Katherine Wilson Curtin Burnet died at her summer cottage at Narragansett, RI, Tues. morning, September 10. She was 71. Since young womanhood, she had suffered with rheumatism and its attendant complications made her an invalid during all the later years of life.
Mrs. Burnet was the youngest of the family of the late Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin and Mrs. Katherine Irvin Wilson Curtin. She was born in Bellefonte May 2 1859, and this was her home until she married Moses DeWitt Burnet, on May 2, 1888, and went to Syracuse, NY. She was just a young girl when her distinguished father was at the height of his political career, consequently she went much of her early life in Washington and abroad, while he was Minister to Russia. It was in this period that she was in school in Paris and experienced the thrill of having escaped from the city on the last train that left there before the Siege of Paris began.
Mrs. Burnet was one of the most brilliant daughters Bellefonte has ever known. Reared in an atmosphere of culture, with all the advantages of world-travel and contact with the best in the social and diplomatic circles of this and foreign countries, and with an inborn flair for it all, she was indeed an unusual woman. Outstanding among the many charms that were hers was a voice of rare quality. Almost we can hear it singing now as it did in the days when "if Kate Curtin will sing" any assemblage was enthralled.
She is survived by two daughters, Katherine, Mrs. I. Peace Hazard, of Narragansett; and Margaret, Mrs. George Spencer of Brooklyn, NY. One brother, William Wilson, of Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. M. C. Breese of Downingtown, Pa also survive.
Services will be held at Narragansett this afternoon. Her remains will later be taken to Boston for cremation. No arrangements have been made for the interment. Democratic Watchmen, Sept. 5 1930
Centre Democrat Sept 4 1930 added that it was likely that the burial would be made in Bellefonte.
Contributor: J Curtin Baum (49513242)
Mrs. Burnet was the youngest of the family of the late Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin and Mrs. Katherine Irvin Wilson Curtin. She was born in Bellefonte May 2 1859, and this was her home until she married Moses DeWitt Burnet, on May 2, 1888, and went to Syracuse, NY. She was just a young girl when her distinguished father was at the height of his political career, consequently she went much of her early life in Washington and abroad, while he was Minister to Russia. It was in this period that she was in school in Paris and experienced the thrill of having escaped from the city on the last train that left there before the Siege of Paris began.
Mrs. Burnet was one of the most brilliant daughters Bellefonte has ever known. Reared in an atmosphere of culture, with all the advantages of world-travel and contact with the best in the social and diplomatic circles of this and foreign countries, and with an inborn flair for it all, she was indeed an unusual woman. Outstanding among the many charms that were hers was a voice of rare quality. Almost we can hear it singing now as it did in the days when "if Kate Curtin will sing" any assemblage was enthralled.
She is survived by two daughters, Katherine, Mrs. I. Peace Hazard, of Narragansett; and Margaret, Mrs. George Spencer of Brooklyn, NY. One brother, William Wilson, of Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. M. C. Breese of Downingtown, Pa also survive.
Services will be held at Narragansett this afternoon. Her remains will later be taken to Boston for cremation. No arrangements have been made for the interment. Democratic Watchmen, Sept. 5 1930
Centre Democrat Sept 4 1930 added that it was likely that the burial would be made in Bellefonte.
Contributor: J Curtin Baum (49513242)
Katherine Wilson Curtin Burnet died at her summer cottage at Narragansett, RI, Tues. morning, September 10. She was 71. Since young womanhood, she had suffered with rheumatism and its attendant complications made her an invalid during all the later years of life.
Mrs. Burnet was the youngest of the family of the late Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin and Mrs. Katherine Irvin Wilson Curtin. She was born in Bellefonte May 2 1859, and this was her home until she married Moses DeWitt Burnet, on May 2, 1888, and went to Syracuse, NY. She was just a young girl when her distinguished father was at the height of his political career, consequently she went much of her early life in Washington and abroad, while he was Minister to Russia. It was in this period that she was in school in Paris and experienced the thrill of having escaped from the city on the last train that left there before the Siege of Paris began.
Mrs. Burnet was one of the most brilliant daughters Bellefonte has ever known. Reared in an atmosphere of culture, with all the advantages of world-travel and contact with the best in the social and diplomatic circles of this and foreign countries, and with an inborn flair for it all, she was indeed an unusual woman. Outstanding among the many charms that were hers was a voice of rare quality. Almost we can hear it singing now as it did in the days when "if Kate Curtin will sing" any assemblage was enthralled.
She is survived by two daughters, Katherine, Mrs. I. Peace Hazard, of Narragansett; and Margaret, Mrs. George Spencer of Brooklyn, NY. One brother, William Wilson, of Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. M. C. Breese of Downingtown, Pa also survive.
Services will be held at Narragansett this afternoon. Her remains will later be taken to Boston for cremation. No arrangements have been made for the interment. Democratic Watchmen, Sept. 5 1930
Centre Democrat Sept 4 1930 added that it was likely that the burial would be made in Bellefonte.
Contributor: J Curtin Baum (49513242)
Mrs. Burnet was the youngest of the family of the late Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin and Mrs. Katherine Irvin Wilson Curtin. She was born in Bellefonte May 2 1859, and this was her home until she married Moses DeWitt Burnet, on May 2, 1888, and went to Syracuse, NY. She was just a young girl when her distinguished father was at the height of his political career, consequently she went much of her early life in Washington and abroad, while he was Minister to Russia. It was in this period that she was in school in Paris and experienced the thrill of having escaped from the city on the last train that left there before the Siege of Paris began.
Mrs. Burnet was one of the most brilliant daughters Bellefonte has ever known. Reared in an atmosphere of culture, with all the advantages of world-travel and contact with the best in the social and diplomatic circles of this and foreign countries, and with an inborn flair for it all, she was indeed an unusual woman. Outstanding among the many charms that were hers was a voice of rare quality. Almost we can hear it singing now as it did in the days when "if Kate Curtin will sing" any assemblage was enthralled.
She is survived by two daughters, Katherine, Mrs. I. Peace Hazard, of Narragansett; and Margaret, Mrs. George Spencer of Brooklyn, NY. One brother, William Wilson, of Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. M. C. Breese of Downingtown, Pa also survive.
Services will be held at Narragansett this afternoon. Her remains will later be taken to Boston for cremation. No arrangements have been made for the interment. Democratic Watchmen, Sept. 5 1930
Centre Democrat Sept 4 1930 added that it was likely that the burial would be made in Bellefonte.
Contributor: J Curtin Baum (49513242)
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