Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameKathryn BECKER
Birthabt 1871, Nevada6818
Memo1900 census lists Jan 1874
DeathOct 1965, Pinellas County, Florida1016
OccupationSinger
Education1 year college
Alias/AKACatherine, Kate
FatherJohn George BECKER (1840-1890)
MotherAnna SHEIFFER (~1846-1906)
Spouses
BirthJun 1863, New Jersey
Memo1900 census
Deathbef 1940
No Children
Notes for Kathryn BECKER
Kathryn’s birth year varies in the records on her. The first census after her birth, 1880, lists her as 9 years old, hence a year of 1871 for birth. The Social Security Applications on Ancestry.com indicate she was born in 1872. The 1900 census gives her birth information as Jan 1874. The rest of the censuses ages would indicate a birth of 1874.
Residences notes for Kathryn BECKER
1871-1890 Reno, Nevada

1894 Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Conservatory of Music
1897 Dresden, Germany for musical seminary for 3 years
Berlin, France, England and Italy with musical tour
1898 to return to America

1900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1910 Washington, D.C.

1920 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida
Census notes for Kathryn BECKER
1880 Nevada, Washoe County, Reno, E.D. 51, sheet 2B
Commercial Row, dwelling 20, family 22
Becker, J. George, white, male, age 39, head, married, saloon keeper, born Bavaria, parents born Bavaria
---------, Anna, white, female, age 36, wife, married, keeping, house, born Hesse Darmstadt, parents born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Anna, white, female, age, 12, daughter, single, attending school, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Louisa, white, female, age 11, daughter, single, attending school, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Catharine, white, female, age 9, daughter, single, attending school, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, George, white, male, age 7, son, single, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Henry, white, male, age 4, son, single, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt

1900 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, ward 7, E.D. 125, sheet 8A, stamped page 129 (taken 8 June 1900)
1335 & 1337 Pine Street, dwelling 150 and 148, family 196
Franklin, Wm H., husband, white, male, June 1863, age 36, married for 5 years, born New Jersey, father born Russia, mother born New Jersey, manager
———-, Kathryn, wife, white, female, Jan 1874, age 26, married for 5 yrs, mother of no children, born Nevada, parents born Germany
Moore, Susan Adalaide, boarder, white, female, Apl 1857, age 43, married for 13 years, mother of no children, born Maryland, father born Maryland, mother born Germany

1910 District of Columbia, Washington city, precinct 10?, E.D. 217, sheet 14B (taken 23 Apr 1910)
Woodley Apt, Columbia Road, dwelling 94, family 301
Franklin, William H., head, male, white, age 46, married twice, this for 9 years, born New Jersey, father born Germany, mother born New Jersey, govt manager, plumbing & steamfitting co.
———-, Kathryn, wife, female, white, age 35, married once for 9 years, mother of no children, born Nevada, parents born Germany

1920 Florida, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg city, precinct 1, E.D. 133, sheet 23B (taken 15 Jan 1920)
145 Porth? Ave, dwelling 338, family 184
Franklin, William H., head, owns, male, white, age 55, married, born New Jersey, father born Germany, mother born New Jersey, no occupation
———-, Kathryn, wife, female, white, age 44, married, born Nevada, parents born Germany

1930 Florida, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg City, 47th precinct, E.D. 52-32, sheet 18B (taken 30 Apr 1930)
2300 Audubon[?] Way, dwelling 382, family 406
Franklin, William H., fend, owns, $30,000, radio, male, white, age 66, married at age 37, born New Jersey, father born Germany, mother born New Jersey, no occupation
———-, Kathryn, wife, female, white, age 56, married at age 27, born Nevada, parents born Germany

1940 Florida, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg City, E.P. 15, E.D. 52-16, sheet 2A, stamped page 271 (taken 3 Apr 1940)
2300 Andalusia Way, household 29, owns, $9000
Franklin, Kathryn, head, female, white, age 67, widow, 1 year college, born Washington, lived in same house in 1935
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Sessions, Edith, lodger, female, white, age 56, widow, 4 yrs college, born Nevada, lived in Washington, D.C. in 1935
————, Wayne, lodger’s son, male, white, age 15, single, 2 yrs high school, born Nevada, lived in Washington, D.C. in 1935
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