Hello to everyone who finds themselves reading this in the archives.
This list is brand-new today and right this moment I'm the only member.
Anyone who has any interest in the surname CATSON is welcome to share
their knowledge, experience and questions here. With any luck, we will
find connections with each other! :-)
A little about what I know of "my lot" at this time...
Catherine CATSON is one of my great-great-grandmothers. She was born 08
March 1876 in Tuberlooneen, on the island of Queenstown (known as Cobh
these days) in the city of Cork, county Cork, Ireland. I have a copy of
her birth certificate. Her parents are given as George CATSON and Mary
ALLBERT. George's profession/rank is "pensioner". The informant for
the birth is Margaret CATSON.
Catherine married Augustus Louis ROBERTS on 09 March 1891 in Senglea,
Malta. She was 15 years old at the time. Augustus was in the Royal
Navy. Catherine's parents are given as George CATSON and Margherita
(Italian for "Margaret") CATSON nee ADAMS. I suspect Margaret died long
before this, and her husband's memory for detail wasn't too good.
Seven weeks later, Catherine gave birth to my great-grandmother, Louisa
Margaret Julia ROBERTS, on 27 April 1891 in Senglea, Malta. On the
birth certificate, it says that the informant was George CATSON, aged
63, who was present at the birth. I am assuming that this is
Catherine's father. The certificate also says that George (the
informant) was a mariner and was born in Valetta (Malta).
One of the quirks of Maltese birth certificates is that all the parties
mentioned, from the two parents to the informant and the two witnesses,
supply the names of their fathers, and whether they're living or
deceased. For George the informant, it says his father's name is
Constantino, who is deceased. This is likely an Italian-cised version
of the father's real name.
I am looking forward to others sharing their information here, and to
people making connections to others through their posts.
Kind Regards,
Wendy Howard
Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/
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