Catharine E. Williams

  General Notes:

Source: 1850 US census, Indiana, DeKalb Co, Stafford Twp, fam 50.
She is Catharine Laffer, 21, f, OH, married within the last year.
Next residence is probably her parents: George and Rachel Williams, wi th ch Lucinda, Henry, Hiram, David, Mary M.

Source: 1856 Iowa state census, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, roll IA_73, fam 12 3. She is Catharine Laffer, 26, f, w, married, OH.

Source: 1860 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, fam 1943. She is Cathe rine
Laffer, 29 f, OH.
With husband and one child Hannah.

Source: 1870 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney , fam 42. She is C.E. L affer,
42, f, w, keeping house. OH.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa; Rol l: T9_349; Family History Film: 1254349; Page: 145.3000; Enumeration Distr ict: 156; Image: 0112.
She is Chat Laffer, 51, wife. OH OH PA?

Source: 1895 Iowa state census, Sigourney, Keokuk Co.
Catherine E Laffer, 65, w, OH.

Source: 1900 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, fam 544.
She is Kate Laffer, 71, Jan 1829. OH NJ PA.
Had 10 children, 3 living. Probably says 8 living. Looks like 3.

Source: 1910 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, fam 589.
She is Catherine E Laffer, 82, mother, widow. OH PA OH.
Had 11 ch, 9 living. (Its been erased and written over, clearly. But th is could be an error. I am missing several children here. And they weren 't mentioned in the father's biography or in his will.)

Source: Iowa Graves Survey WPA
LAFFER, Catherine, born 1829, died 22 Jan 1915, East Cemetery, Sigourne y, Keokuk Co. Wife of Philip.

Catharine married Philip Laffer, son of Henry Laffer and Hannah Pritchard, on 3 Jan 1850. (Philip Laffer was born on 28 Aug 1827 in Tuscarawas Co, Ohio, died on 25 Oct 1903 in Woodberry Co, Iowa and was buried on an unknown date in East Cemetery, Sigourney, Keokuk Co, Iowa.)