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Catherine May WHILT

BIRTH: 7 MAR 1869, Maywood, Benton Co., MN
DEATH: 20 DEC 1944, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
BURIAL: Acacia Park Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland Co., MI

MARRIAGE: 1 JAN 1886, Oak Park, Maywood, Benton Co., MN

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INDEX

Notes

[NI1426] Updated April 2, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Maywood, Benton Co., MN Family History Library Film 1254615, NA Film Number T9-0615, Page 176A.

Catherine Whilt (listed as "Cathorine Wilt") is the 11-year-old daughter of the widowed Rebecca Whilt. Her birthplace is recorded as Pennsylvania, and she is at home.

(2) 1910 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview: Supervisory District 1, Enumeration District 156; Sheet 5B; April 19, 1910.

Catherine (listed as "Katherine") [Whilt] Sylvester is married to George F. Sylvester. Children in the household are Katherine and Marion. George's brother Edwin Sylvester and family live in the next residence.

- Age: 42; married for 23 years.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to five children, three of whom are presently living.
- Birthplace: Minnesota, with her parents from Pennsylvania.

(3) 1920 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 158; Sheet 12B; January 12, 1920.

Catherine M. (listed as "Katherine") [Whilt] Sylvester is married to George Franklin (listed as "Frank G.") Sylvester, head of household. Children in the household include Katherine S. and Marion F. Sylvester. George's brother Edwin Sylvester and family live two households away.

- Age: 52.
- Birthplace: Minnesota, with her parents from Pennsylvania.

(4) 1930 United States Census for Michigan, Wayne Co., Detroit City: Ward 17; Block 4; Enumeration District 21-655; Sheet 1A; April 2, 1930.

Katherine (Whilt) Sylvester is included in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Marion F. and Lloyd Jewell is married to Lloyd Jewell. She is listed as 61, born in Michigan (?), and is a widow.

(5) Manzow, Ron, ed., "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota -- a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884" (Plainview, Minnesota: Plainview History Center, 2001).

- 1925 (September 28): "Mrs. G. F. Sylvester left Monday [September 28] for Lincoln, Nebraska and will make her home with her daughter who is teaching there" [NOTE: her husband passed away a month earlier on August 17]. (page 157)
- 1942 (May 29): Lived in Detroit, MI.
- 1944 (December 20): "... died very suddenly on December 20 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd V. Jewell of Detroit, Mich. Her death was due to a stroke." (page 225)

(6) The History of Wabasha County [MN], 1920. Biography of George Franklin Sylvester.

"...was born in Maywood Township, Benton County, Minn., in March, 1869, being the first white child born in that township. She was well educated in the public schools of her home county and was also a student in the Northfield public schools. After her marriage to Mr. Sylvester she took up and learned the art of telegraphy under her husband, and for six years subsequently was operator at Milaca, proving her efficiency by completely handling the business pertaining to thirty trains a day."

(7) Jewell Family Records. August 8, 2002.

- Daughter of Joseph Henry and Rebecca Belle (Grove) Whilt.
- Provides burial information.