Caroline Randall – 1861-1940
George Cathrea – 1855-1938

Birth

Caroline Randall, daughter of William Randall and Sarah Gooding, was born January 31, 1861 after the family moved to Elmira from Wentworth County. She was not listed in the 1861 census which was taken about two weeks earlier on January 14, 1861. The date comes from the 1901 census when she and her husband lived in Elmira. Caroline's death record says that she was born one year earlier, on January 31, 1860, which would make her non-appearance in the 1861 census even more puzzling.

Marriage

Carrie married George Cathrea in Elmira on January 7, 1880. The date comes from the Ontario Archive for 1880, reference #011-072. We also know that a son, George William Cathrea was born on May 31, 1882 and that the family was living in Elmira for both the 1891 1901, and 1911 censuses and for years after that.

Groom: George Cathrae Age: 24 Residence: Elmira Born: Galt bachelor Occ: Teamster Parents: George and Jesse Cathrae Relig: Presbyterian Bride: Carolina Randall Age: 20 Residence: Elmira Born: Elmira spinster Parents: William and Sarah Randall Relig: Presbyterian Witnesses: Rosa Randall, Elmira John Pott, St Jacobs Place: Elmira, January 7th, 1880 By: Rev A Ernst License

George and Caroline Cathrae with son George William Cathrae

Death

The death of George Cathrea on Thursday November 3, 1938 was noted in the Kitchener Daily Record on the following day:

GEORGE CATHRAE By Record Correspondent.     ELMIRA, Nov. 4. -- George Cathrae, Elmira, age 88; died at the Hamilton Hospital last evening after an illness of several weeks.     Funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon from Dreisinger's Funeral Chapel, Elmira, to Elmira Cemetery for interment. Rev. Mr. Wright will officiate.

• The official death date for George Cathrae from the Vital Statistics was November 4, 1938.

The death of Caroline Cathrae was recorded in the Kitchener Daily Record on the day she died in Elmira, April 22, 1940:

MRS. CAROLINE CATHREA By Record Correspondent     ELMIRA, April 22 -- Mrs. Caroline Cathrea, 80, died early today at her home here. She had been ill for some time. Deceased was born in Elmira and lived in this district all her life. Her husband, George Cathrea, died in 1938.     Surviving is one son, William of Elmira.     Funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from Dreisinger's Funeral Chapel, Elmira, to Elmira Cemetery for interment. Rev. J. S. Wright, pastor of Gale Presbyterian church will officiate.

There is a note in the local Genealogical Society that the couple were buried in St James Cemetery in Elmira, but there is no headstone to mark the spot.

There is a note on an old map of St James Cemetery in Waterloo that the following are buried in unmarked graves in Row J, beside plot 129: George Cathrae, Caroline Cathrae, William Cathrae, Lena Cathrae and Bobby Cathrae who was buried September 23, 1990.

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