Mrs. Catharine Amory (Bennett) Palmer Abbe
Note: Birth is recorded in Roxbury, MA, but elsewhere is reported as Connecticut or Stonington, CT and once as New York state.
Note: Death Date on marker (20 Sep 1920) does not agree with Maine Death Record or contemporary newspaper accounts (25 Sep 1920).
Age: 87 yrs. 2 mos. 2 dys.
D/O Joseph Bennett & Harriet Maria (Denison) Bennett
W/O (1) Courtlandt Palmer (24 Mar 1843-23 Jul 1888); m 4 Feb 1867, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA
- M/O Robert E. Palmer (c1867-unk)
- M/O Courtlandt Palmer (17 Dec 1871-15 Dec 1951)
- M/O Evelina (Palmer) Sikelianos (9 Jan 1874-4 Jun 1952)
- M/O May Suydam Palmer (12 Jul 1870-27 Dec 1941)
W/O (2) Dr. Robert Abbe (13 Apr 1851-7 Mar 1928); m 14 Nov 1891, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Cerebral Apoplexy, 2nd Attack, with Exhaustion & Pulmonary Congestion as Contributing Causes.
Death Notice, New York [NY] Tribune, Tue, 28 Sep 1920, pg. 9:
ABBE—On Saturday, September 25, 1920, at Brook End, Bar Harbor, Catharine Amory Bennett Abbe, wife of Dr. Robert Abbe. Funeral services at Grace Church, Broadway and Tenth st., on Tuesday morning, September 28, at 10:30. Please omit flowers.
Obituary, The New York (NY) Times, Tue, 28 Sep 1920, pg. 13:
Mrs. Catherine Amory Bennett Abbe, wife of the surgeon, Dr. Robert Abbe, died Saturday [25 Sep 1920] at her Bar Harbor residence after a short illness. Among her many social and civic activities in this city was her work with the Nineteenth Century Club and founder of the City History Club and was a member of the Colony Club and the Colonial Dames. Her home here was at 11 West Fiftieth Street.
Listed in entry 743 (Robert Abbe) of "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy/In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe & Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916:
743, ROBERT ABBE ... Married November 14, 1891, CATHERINE AMORY BENNETT, widow of Courtlandt Palmer. She has taken a prominent part in the establishment of the City History Club Work, and has been its president for some years.
Mrs. Catharine Amory (Bennett) Palmer Abbe
Note: Birth is recorded in Roxbury, MA, but elsewhere is reported as Connecticut or Stonington, CT and once as New York state.
Note: Death Date on marker (20 Sep 1920) does not agree with Maine Death Record or contemporary newspaper accounts (25 Sep 1920).
Age: 87 yrs. 2 mos. 2 dys.
D/O Joseph Bennett & Harriet Maria (Denison) Bennett
W/O (1) Courtlandt Palmer (24 Mar 1843-23 Jul 1888); m 4 Feb 1867, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA
- M/O Robert E. Palmer (c1867-unk)
- M/O Courtlandt Palmer (17 Dec 1871-15 Dec 1951)
- M/O Evelina (Palmer) Sikelianos (9 Jan 1874-4 Jun 1952)
- M/O May Suydam Palmer (12 Jul 1870-27 Dec 1941)
W/O (2) Dr. Robert Abbe (13 Apr 1851-7 Mar 1928); m 14 Nov 1891, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Cerebral Apoplexy, 2nd Attack, with Exhaustion & Pulmonary Congestion as Contributing Causes.
Death Notice, New York [NY] Tribune, Tue, 28 Sep 1920, pg. 9:
ABBE—On Saturday, September 25, 1920, at Brook End, Bar Harbor, Catharine Amory Bennett Abbe, wife of Dr. Robert Abbe. Funeral services at Grace Church, Broadway and Tenth st., on Tuesday morning, September 28, at 10:30. Please omit flowers.
Obituary, The New York (NY) Times, Tue, 28 Sep 1920, pg. 13:
Mrs. Catherine Amory Bennett Abbe, wife of the surgeon, Dr. Robert Abbe, died Saturday [25 Sep 1920] at her Bar Harbor residence after a short illness. Among her many social and civic activities in this city was her work with the Nineteenth Century Club and founder of the City History Club and was a member of the Colony Club and the Colonial Dames. Her home here was at 11 West Fiftieth Street.
Listed in entry 743 (Robert Abbe) of "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy/In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe & Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916:
743, ROBERT ABBE ... Married November 14, 1891, CATHERINE AMORY BENNETT, widow of Courtlandt Palmer. She has taken a prominent part in the establishment of the City History Club Work, and has been its president for some years.
Inscription
ABBE
ROBERT ABBE
DIED MARCH 7, 1928
CATHARINE AMORY
BENNETT ABBE
DIED SEPT. 20, 1920
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