher Hinkle

Re: Kent Co. Del. Caton's

NancyCaton27 — 2012-04-01 03:59:59Z

H yes! you should pardon the expression. I have no money to do the DNA test, and in any event am female, and so the test wouldn't be worth much on the Y chromosome front.

Would love to have your test on file and some distant, very distant, male Caton from our group as well so that the tests could be compared to see if they share a common male ancestor or not. My Dad had no brothers, and neither did his father. So we have to go back to great grandfather and then down for male Catons. Nearest I can come is gg grand children of Christopher Pitman Caton, whom I never knew until I ran into them online.

I think a couple of the testing groups are having sales, and if you do swab the inside of your cheek and get results, please let me know. I'll be sure to encourage the folks I know to add their results to the pool.

Nancy Caton

cheers,
Nancy

Re: Kent Co. Del. Caton's

rexcaton — 2012-03-31 22:04:52Z

I'm a male descendant of john caton sr. Via john caton jr.....you guys still persuing this?

Re: Kent Co. Del. Caton's

rexcaton — 2012-03-31 22:04:52Z

I'm a male descendant of john caton sr. Via john caton jr.....you guys still persuing this?

Re: Kent Co. Del. Caton's

rexcaton — 2012-03-31 21:54:40Z

I'm his grandson through his son john jr. 7 generations back..... I have HIS father born in 1660 from Ireland but don't know his first name. John caton sr. Was born in Ireland, right? I will see what I can find on Agnes .....

Re: Caton's of Ireland

rexcaton — 2012-03-31 21:47:56Z

My 6th grand father john caton sr. Was born in N Ireland in 1680, came to america. Was judge/lawyer type.... Died in Dover Delaware 1743. Any body know anything else about this?

Re: Adam Caton Somerset Co. Pa abt 1835-1863

LornaV — 2012-03-26 01:28:28Z

Adam Caton was my Great Grandmother's first husband. He was killed in 1863 by a falling tree. He and Matilda
Hutzell were the parents of Nancy Caton who was ill but attended her Father's funeral on a very cold day. Nancy
died shortly thereafter. Adam Caton, Jr., was the son
of Matilda and Adam who was born after his Father's death.
Matilda married William Patton and he was the only Father
Adam ever knew. The Patton half-brothers always referred to him as Caton. Some people thought his name was Caton Patton. Adam, Jr.'s grand daughter gave me this oral hist.

Newlywed Prof. E.W. Caton feared lost in Mobile Bay, 1912, Mobile, Alabama

charbmoore1 — 2012-03-06 13:08:57Z

From the Mobile, Alabama Newspaper:

Monday, March 4, 1912
• "Grave anxiety is felt for the safety of Professor E.W. Caton, instructor in sciences at the Daphne Normal School, who is believed to have met with some mishap while attempting to cross the bay to Daphne Sunday in an 18-foot gasoline launch.

"Professor Caton, with a friend whose name is given as Griffith, left Mobile at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, and up to midnight had not reached Daphne and had not been heard from. At 9 o'clock last night Mrs. Caton, who had preceded her husband to Daphne on the bay steamer, called up Dr. John O. Rush ... and told him that she feared for her husband's safety. ...

"The first of the searching parties left the docks last night at 11:30 o'clock, and had not reported at an early hour this morning. ...

"Professor Caton was married about a week ago to a Miss Copeland of Birmingham, and had bought the launch for her. It was a new boat and had not been tried out thoroughly."

note- Daphne is in Baldwin County, Alabama across the bay from Mobile. Birmingham is in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Tuesday, March 5, 1912

• "While three searching parties in launches were exploring the moonlit bay in search of his body, and the entire town of Daphne observed an all-night wake on the eastern shore, replenishing bonfires to light his way home, Professor E.W. Caton, instructor at the Daphne Normal School, was sleeping peacefully at the Bienville Hotel Sunday night.

Not until he read a copy of The Register yesterday morning did Professor Caton realize what a comedy of errors had been caused by his inability to get telephone connection with Mrs. Caton at Daphne Sunday. Instead of crossing the bay Sunday morning ... Professor Caton and the friend who was to have accompanied him, abandoned the trip. ...

"Caton's regret exceeded only his amazement. He insisted on paying for the rent of the launches used by the rescue parties, and has thanked his friends heartily for their solicitude."

Not my line, just sharing.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

cntrychic — 2012-03-02 00:59:49Z

According to McQueen's story Ann Catherine Harmon's father directed an insane asylum. I have not been able to find her relatives though. Have you had better luck?

