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Katherine “Charles or Frenchy” Vosbaugh

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Katherine “Charles or Frenchy” Vosbaugh

Birth
France
Death
12 Nov 1907 (aged 79–80)
Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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Charles "Frenchy" Vosbaugh lived in Trinidad, Colorado from the 1880s until his death. His final days were spent in a Catholic hospital, where the nuns found that Charles had been born Katherine and had been living as a man for 60 years, but allowed him to wear his masculine clothes and continued calling him "Grandpa". He was buried in his overalls.
Charles "Frenchy" Vosbaugh lived in Trinidad, Colorado from the 1880s until his death. His final days were spent in a Catholic hospital, where the nuns found that Charles had been born Katherine and had been living as a man for 60 years, but allowed him to wear his masculine clothes and continued calling him "Grandpa". He was buried in his overalls.

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  • Created by: Athanatos
  • Added: Feb 1, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104493796/katherine-vosbaugh: accessed ), memorial page for Katherine “Charles or Frenchy” Vosbaugh (1827–12 Nov 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104493796, citing Catholic Cemetery, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585).