Catharine, better known as Kitty, was the eighth of ten children born to Dr. Francis Palm and his wife Catharine Reeser in Friedensburg, Oley Township.
Kitty An married Ebenezer Lee, who also lived in Oley Township. They had two children, whom she raised alone, while he went off to fight in the Civil War. During that time, Kitty also cared for her elderly parents in their home. Ebenezer never made it home from war, leaving her a widow at age 28 with two young children.
Two years later, Catharine enrolled her children in the Soldiers' Orphans Institute at 23rd & Parrish Streets in Philadelphia. They boarded at the adjacent Northern Home for Friendless Children at 23rd & Brown Streets. Son Earnest P stayed there for seven years until he turned 16. Daughter Louisa stayed there longer.
Daughter Louisa married Francis B Koons in 1888. In 1900, Catharine Lee lived with her daughter Louisa's growing family in the same section of Philadelphia. By 1910, the extended family moved to 6013 Baynton Street in Germantown, and were still there in 1920.
84 years, 10 months and 16 days old
Kitty An married Ebenezer Lee, who also lived in Oley Township. They had two children, whom she raised alone, while he went off to fight in the Civil War. During that time, Kitty also cared for her elderly parents in their home. Ebenezer never made it home from war, leaving her a widow at age 28 with two young children.
Two years later, Catharine enrolled her children in the Soldiers' Orphans Institute at 23rd & Parrish Streets in Philadelphia. They boarded at the adjacent Northern Home for Friendless Children at 23rd & Brown Streets. Son Earnest P stayed there for seven years until he turned 16. Daughter Louisa stayed there longer.
Daughter Louisa married Francis B Koons in 1888. In 1900, Catharine Lee lived with her daughter Louisa's growing family in the same section of Philadelphia. By 1910, the extended family moved to 6013 Baynton Street in Germantown, and were still there in 1920.
84 years, 10 months and 16 days old
Catharine, better known as Kitty, was the eighth of ten children born to Dr. Francis Palm and his wife Catharine Reeser in Friedensburg, Oley Township.
Kitty An married Ebenezer Lee, who also lived in Oley Township. They had two children, whom she raised alone, while he went off to fight in the Civil War. During that time, Kitty also cared for her elderly parents in their home. Ebenezer never made it home from war, leaving her a widow at age 28 with two young children.
Two years later, Catharine enrolled her children in the Soldiers' Orphans Institute at 23rd & Parrish Streets in Philadelphia. They boarded at the adjacent Northern Home for Friendless Children at 23rd & Brown Streets. Son Earnest P stayed there for seven years until he turned 16. Daughter Louisa stayed there longer.
Daughter Louisa married Francis B Koons in 1888. In 1900, Catharine Lee lived with her daughter Louisa's growing family in the same section of Philadelphia. By 1910, the extended family moved to 6013 Baynton Street in Germantown, and were still there in 1920.
84 years, 10 months and 16 days old
Kitty An married Ebenezer Lee, who also lived in Oley Township. They had two children, whom she raised alone, while he went off to fight in the Civil War. During that time, Kitty also cared for her elderly parents in their home. Ebenezer never made it home from war, leaving her a widow at age 28 with two young children.
Two years later, Catharine enrolled her children in the Soldiers' Orphans Institute at 23rd & Parrish Streets in Philadelphia. They boarded at the adjacent Northern Home for Friendless Children at 23rd & Brown Streets. Son Earnest P stayed there for seven years until he turned 16. Daughter Louisa stayed there longer.
Daughter Louisa married Francis B Koons in 1888. In 1900, Catharine Lee lived with her daughter Louisa's growing family in the same section of Philadelphia. By 1910, the extended family moved to 6013 Baynton Street in Germantown, and were still there in 1920.
84 years, 10 months and 16 days old
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