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

cntrychic — 2012-03-02 00:57:53Z

Randy,

I did not know Hervey nor have I spent much time in Kentucky. I started this genealogy project as a favor to my father and then got interested too. According to my research Hervey lived in Boxville and was a railroad mail clerk.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

rjdouty — 2012-03-01 14:13:19Z

Moses the murderer was b. 8 May 1839 (not 1851) d. 8 May 1885 (hanged at 1:00 pm).

Children of Moses B. (1811)and Ann Catherine Harmon are:

Lethco, Roberta, Moses(murderer), Henrietta,
Roseanna (Roxie Ann), Amanda, John, William, Henry Clay, James, Lauretta, Effie Jane, Harriet, and Thomas.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

clarke_rs — 2012-02-29 21:56:06Z

After sitting here and thinking it was hervey it just came to me we called him uncle hervey didnt he live in lousville seems like I remember something like that. That was close to 50 yrs ago. I have problem remembering yesterday LOL
Do you live around Morganfield I live in Owensboro
THANKS RANDY

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

clarke_rs — 2012-02-29 21:47:24Z

I'll see if I have anything his sister Tempest was my great grandmother I do remember seeing him when he would come down and visit her we would have sunday dinner
Randy Clarke

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

clarke_rs — 2012-02-29 21:07:43Z

clarke_rs@yahoo.com thank you

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

clarke_rs — 2012-02-29 21:06:28Z

your right if I'm thinking right he used to come down and visit it been long time but I'm thinking he was lived lousville I do remember him I was thinking his name was harvey but could been hervy I was young long time ago thanks for answering

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

maceoc3 — 2012-02-28 23:14:49Z

I tried to post a copy here for you but the Ancestory site will not allow posting of pdf files. ???? Let me know your email address and I will send.

Mark Caton
Lexington, KY

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

cntrychic — 2012-02-28 22:35:18Z

I ordered McQueen's book off Amazon. It is called True Crime Stories From the Bluegrass. I also ordered the CD edition of the History of Union County, KY from amazon. This provides scanned copies of many documents.

Tempest would be my great great aunt. My great grandfather was her brother Hervey Caton.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

clarke_rs — 2012-02-28 22:22:19Z

My great grand mother part of moses caton by marraige she was tempest lynn caton i remember stories my grand mother told about him they lived around mclure cemtary till camp brekenridge took their ground would like to know where to get a copy of the book I grew up on 56 right above caton cemetary little past boxville where my mother went to schoo my family was lynn's caton's woodard's from around boxville area

Caton

74baker — 2012-02-19 03:57:30Z

Hello there, I have a great grandfather in the 1930 census. His name is ANderson Fountain CaYton. However, they mispelled his name as Caton. I think my aunt did some research into the surname Cayton and it seems that sh said to me that she had traced the lineage back to Englanbd, (how far I do not know), and that there is a loch over there across the pond named after us...Would you happen to know of anything at all that would help me in furthering my searc? If so, it would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Melissa Baker

Oh, my tree is public and is named Baker Family Tree

Re: Caroline CATAN d/o James and BELINDA, Whitby ON m Jacob GROAT?

jtimleck — 2011-11-25 05:20:15Z

Caroline CATON or CATAN was the d/o James and Bathsheba (SMITH) CATAN turns out. Hosea SMITH is most likely he b. c 1836 the s/o Abraham SMITH, III and the Rachel Ann mentioned is likely his sister.

Re: KATOn/CATON from PA to OH

shellyinoh — 2011-11-09 22:47:57Z

Sounds very familiar but it may be some family I 'ran into' upon searching for my own. I'm not at the computer that has my master database, but you can try looking at www.foorgenealogy.com/hallard/ and see what you can find there. That site is not updated much at all as I have two others that I update once a month that I avidly do research on. My email is foorgenealogy@yahoo.com

Re: KATOn/CATON from PA to OH

RRetzler — 2011-11-08 20:46:12Z

Responding to a very long ago message - do you know anything more about the Katons from PA other than what you have listed on the previous message? I'm looking for Thomas Katon who was supposedly born in PA around 1807. He doesn't appear anywhere until his 1836 marriage to Lydia Halterman in Scioto County, Ohio and then is in subsequent cenus information until his death in 1893. His marriage to Melissa Searl in 1848 is also recorded.

