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Katherine A. “Katie” Burkey

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Katherine A. “Katie” Burkey

Birth
Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Jan 1904 (aged 24)
China
Burial
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Daughter of Christian Burkey and Catherine Klopfenstein

Died of smallpox while a missionary in Tai-ming-fu, Chihli Mission, China.

Burial in the Missionary Cemetery, Tai-ming-fu, Chihli Mission, China, according to "He Shewed Himself Alive", The Testimony of the South Chihli Mission, 1906, by Walter Scott Elliott. (FAG contributor Max Haines #47691623)

(Lydia S. Burkey and her sister, Katherine A. Burkey were missionaries to China and both of their passports were issued on 16 June 1903. Both sisters died of smallpox within 3 days of each other. Lydia died on 20 Jan 1904 in Wei-hsien, Chihli Mission, China. Katherine died on 23 Jan 1904 in Tai-ming-fu, Chihli Mission, China. I found the information in the 'The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal', Volume 35, page 160. Info by FAG contributor Linda Wieringa #47705626)
Daughter of Christian Burkey and Catherine Klopfenstein

Died of smallpox while a missionary in Tai-ming-fu, Chihli Mission, China.

Burial in the Missionary Cemetery, Tai-ming-fu, Chihli Mission, China, according to "He Shewed Himself Alive", The Testimony of the South Chihli Mission, 1906, by Walter Scott Elliott. (FAG contributor Max Haines #47691623)

(Lydia S. Burkey and her sister, Katherine A. Burkey were missionaries to China and both of their passports were issued on 16 June 1903. Both sisters died of smallpox within 3 days of each other. Lydia died on 20 Jan 1904 in Wei-hsien, Chihli Mission, China. Katherine died on 23 Jan 1904 in Tai-ming-fu, Chihli Mission, China. I found the information in the 'The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal', Volume 35, page 160. Info by FAG contributor Linda Wieringa #47705626)


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