Person:Kathleen Moffit (1)

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KATHLEEN ELLEN MOFFIT
b.19 Jan 1844 SCOTLAND
d.6 Dec 1905 KINSTON NORTH CAROLINA
Parents and Siblings
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  1. KATHLEEN ELLEN MOFFIT1844 - 1905
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1860
  1. William Albert Tilling1863 - 1925
  2. Ellen Elizabeth Tilling1868 - 1948
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Facts and Events
Name KATHLEEN ELLEN MOFFIT
Gender Female
Birth? 19 Jan 1844 SCOTLAND
Marriage Abt 1860 CHELTENHAM ENGLANDto WILLIAM ALBERT ANDREW TILLING
Other 1870 KINSTON NORTH CAROLINAMarriage fact
with WILLIAM ALBERT ANDREW TILLING
Other Marriage Ending Status Death of one spouse
with WILLIAM ALBERT ANDREW TILLING
Death? 6 Dec 1905 KINSTON NORTH CAROLINA

Address: City: KINSTON State: NORTH CAROLINA

KATHLEEN MOFFITT WAS DISOWNED BY HER FATHER SIR JOHN MOFFITT WHEN SHE MARRIED WILLIAM TILLING WHO WAS A BOOTMAKER FROM ENGLAND. AT HIS DEATH, JOHN LEFT HER A SHILLING. AFTER WILLIAM DIED, KATE WROTE HOME TO SCOTLAND FOR FINANCIAL HELP WITH HER TWO CHILDREN. THEY WOULD NOT HELP HER, SO SHE OPENED A GROCERY STORE IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA AND RAISED HER CHILDREN. IT IS TOLD THAT KATE'S FAMILY IN SCOTLAND WERE VERY WELL TO DO AND THAT KATE HERSELF NEVER BUCKLED HER OWN SHOES UNTIL SHE LEFT HOME. SHE AND WILLIAM MET WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL IN CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND. SHE WAS IN A GIRL'S SCHOOL THERE. SHE WAS 16 WHEN SHE MARRIED; HE WAS 19. WILLIAM ALBERT, JR WAS BORN BEFORE THEY LEFT ENGLAND.

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