Edward Charles KATHER

1864 - 1939  (74 years)

• Name	Edward Charles KATHER
  Born	09 Aug 1864	Napa, California
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jan 1939	Napa, California
  Buried	18 Jan 1939	Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, California
  Person ID	I1201	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Frederick G. (Charles) KATHER,   b. Abt 1834, Prussia ,   d. 20 Jul 1877, California  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary HALLER,   b. 28 Apr 1843, New Orleans, Louisanna ,   d. 07 Mar 1892  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	17 Dec 1861	Napa, California   [1]
  Family ID	F830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine ROSSINI,   b. 1866, San Francisco, California ,   d. 04 Sep 1936, Oakland, Alameda County, California  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Charles E. KATHER,   b. 12 Jul 1886,   d. 19 Aug 1886  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   2. Carl E. KATHER,   b. 1887, California ,   d. 01 Nov 1887, California  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   3. Ray C. KATHER,   b. 08 May 1891,   d. Nov 1891  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   4. Mervin E. KATHER,   b. Abt 1892, California ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Sterling A. KATHER,   b. 04 Sep 1892, California ,   d. 21 Jul 1967, San Lorenzo, Alameda County, California  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   6. Hazel Margaret KATHER,   b. 19 Mar 1895, Napa, California ,   d. 16 Nov 1989, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 94 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Edward Charles KATHER
  		KATHER Family Edward Charles KATHER with daughter Hazel KATHER BAKER on left, Niece Mary SAMPSON and son STERLING KATHER on right.

  
  

  Documents		Edward Charles KATHER Death Certificate Great grandfather of Ron
  		KATHER, Charles A. 29 Sep 1899 The San Francisco Call Ron says that this Charles A. was probably his great grandfather sometimes called Edward.

  
  

  Headstones

  M. HALLER, Mary UNKNOWN, Edward KATHER Headstones

  
  

  Albums

  KATHER Family (15) The Kathers are a pioneer family of Napa, arriving there, as close as I can determine, in the 1860s. The scion is Charles Edward, who is married to a HALLER. I believe that HALLER\'S mother’s family may be BEGELSPACHER? All these names are in the Tulocay Cemetery in the Kather plot in Napa, along with others like GUISTO and SAMPSON. In the famly plot there are headstones for people that I am not sure how they fit into my family. They are \"Our Brother, Henry A. Kather, 1862-1929\" and \"Florence May, died Jan. 8, 1880 Aged 4 mos. 6dys\". We think Florence May could be the daughter of Edward Charles and Katherine ROSSINI KATHER because her headstone is the same type of headstone as the other small children of Edward Charles and Katherine. Edward Charles, son of Frederick Gustav (Charles), is my great grandfather. His bride was Katherine ROSSINI. How they met and courted is a great mystery. Edward was the town butcher, and did well in this capacity. At his funeral, Hazel flew into a tirade about how she was mistreated and how her father favored Mary SAMPSON, her cousin. The memory still haunts my father. Some evidence indicates that the KATHERS came to California by way of Louisiana and Texas. Not only were the HALLERS from New Orleans, but one KATHER brother was naturalized an American citizen in Travis County, Texas in the 1860s. The fact that there was a naturalization that late indicates they emigrated, probably to New Orleans, around that time, and likely from Germany

  
  

• Notes

  1018 Franklin, Napa The 1930 Napa CA Census shows Charles KATHER living with sister Lillian GRIFFITH and Niece Mary SAMPSON. Edward's death certificate shows he was residing at 1018 Franklin St. His sister Lillian GRIFFITHS was the informant on the certificate and also lived at this address.

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] Dick Bruechert, Napa Library.