Hi. I am new to the list and fairly new to researching my genealogy. I am
looking for any information on my great grandfathers first wife, Katherine
Salsbury/Salisbury who was from Bettws Yn Rhos Abergele Wales. I have
variations of her last name and also of her full name. I have heard Katherine
Mary Blanche Salsbury/Salisbury. I have also heard Katherine Blanche Mary
Salsbury. She married Edward Sharp and then became Katherine Sharp. She also
used the nickname Kittie.
Kittie was born in 1874 in abergele wales and she died in october 1894, in
Evanston Illiois and was buried 25 October 1894 in Calvary Cemetary in
Evanston, Illinois. She died when a spark flew out from the fireplace and
caught her robe on fire.
She had two children, Father John Leo Sharp (b. 07 December 1892) and Anna
Jane Sharp (b. 16 July 1894). Father John Leo (also known as Lulu) left
behind many journals that are scattered throughout our family. In two of them
he occasionally speaks about relatives back in Wales. He speaks of Kittie's
sister Sallie and an Aunt Jane Williams. He also mentions a cousin Thomas
Parry. I believe Sallie eventually came to the US.
Kittie's husband Edward remarried to Catherine Atkinson (also known as
Kittie) and together they had 16 children and Kittie Atkinson raised the two
children from Kittie Salsbury/Salisbury as her own for a total of 18
children.
Does anyone have any information on this family? If so please, contact me
directly at suzyking(a)aol.com.