Re:Boyorak

borisyelsnat — 2011-10-22 01:26:06Z

My name is Charles Henderson, my grandfather was Charles Francis Katen Jr. from Bangor ME. He moved to Pennsylvania and married Alice Allen, now Alice Katen. I'm new to the site and wanting to learn about my family's history.

Joshua CATON c1786, Frederick Maryland

rdhardesty1 — 2011-08-29 20:47:15Z

Seeking help finding Joshua Caton. My ancestor, George Hardesty, Jr. (b 1775) was bound out to him:

Orphans Court Records 1777- 1794 by Hageness, (Pg 106)
12 Dec 1786 George Hardesty, age 11 next March 25, bound to Joshua CATON, farmer, with consent of mother (Drusilla, sister of Baltimorean Rev. John HAGERTY 1747-1823, Methodist Deacon, printer/publisher, and trustee of Baltimore Academy).

George and his brothers Thomas (b 1773) & William (b 1776) were sons of Drusilla & George HARDESTY, Sr. (d 1779).

Re: Canadian Catons

tinapauls — 2011-08-25 23:22:38Z

Tina Cook, daughter of Donna (Caton) Cook, who is the daughter of Edward Caton, my grandfather, and 1st cousin to Eddie, Wendy, Debbie and Sandy Caton.

Margaret Winifred Caton Bermuda

46382 — 2011-08-15 23:38:29Z

Looking for any information on Margaret Winifred Caton.
born 1917 in Bermuda. Brother is Raymond Caton who would be older. Margaret Winifred Caton ultimately married Ralph Clarke. Moved the the USA in the 1940's.

Caton/Lewis information

rlilly5813 — 2011-08-08 15:13:51Z

The people I am looking for came to this country from Azores, Portugal and their last name was anglicised to Lewis. His name was Joseph Lewis, after he arrived in America, Her name was Maria Elias Caton, which became Mary Lewis, they had a few children but the one I am looking for is Hannah Lewis. If anybody can help with this please let me know, and I will give more info.

Re: James Hall Caton

soo1slo — 2011-08-06 22:52:22Z

I am a descendant of a John Hall Caton thru my great great grandmother Jeanette Priscilla Caton (daugher of John D. Caton, Married to Mary Snook) .

Are John and James the same person?

Re: Annie Caton of Andalusia, Alabama

lwrich — 2011-08-01 02:48:08Z

My ancestor was John D and Euphama CAton.
Their son was Alford D who married Susannah Deems
His son was William D CAton who married Florence Taylor
Their son was Ransom CAton who married Lena Mae White.
Ransom and Lena were my grandparents. I am especially interested in information about John and Euphama's children. And how they may be related to Frederick CAton.
Thanks

Re: Caton's from Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England

JulieSpencer11 — 2011-07-17 02:55:27Z

I don't know if this will be any help to you or not, as it relates to the Summers family. My John Caton married Elizabeth Moore, in Maryland, USA. One of their sons, Charles Caton, married Jemima Summers in 1755. In 1671, John Summers, grandfather of Jemima, arrived in Maryland from England, John was born abt 1650 and was the son of William Summers. There were 2 brothers, Benjamin and William, Benjamin being older than John, and William was younger. I believe it could be highly possible that the Caton family knew the Summers family in England, so maybe from the same area. Just a guess on my part, but I think it could be true. Julie Caton Spencer

Re: Caton's from Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England

mike123caton — 2011-07-16 20:36:21Z

Thank you for such a speedy reply. I will keep a note in my records though that it has been suggested that a Caton from this area was an early settlor in the US.

Re: Caton's from Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England

JulieSpencer11 — 2011-07-16 11:29:52Z

I've not been able to find any substantiated evidence that my Caton family came from Pulloxhill. Another Caton researcher had told me of the possibility of our line of Caton's coming from that area. The earliest documented Caton ancestor I have is John Caton, born abt 1703 in Prince George's CO, Maryland. I do not know the parents of my John Caton, or when they arrived to Maryland. At the moment, Pulloxhill seems to be a dead end for me.
Julie Caton Spencer

Re: Caton's from Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England

mike123caton — 2011-07-15 21:21:33Z

I would be interested to see the Caton refs you found in connection with your history of Silsoe.My husband's family would appear to be descended from the Catons in the Flitton/Silsoe/Pulloxhill/Gravenhurst areas of Bedfordshire

Re: NANCY CATON - GOFF DOB 1820 - CHILD LEFT BEHIND IN TN??????

eringarcia145 — 2011-05-19 12:35:49Z

You can email me direct at erin.garcia@o-i.com....curious to share information with you...

