Catherine's (Katherine) name was accidentally misspelled when the new memorial stone was carved, replacing the worn, wooden slab over the grave. The new stone was donated by Sidney H. Curtis and S. Earnest Pollock, then owners of Bright Funeral Home, in 1950.
Her maiden name is believed to be Devine. Her first spouse was Patrick McCarty.
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Catherine McCarty, the mother of Billy the Kid, was known as "a jolly Irish woman". In Wichita, Kansas (the first time she and her sons appear in historical record) she was the only woman to sign the petition that helped incorporate the town. She owned her own property and ran a laundry but soon moved her family to New Mexico. In Santa Fe she married William Antrim and moved again to Silver City. Catherine suffered from tuberculosis and succumbed to the disease on September 16, 1874 when Billy was about fourteen years old.
-bio courtesy of Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang's website.
From the issue of "Mining Life"
August 29, 1874
Obituary of Catherine Antrim.
Died—In Silver City, on Wednesday the 16th Inst. Catherine, wife of William Antrim, aged 45 years.
Mrs. Antrim with her husband and family came to Silver City about one year and a half ago, since which time her health has not been good, having suffered from an affection of the lungs, for the last four months she has been confined to her bed. The funeral occurred from the family residence, on Main Street, at 2 o' clock,on Thursday.
Her maiden name is believed to be Devine. Her first spouse was Patrick McCarty.
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Catherine McCarty, the mother of Billy the Kid, was known as "a jolly Irish woman". In Wichita, Kansas (the first time she and her sons appear in historical record) she was the only woman to sign the petition that helped incorporate the town. She owned her own property and ran a laundry but soon moved her family to New Mexico. In Santa Fe she married William Antrim and moved again to Silver City. Catherine suffered from tuberculosis and succumbed to the disease on September 16, 1874 when Billy was about fourteen years old.
-bio courtesy of Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang's website.
From the issue of "Mining Life"
August 29, 1874
Obituary of Catherine Antrim.
Died—In Silver City, on Wednesday the 16th Inst. Catherine, wife of William Antrim, aged 45 years.
Mrs. Antrim with her husband and family came to Silver City about one year and a half ago, since which time her health has not been good, having suffered from an affection of the lungs, for the last four months she has been confined to her bed. The funeral occurred from the family residence, on Main Street, at 2 o' clock,on Thursday.
Catherine's (Katherine) name was accidentally misspelled when the new memorial stone was carved, replacing the worn, wooden slab over the grave. The new stone was donated by Sidney H. Curtis and S. Earnest Pollock, then owners of Bright Funeral Home, in 1950.
Her maiden name is believed to be Devine. Her first spouse was Patrick McCarty.
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Catherine McCarty, the mother of Billy the Kid, was known as "a jolly Irish woman". In Wichita, Kansas (the first time she and her sons appear in historical record) she was the only woman to sign the petition that helped incorporate the town. She owned her own property and ran a laundry but soon moved her family to New Mexico. In Santa Fe she married William Antrim and moved again to Silver City. Catherine suffered from tuberculosis and succumbed to the disease on September 16, 1874 when Billy was about fourteen years old.
-bio courtesy of Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang's website.
From the issue of "Mining Life"
August 29, 1874
Obituary of Catherine Antrim.
Died—In Silver City, on Wednesday the 16th Inst. Catherine, wife of William Antrim, aged 45 years.
Mrs. Antrim with her husband and family came to Silver City about one year and a half ago, since which time her health has not been good, having suffered from an affection of the lungs, for the last four months she has been confined to her bed. The funeral occurred from the family residence, on Main Street, at 2 o' clock,on Thursday.
Her maiden name is believed to be Devine. Her first spouse was Patrick McCarty.
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Catherine McCarty, the mother of Billy the Kid, was known as "a jolly Irish woman". In Wichita, Kansas (the first time she and her sons appear in historical record) she was the only woman to sign the petition that helped incorporate the town. She owned her own property and ran a laundry but soon moved her family to New Mexico. In Santa Fe she married William Antrim and moved again to Silver City. Catherine suffered from tuberculosis and succumbed to the disease on September 16, 1874 when Billy was about fourteen years old.
-bio courtesy of Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang's website.
From the issue of "Mining Life"
August 29, 1874
Obituary of Catherine Antrim.
Died—In Silver City, on Wednesday the 16th Inst. Catherine, wife of William Antrim, aged 45 years.
Mrs. Antrim with her husband and family came to Silver City about one year and a half ago, since which time her health has not been good, having suffered from an affection of the lungs, for the last four months she has been confined to her bed. The funeral occurred from the family residence, on Main Street, at 2 o' clock,on Thursday.
Inscription
In Memory of Mrs Kathrine Antrim
Mother of 'Billy the Kid'
Family Members
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- Memory Lane Cemetery McCarty Antrim or Devine
- Silver City McCarty Antrim or Devine
- Grant County McCarty Antrim or Devine
- New Mexico McCarty Antrim or Devine
- USA McCarty Antrim or Devine
- Find a Grave McCarty Antrim or Devine
