Catherine Anne Houser 2 3
- Born: 3 August 1849, Eminence Township, Logan, IL 2 3 4
- Marriage (1): Joseph Zebulon Adams on 30 June 1879 in , McLean County, IL 1
- Died: 4 August 1945, Spokane, WA at age 96
- Buried: 5 August 1945, Bell, Los Angeles, California, United States
 Other names for Catherine were "Kitty" Ann Houser 4 and "Kitty" Anne Howser.1
General Notes:
Elizabeth Hawes, the mother of Kate Anne Houser, had a sister probably with the name of Kate but went by "Kitty" as found in the obituary for Elizabeth in which her married name is mentioned as "Mrs. Kittie Bruner". Obviously she must have liked the nickname so much that she applied it to her own daughter.
Many researchers show her given name simply as "Kitty" but I've determined that her true given name was "Kate Anne" and not "Kitty" because it appears in the 1860 census as "Kate". In addition, the 1909 obituary for her mother, Elizabeth Hawes, indicated that the surviving children included "Mrs. Kate Adams of Sioux City, Iowa".
Other researchers show a death date for her as 1869, but if she is mentioned as a surviving child in her mother's 1909 obituary, then her death date should obviously be after 1909.
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Noted events in her life were:
• She has alternate birth date of July 1842 and a birth location of Illinois.
This birth date was provided on her 1900 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Logan County, IL on 1 November 1850. 4
1850 US Census
Page 224A, Dwelling 773, Family 782, Roll 116
, Logan County, Illinois
Kitty Anne Houser..10m..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, IL on 27 June 1860. 2
1860 US Census
Page 88, Dwelling 668, Family 670, Roll 200
Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, Illinois
Kate Howser..11..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 2 July 1870. 3
1870 US Census
Page 29, Dwelling 194, Family 201
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Kate Howser..20..IL..At Home
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Little Sioux Township, Harrison County, IA on 25 June 1900. 1
1900 US Census
Page 13A, District 83, Dwelling 25, Family 260
Little Sioux Township, Harrison County, Iowa
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 21 years
Kittie A. Adams..Wife..Jul 1842..57..IL..3/2
(Living with husband, 2 sons, mother, and husband's niece.)
NOTE - If her birth date was in 1849, then her age should have been 50 or 51 instead of 57.
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Catherine married Joseph Zebulon Adams, son of Oliver John Quincy Adams and Ruth Elizabeth Bowles, on 30 June 1879 in , McLean County, IL.1 (Joseph Zebulon Adams was born on 28 August 1857 in Illinois 1 and died on 22 March 1941 in Tripoli, IA.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Little Sioux Township, Harrison County, IA on 25 June 1900. 1
1900 US Census
Page 13A, District 83, Dwelling 25, Family 260
Little Sioux Township, Harrison County, Iowa
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 21 years
Joseph Z. Adams..Head..Aug 1857..42..IL..Farmer
Kittie A. Adams..Wife..Jul 1842..57..IL..3/2
Claude D. Adams..Son..May 1880..20..KS
Clyde W. Adams..Son..Jun 1890..9..TX
Elizabeth Howser..MothL..Oct 1811..88..Wd..KY..6/5
Florence Moorhead..Niece..May 1884..16..IL
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