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Surnames: Catlin
Classification: Query
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Hi Gayle,
Thanks for checking, anyway. All the family is in California now, and spread out. There
wouldn't be any first degree relatives in Texas, but I thought maybe someone knew
something. I'd like to be able to tell my daughter what nationality, and history there
is on the paternal side. The Catlin family that I knew was VERY handsome. I met
Dick's father, Richard Sr., in 1972, and he was the picture of health, at age 44.
There was a bunch of them that settled in Sacramento in the late 1800's, and some of
the family went into construction. Richard owned a construction company, and between the
hard working and hard drinking, it took it's toll. My daughter's father also died
in his 40's, for much the same reason. Anyway, there wouldn't have been anyone
left in Texas that would have known Juanita, because they married here, and didn't
return to Texas. She may have used the last name Johnson, but her father's name was
Luke Williams. I knew him very well, a farmer and bear hunter, tha!
t helped my parents learn to raise cattle, when I was a child. Thanks Again!