| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John FOREMAN | |
| Mother: | Rachel Rebecca PIERCE |
Individual Report for Catherine Foreman
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| Individual Facts: |
| Birth: | 1835 in PA | |
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| Death: | 03 Apr 1919 in Honeybrook, Chester co, PA | |
| Burial: | Honey Brook United Methodist Cemetery, PA |
| Shared Facts | with Thomas NELMS |
| Marriage: | ? | ||
| Children: | John Nelms (killed by mail train in 1901) | b: 1859 in PA | |
| Ellen Nelms | b: c1863 in PA | ||
| Henry/Harry O. Nelms (died from train accident 1893) | b: 2 Sep 1865 in PA | ||
| Howard Nelms | b: c1868 in PA | ||
| Edward "Hobby" Nelms | b: c1871 in PA | ||
| Sarah Nelms | b: c1875 in PA | ||
| William NELMS | b: 1863 in PA | ||
| Jacob Hadley (foster son) | b: Jan 1878 in PA | ||
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| 1880 Census: Honeybrook Borough, Chester, Pennsylvania: Enumeration District: 0078 | ||||||||
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| Catharine Nelms | 1839 | b: PA | Head | Widowed | W | F | parents b: PA | Keeping House |
| John Nelms | 1860 | b: PA | Son | Single | W | M | parents b: PA | Farm Laborer |
| Ellen Nelms | 1863 | b: PA | Dau | Single | W | F | parents b: PA | At Home |
| William Nelms | 1864 | b: PA | Son | Single | W | M | parents b: PA | Farm Laborer |
| Henry Nelms | 1867 | b: PA | Son | Single | W | M | parents b: PA | Laborer |
| Howard Nelms | 1868 | b: PA | Son | Single | W | M | parents b: PA | At School |
| Edward Nelms | 1871 | b: PA | Son | Single | W | M | parents b: PA | At School |
| Sarah Nelms | 1875 | b: PA | Dau | Single | W | F | parents b: PA | |
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| Newspaper articles |
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| Taken from: http://sites.google.com/site/nelmsmail/newspaperarticles |
L 4.5.1919 NELMS—In Honeybrook borough, on April 3, 1919, Catherine Nelms, aged 80 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Grube, in Honeybrook, on Monday, April 7, 1919. Services at the house at 11 o’clock a. m. Interment in Honeybrook M. E. Cemetery. |
CR 4.6.1919 Mrs. Catherine Nelms died at her home in Honey Brook after a long illness. |
L 4.10.1919 ESTATE OF CATHERINE NELMS, Late of Honeybrook, Pa., Dec'd. Letters Testamentary on the above Estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present the same, without delay, to EDWARD B. NELMS, Executor, Downingtown, Pa. J. Carroll Hayes, Att'y. ap10n |
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L 4.21.1919 Mrs. Catherine Nelms. Mrs. Catherine Nelms, who died April 3, long held a place in the admiration and respect of the citizens of her community. The esteem in which she was held was due in large part to the capability and grit she displayed when the sudden death of her husband allowed the burden of family responsibility to fall heavily upon her own shoulders. Mrs. Nelms, who was Miss Catherine Foreman before her marriage, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Foreman, was born at a home in the forest, a few miles from Churchtown. In her early girlhood she came to the Honeybrook district and after living in that neighborhood four years she married Thomas Nelms. After nine years in a home at Honeybrook, they bought a farm on the road to Morgantown, about one mile from Honeybrook. The death of Mr. Nelms, in 1876, was a severe blow to the mother and her large family. He was killed at the raising of a barn, where he was applying his training as a carpenter. It was then that Mrs. Nelms, left with a family of seven children, including a baby only fourteen months old, assumed the responsibility of managing the farm. It was customary for her to go into the fields and work with her boys, as well as directing the business side. She was so successful that in a few years she paid off all encumbrances upon the property. The death of her two sons, John and Henry—both of them killed in accidents on the railroad, was a severe trial. Eventually she moved to Honeybrook, buying a home there. The children who survive her are Mrs. Ella M. Grube, William Nelms both of Honeybrook; Howard Nelms, of Reading; Edward Nelms, of Downingtown, and Mrs. Sadie Martin, of Terre Hill. The following are the brothers and sisters: Peter Foreman, Churchtown; Abram Foreman, Morgantown; Clem Foreman, Gibraltar, and Mrs. Jennie Plank, of Birdsboro. The funeral was held the following Monday from her late residence, with interment in the M. E. Cemetery. Rev. R. J. Johnston, officiated. * See Thomas Nelms to read about the tragedies in this family |
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