Re: NANCY CATON - GOFF DOB 1820 - CHILD LEFT BEHIND IN TN??????

Hotrodhunley — 2011-05-19 03:36:36Z

Ambrose Carroll Goff was my ggg grandfather , would like to collaborate with you by email .

Wedding John CATON & Dinah in London

avidt2 — 2011-04-13 17:20:58Z

Hi

I am looking for the marriage of a John Caton and Dinah @1844, their first child Susannah was born in Shoreditch in 1846.

many thanks

David

Penelope Caton & Gilbert Smith

DLopez42 — 2011-02-14 01:57:37Z

I am a direct descendant of and looking for information on Penelope (Caton) Smith and Gilbert Smith. I have Gilbert's birthdate as abt.1782. Penelope is listed as the mother of his children that I have found (so far) but Gilbert was living with family since the 1850's, possibly before then, so Penelope was gone a bit early on.
I have both Penelope and Gilbert as being from Orange County,and then they moved to Romulus, Seneca, NY. Later a couple generations of the family relocated to Michigan. Eaton, Lenawee, and Schoolcraft counties to be exact.
I am looking for information on Penelope Caton's and/or Gilbert Smith's parents., For any dates/info about either person, or their parents that anyone may have, any info at all.

I did read a previous post, and found that Penelope's father was a John Caton, with my GGGGgrandfather listed as her husband. No wife for John was mentioned.

Thank You!!
Danielle

Re: CATON Burney P and Honeycutt E

kimu625 — 2011-02-10 14:18:43Z

These are my grandparents on my dad's side. My dad is buried right next to them. Just curious about the pics and who you are? Thanks.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

cntrychic — 2011-02-06 22:53:54Z

I am aware of a few - short story by McQueen (others before him) and the History of Union CO, KY. I have attached quite a few news articles to my tree. Are there others?

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

cntrychic — 2011-02-06 18:59:13Z

I have the newer copy by Keven McQueen which mentions a lot of relatives, including a Ann Harmon. Supposably Harmon's father was the director of the local mental hospital. I have been unable to find any record of the Harmon's and certainly not her father. I would have thought finding her father would be easy his position and publicity of indecent incidents.

The McQueen version includes a lot of personal opinions and what if preaching, unfortunately.

I also have a copy of the History of Union CO, Ky. The parts that relate to Moses Caton have already been copied into the system by someone else.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

maceoc3 — 2011-02-06 16:18:21Z

Oh yes. I have a copy of "Moses Caton The Wife Murderer" originally written by Charles Skinner and later reprinted and published by Peyton Heady of Morganfield Kentucky. When I get around to it I plan to scan it and post it on my tree.

CATON Gerald L - Vietnam Wall section 19W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-02-05 17:47:06Z

CATON Gerald L - Vietnam Wall section 19W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 219,138 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

rjdouty — 2011-02-05 15:55:19Z

Are you aware of the books/newspaper articles written about Moses the wife muderer?

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

cntrychic — 2011-02-04 11:09:30Z

I know that there were quite a few uncles! I have Lethco, James, Moses, William, John, and Thomas. Thos I think is Thomas because the dates match and it is spelled differently at times. Moses Caton II is the father of the large clan. I have that he was 1811. There were also quite a few sisters. There are about eight different men by the name of Moses in this line so had to give them numbers.

Have you found out more about Ann Catherine Harmon's (Moses Caton II wife) relatives.

Just search for Moses Caton born 1851 he was hanged for murder so there is tons of information about him and his family.

Send me message with your email and I will give you the link my tree also. Since I am a Caton I researched this line a bit more and had a bit of family help checking facts.

Re: Caton/Wilson of Kentucky

maceoc3 — 2011-02-04 04:02:01Z

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have attached a picture you may be interested in. Do you have all of Hervey's uncles? I count five in addition to his father Henry. Also do you have a Thos Caton born around 1861 and married to Mattie? I'm trying to figure out how they connect to "my" Caton's that start with Moses Caton (1814) on my tree. I can invite you to look at my tree if you are interested.

Re: Jenny (Leslie) Caton and Rosemary (Caton) Bardo

ambhittle — 2011-01-29 18:23:07Z

I am not familiar with any one that you listed but I have another family member looking into it and will try to get back to you soon. Just out of curiosity where is your grandfather and grandmother from?