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Catharine Amelia MORRIS

Catharine Amelia MORRIS

Female 1853 - 1933  (80 years)

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  • Name Catharine Amelia MORRIS 
    Born 3 Oct 1853  Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1853, and the monument for her and her husband and son at New England Cemetery also shows her birth date as 1853. But her single grave marker at Newkirk Cemetery shows it as Oct 3 1854.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1901  Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1910, 1920  Harris District, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Newkirk, Kay Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 25 Oct 1933  [1] 
    Buried Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Kay Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • There are two grave markers for Catharine Morris Lieber. There is a monument at New England Cemetery in Wood Co, WV, for Catharine A. Lieber, her husband, and their son George. But her name has only her birth date, with the death date left blank. At Newkirk Cemetery in Kay Co, Oklahoma, there is a flat grave marker inscribed with "Grandmother" for Catherine A. Lieber. It is assumed that she is interred at Newkirk, her last known residence.
    Person ID I67151  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2017 

    Father George Miller MORRIS,   b. CA 1826, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1864, Andersonville Prison, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. Aug 1812, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1901, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Family ID F19336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rudolph G. LIEBER,   b. 15 Dec 1847, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1913, Harris District, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 2 Dec 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      Rudolph Lieber, 30, b. Maryland (both parents b. German), farmer; wife Catherine, 26, b. Va; dau Augusta C, 2, b. WVa; dau Mary E, 1, b. WVa.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Catherine's widowed mother and two adult children:
      Elisabeth Morris, 66, b. Va, housekeeper, widowed; dau Nancy J, 39, single, works in house; son John H, 28, single, farmer, medical condition spinal affliction.

      1900 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
      Rudolph G. Lieber, 50, b. Dec 1849 in Maryland (both parents b. Germany), farmer, married 24 yrs; wife Catherine, 46, b. Oct 1853 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), married 24 yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); son George, 18, b. Sep 1881; dau Lottie L, 16, b. Oct 1883; son William W, 14, b. May 1886; son Franklin E, 8, b. Feb 1892; son Robert B, 3, b. Feb 1897.
    Children 
    +1. Augusta Catherine LIEBER,   b. 15 Aug 1877, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1932, Washington, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +2. Mary Elizabeth LIEBER,   b. 23 Jun 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1948  (Age 68 years)
     3. George E. LIEBER,   b. Sep 1881,   d. 1903  (Age ~ 21 years)
     4. Lottie Laurentine LIEBER,   b. Oct 1883, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. William Washington LIEBER,   b. 8 May 1886, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1959  (Age 72 years)
     6. Julia F. LIEBER,   b. CA 1888,   d. Jul 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
     7. Franklin Ellsworth LIEBER,   b. 9 Feb 1892, Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Robert Brooks LIEBER,   b. 27 Feb 1897, Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1974, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F28232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2150] 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    4. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 214, Line 59 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792173&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Rudolph G. Lieber, 27, b. Baltimore, res. Doddridge Co, son of Godfrey & Catharine Lieber, farmer; and Catharine A. Morris, 22. b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John & Elizabeth Morris. Married Dec 2 1876 in Doddridge County, officiated by Eli M. Gaston.