I am a descendant of Catharine Cavanaugh born 1-15-1848 or 1851 in Salem or
Wenham. I checked the Town Clerks in Salem and Wenham, Ma., but they have
no birth record.
Her parents are John Cavanaugh and Catharine Durgin, place of birth not
given.
Catherine (Kate M.) etc. married first in Gluocester, Ma. Sherburne Fifield
Morey on 8-9-1866. They had the following children: James, William,
Bertha, Sherburn, George, and Lucy.
Sherburne was wounded in the Civil War. The shot entered his chest near the
heart and lodged under the shoulder blade. It could not be extracted. He
lived with much pain and committed suicide 5-23-1879.
Catherine then married John Urquhart 5-15-1880. They had the following
children: John L. b. 12-15-1888, Warren S. b. 4-19-1882 and Eva B. Urquhart
b. 4-7-1885.
Catharine Cavenough Urquhart died 3-20-1912 in Gloucester, Ma.
Does anyone have any information on my Katie's ancestry. She went by Kitty
and all sorts of spellings for Cavanaugh. Every record I looked at had
different spellings.
Leatrice in Ma.