Catherine M. White ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

"Catherine lost her mind as result of cruel treatment by her husband and was not permitted to rear her son George, who was reared by Mrs. Hannah Rebecca Scott, a sister of Orlando Darner."

(Source: Anonymous Submitter; Rootsweb "33588"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a33588&id=I295)

NOTE - The above statement is hard to believe given that Catherine was first married to Orlando for just over 8 years and then remarried him 26 years later. By that time, their son, George, was an adult and married with a child of his own. During the years in-between, it does not appear that George was ever living with his father, because the father had been re-married to a 2nd wife with whom he had 3 additional children.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 11 September 1848 and a birth location of , Dearborn County, IN.

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• She appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Fremont, IA on 1 January 1895. ³

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 12, Line 15, Family 93
Fremont, Mahaska County, Iowa
Cathren Darner..45..IN..Keeping House

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Oskaloosa, IA on 12 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 17A, District 68, Family 371
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa
13th Street; home owned with mortgage
Married 30 years
Katherine Darner..Wife..Sep 1849..50..IN..4/1

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in , Mahaska County, IA on January 1905. ⁵

1905 Iowa State Census
, Mahaska County, Iowa
Catherine Darner..55..IN..Card Number: A32

(Living with husband.)
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• She has alternate death information of 12 July 1911 and Mount Pleasant, IA. ⁷

Catherine married Orlando M. Darner, son of Joseph Henry Darner and Hetty Ann Outcalt, on 15 April 1869 in Wapello, IA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Orlando M. Darner was born on 8 February 1849 in Zanesville, OH ^{3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11} and died in 1935 in Ottumwa, IA ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Orlando M. Darner and Catherine M. White were divorced before 1877.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Orlando Darner
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 15 Apr 1869
Event Place: Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Catharine M. White
Spouse's Gender: Female
Reference ID: p. 177 #75

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ8C-ZTR : 3 November 2017), Orlando Darner and Catharine M. White, 15 Apr 1869, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States; citing reference p. 177 #75, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 979,587.
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Catherine next married Orlando M. Darner, son of Joseph Henry Darner and Hetty Ann Outcalt, on 17 January 1895 in Oskaloosa, IA.^{2 3 4 5} The marriage ended in divorce. (Orlando M. Darner was born on 8 February 1849 in Zanesville, OH ^{3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11} and died in 1935 in Ottumwa, IA ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Fremont, IA on 1 January 1895. ³

Page 12, Line 15, Dwelling 88, Family 93
Fremont, Mahaska County, Iowa
Orlando Darner..46..OH..Carpenter
Cathren Darner..45..IN..Keeping House
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Oskaloosa, IA on 12 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 17A, District 68, Household 371
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa
13th Street; home owned with mortgage
Years Married: 30
Head..Orlando Darner..Feb 1849..51..OH..Carpenter
Wife..Katherine Darner..Sep 1849..50..IN..4/1
Boarder..Forest Surbee..Aug 1890..9..IA

NOTE - It is interesting to note that Catherine stated on this census that they had been married for 30 years which may be true based on their first marriage in 1869 but ignores the fact that they were split up for 18 years while Orlando was married to Rosa McElrath. The four children that she states that she gave birth to were all from the first time that she was married to Orlando in 1869.
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• They appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in , Mahaska County, IA on January 1905. ⁵

, Mahaska County, Iowa
O. M. Darner..56..OH..Card Number: 31
Catherine Darner..55..IN..Card Number: A32
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• Orlando M. Darner and Catherine M. White were divorced before 1912.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Orlando Darner
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Jan 1895
Event Place: Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Catherine M. White
Spouse's Gender: Female
Reference ID: Vol.2 p.132

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ89-S41 : 3 November 2017), Orlando Darner and Catherine M. White, 17 Jan 1895, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol.2 p.132, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 985,383.
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