Catherine Smith ^{1 2 3}

  Death Notes:

Name: Catharine Shelly
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Dec 1908
Event Place: Jeromesville, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Sex: Female
Age: 75
Marital Status: Married
Race: w
Occupation: housekeeper
Birth Date: 23 May 1833
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Reedsberg, Ohio
Burial Date: 23 Dec 1908
Burial Place: Jeromesville, Ashland, Ohio
Father's Name: John Smith
Father's Birthplace: U
Mother's Name: Susannah Light
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Record Number: 43

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8CG-33X : 27 February 2021), Catharine Shelly, 21 Dec 1908; citing Jeromesville, Ashland, Ohio, reference fn 43; FHL microfilm 1,926,951.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 23 May 1833 and a birth location of Reedsberg, OH.

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• She appeared on the 1840 US Census in Perry Township, Wayne County, OH on June 1840. ⁵

1840 US Census
Page 26, Roll 432
Perry Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1 Female 5-10..(probably Catharine Smith, step-daughter, Susanna's daughter from her 1st marriage, age 6)

(Living with mother and step-father.)
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Chester Township, Wayne County, OH on 20 September 1850. ¹

1850 US Census
Page 350A, Family 340, Roll 740
Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Catherine Smith..18..OH (step-daughter)

(Living with mother and step-father.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 27 Jun 1833, then her age should have been 16 or 17 instead of 18.
.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Plain Township, Wayne County, OH on 13 August 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 33, Dwelling 271, Family 267
Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Catherine Shelly..37..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 27 Jun 1833, then her age should have been 36 instead of 37.
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• Death Image: 21 December 1908, in Jeromesville, OH. ³

Catherine married John Shelly about 1853. (John Shelly was born in 1830 in Pennsylvania ² and died after 1 June 1870.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Plain Township, Wayne County, OH on 13 August 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 33, Dwelling 271, Family 267
Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio
John Shelly..40..PA..Farmer
Catherine Shelly..37..OH..Keeping House
Emmanuel Shelly..16..OH..Works on Farm
E. M. Shelly..14..OH..At Home
Anise Shelly..7..OH
M. A. Shelly..2..OH
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