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View Tree for Catharine KennedyCatharine Kennedy (b. 15 Apr 1802, d. 06 Mar 1880)

Catharine Kennedy (daughter of Duncan Kennedy)151 was born 15 Apr 1802 in Barony, Glasgow, Scotland, and died 06 Mar 1880 in Melrose , Mass.. She married John Wilson on 16 Nov 1823 in Barony, Lanark, Scotland, son of Joshua Wilson and Elizabeth Chalmers.

 Includes NotesNotes for Catharine Kennedy:
Died of "Age & debility" Mass VR

John Wilson married a Catharine Kennedy on 16 Nov 1823 in Barony, Lanark, Scotland. That much is pretty sure. At the time he is shown as a printer in Calton, a suburb of Glasgow. The question is which Catharine was it? From the census of 1860 and 1880 of Cambridge I place her date of birth as 1802-1804. Her death record in January 1880 says she was 77. That fits. She would have been 78 in April. It gives her father’s name as Duncan. And that’s the stumbling block.

The website ScotlandsPeople has original records of births and marriages in Scotland. Searching for Catharine Kennedy between 1800 and 1806 brings up 7 possibilities. A Catharine was born in 1802 in Barony, Glasgow, one day before John, but to John Kennedy and Ann Carmichael. The only Catharine born to a Duncan Kennedy was born on Sept 1806 but in Blair Atholl, Perth, some distance from Glasgow.

In 1825 there was a John Wilson listed as a bookbinder in Calton so they were still there. But in August 1826 their first son John was born in County Antrim, Ireland.

Assuming above dates here are the two Catharine’s ages at different times.

Born 1802 Marriage age 21 Son born age 24
Born 1806 Marriage age 17 Son born age 20

Everything points to the 1802 date except for her father’s name on her death certificate. There were several Duncan Kennedys in Barony at the right time but none I see with a daughter Catharine.

To further complicate the situation, Her son, William E., in 1904 on his sister Maria's death cerificate says their mother was Catharine Kennedy, born in Edinboro! And in 1909 on David's death he declares their mother was Catharine Stuart. At that time William was 66. Maybe his memory was bad or he never really knew.


More About Catharine Kennedy and John Wilson:
Marriage: 16 Nov 1823, Barony, Lanark, Scotland.

Children of Catharine Kennedy and John Wilson are:
  1. +John Wilson, b. 28 Aug 1826, Ballintoy, Antrim, Ireland, d. 12 May 1903, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  2. +Joshua Wilson, b. 1827, Ballintoy, Antrim, Ireland, d. 1886, Cambridge.
  3. Anna Letitia Barberld Wilson, b. Abt. 1836, Ireland, d. 09 Jul 1914, Massachusetts.
  4. Maria Edgeworth Wilson, b. Aug 1838, Manchester, England, d. 25 Dec 1904, Melrose, MA.
  5. +David WILSON, b. Mar 1841, England152, d. 31 Mar 1909, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts153.
  6. William E. Wilson, b. Jun 1844, England154, d. 10 Feb 1921.
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