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Catharine Wilhelmina <I>Schäffer</I> Hansbury

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Catharine Wilhelmina Schäffer Hansbury

Birth
Germany
Death
23 Jun 1847 (aged 64–65)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Died,
On the 23d inst., after a lingering illness, Mrs. CATHARINE HANSBURY, in the 65th year of her age.
Her friends, and those of the family, are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, from her late residence, No. 1 Gebbard st., between Race and Cherry and Schuylkill Seventh and Eighth, on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, without further notice.
—Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Thursday, June 24, 1847, p. 2.

Died of heart disease, and was buried Friday, June 25, 1847, in Section C, Lot 366, of Monument Cemetery, Philadelphia. On April 5, 1866, her remains and those of her husband were removed to Odd Fellows Cemetery (Church and Town Records, Philadelphia, Monument Cemetery Records, Genealogical Society Monument Cemetery)

Middle name and maiden name provided by contributor Cate Daley.

NOTE: Lawnview Cemetery charges to look up burial records. If you have a confirmation from Lawnview that Catharine is actually reburied there, please forward.

"If you drive through Lawnview Cemetery, there is a vast field with no grave markers. This is where the burials from Monument Cemetery and Odd Fellows Cemetery are. There are no monuments, headstones, or markers of any kind because most of them were dumped into the Delaware River.... " —Ed Snyder, "The Odd End to Philadelphia's Odd Fellows Cemetery," April 28, 2016
Died,
On the 23d inst., after a lingering illness, Mrs. CATHARINE HANSBURY, in the 65th year of her age.
Her friends, and those of the family, are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, from her late residence, No. 1 Gebbard st., between Race and Cherry and Schuylkill Seventh and Eighth, on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, without further notice.
—Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Thursday, June 24, 1847, p. 2.

Died of heart disease, and was buried Friday, June 25, 1847, in Section C, Lot 366, of Monument Cemetery, Philadelphia. On April 5, 1866, her remains and those of her husband were removed to Odd Fellows Cemetery (Church and Town Records, Philadelphia, Monument Cemetery Records, Genealogical Society Monument Cemetery)

Middle name and maiden name provided by contributor Cate Daley.

NOTE: Lawnview Cemetery charges to look up burial records. If you have a confirmation from Lawnview that Catharine is actually reburied there, please forward.

"If you drive through Lawnview Cemetery, there is a vast field with no grave markers. This is where the burials from Monument Cemetery and Odd Fellows Cemetery are. There are no monuments, headstones, or markers of any kind because most of them were dumped into the Delaware River.... " —Ed Snyder, "The Odd End to Philadelphia's Odd Fellows Cemetery," April 28, 2016


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