Person:Katharine Hamilton (1)

Biography of Katharine J Hamilton Browning

Katharine J Hamilton was born at Hamburg, Sussex, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Francis Price Hamilton and Ann Sharp^[4]. She married Ross C Browning in Hamburg on 24 Oct 1854. They moved to Orange, Essex County New Jersey in 1861 where they purchased a cottage in Llewellyn Park, Orange, New Jersey.

Katharine H Browning was a founder and trustee of the First Unitarian Church of Orange from 1892 through 1904 and a leader of the Women's Alliance. Her husband, Ross C Browning, though not on the membership roll, was noted in 1895 as being the church's "largest subscriber." The church's annual lawn party was held on their grounds in the 1890's and early 1900's see webstie: Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County, New Jersey. Her husband was president of the Metropolitan Manufacturing Company who made clothes wringers.

Ross and Mrs. Browning had four children. A son died at four years old and they also adopted a daughter, Bertha, who along with her brother remained unmarried. Miss Browning resided with her brother, Frederick at Orange, New Jersey in a residence in Llewellyn Park[7]. Charles Ross Browning was the only child who married and had children.

She died on 17 October 1906 in Orange New Jersey. Her funeral was held at her home in Llewellyn Park. She is buried beside her husband and children in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey.

Her Obituary: New York Times, Oct 18, 1906

Katherine Hamilton Browning, widow of Ross C Browning, died yesterday morning^[5] at her home in Llewellyn Park. She was 76 years old, and married Mr. Browning in 1854. Mrs. Browning was one of the organizers of the First Unitarian Church of Orange and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the church. She was also one of the charter members of the Woman’s Club of Orange. Two sons, Frederick T. Browning, and Charles R Browning, and a daughter, Miss Bertha Browning, survive her.

Map of Llewellyn Park, Orange, NJ

1. ↑ Ross C Browning & Catherine Browning, in United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives)
   16 Jan 1995.

   Catharine H Browning, age 65. b. Hamburg, Sussex, New Jersey

2. ↑ Katharine Browning, in Online New Jersey Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
   17 Oct 1906.
3. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Katharine H Browning

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Sussex, New Jersey, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   M432_464, p 45A.

   Hamilton, Francis, Farmer,
   Francis Hamilton, M age 64, b. NJ; Ann Hamilton, age 60, b. NJ; James Hamilton, M age 26, b. NJ; Joseph Hamilton, M age 24, b. NJ; Catharine Hamilton, F age 19 b. NJ; Sarah Hamilton, F age 17 b. NJ; Sarah Hamilton, F age 21, b. NJ

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Katherine Hamilton Browning, in The New York Times. (New York, New York)
   18 Oct 1906.

   Obituary

6.   Whittemore, Henry. The Founders and Builders of the Oranges: Comprising a History of the Outlying District of Newark, Subsequently Known as Orange, and of the Later Internal Divisions, viz.: South Orange, West Orange, and East Orange, … 1666-1896. (Newark, New Jersey: L. J. Hardham, 1896)
   p 318.
7. ↑ Essex, New Jersey, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   M593_861, P 359A.

   Browning, Ross C, Orange Ward 2
   Ross C Browning, M age 44, b Vermont; Kate Browning, F age 35, b NJ; Frederick Browning, M age 11, b. NJ; Charles Browning, M age 8, b. NJ

8. ↑ Essex, New Jersey, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p 260B.

   Browning, Ross C. West Orange, Essex, New Jersey
   Ross C Browning, M age 57, b. Vermont; Katharine H Browning, F age 49, b. New Jersey; Fred'k J Browning, M age 21, b. New Jersey; Charles B Browning, M age 18, b. New Jersey; Bertha Browning, F age 8, b. New York; two servants.

9. ↑ Essex, New Jersey, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Roll 968, P20A.

   Browning, Fred, West Orange, Essex, New Jersey
   Fred Browning, M age 42, b. NJ; Catherine H Browning, F age 69, b. NJ; Bertha Browning, F age 28, b. NY;