SORTING OUT THE CATORS IN MARYLAND/DC/VICINITY:

CATORS AND FERGUSONS

 1860

1860  MARYLAND  BALTIMORE   15-WD BALTIMORE = JOHN CATOR

1860  MARYLAND  WASHINGTON DC 3RD WARD = JOSEPH CATOR

Name	Home in 1860 (City,County,State)	Age  1860	Estimated Birth Year	Birthplace
Jos L Cator	Washington Ward 3, Washington, DC	45	1814	Maryland
Isabella Cator	Washington Ward 3, Washington, DC	30	1829	Virginia
Igus L Cator	Washington Ward 3, Washington, DC	6	1853	Washington
Clorinda E Cator	Washington Ward 3, Washington, DC	5	1854	Washington
Celestia Cator	Washington Ward 3, Washington, DC	5/12	1859	Washington

 

 1870

1870 CENSUS BALTIMORE (Cantonsville) MARYLAND DISTRICT 1 = CELESTIA FERGUSON        (Note lives next door to COLLISON FAMILY.) 

 1880

1880  BALTIMORE  CITY 20TH WARD PRECINCT 5 @ 192 MYRTLE AVE. = CELESTIA M. CATOR:

Celestia M. Cator is listed as niece of  Celestia Ferguson.  Celestia is 20 (born 1860).  Her sister, Elizabeth CATOR is a 24 year old niece (b. 1856 in Maryland) also living with Celestia Ferguson. Celestia A. Ferguson ( b. 1806 MD) is listed as the 74 year old head of household.  Perhaps when Isabella died, Celestia Ferguson took on some responsibility for the raising of the Joseph and Isabella children beginning in 1862.   The entry lists a James B. White, wife Mary, daughters Letitia M. and Jennie as living in the same household!

 1910

  1910 CENSUS BALTIMORE MARYLAND DISTRICT 206 Ward 1 taken 4/23/1910 at 2814 Evergreen Terrace.

Elizabeth Cator, Head, Single, age 54
Celestia Cator Ditch, Sister, Divorced (?), Age 50

 TIME LINE:

DATE	PERSONS	MISC.
1783 or 85: Elizabeth	Elizabeth "Cator"  born	Born in MD
1806: Celestia	Celestia A. "Ferguson" born	Born in MD
1812: John	John L. Cator born Believe his mother is Elizabeth Cator, now listed as age 77  (b.@ 1783),	Born in MD
1815: Joseph	Joseph L. Cator born	Born in MD
1847: Mary	Mary Ferguson born	Born in MD
1850 Census: John	Elizabeth Cator, age 65 (b. @ 1785 MD) Celestia A. Ferguson, age 44 ( b. 1806 MD)   Mary Ferguson age 3 (b 1847 MD) JOHN L. CATOR, age 38 (b. 1812 MD), a Brickmaker.	Baltimore MD 15th Ward
1/15/1852: Joseph	JOSEPH L. CATOR (age 37 b. 1815) marries  ISABELLA DAILEY (age 24) who was born in VA
1860 Census	JOHN CATOR, 48 (b. 1812) , Master Brickmaker, has personal property of $5000 and is living in the home owned by Elizabeth Cator - likely his mother, who is 77. Elizabeth Cator, now listed as age 77 (b. 1783), lives in home valued at $2000 and has $3000 of personal property. Celestia A. Ferguson, age 54  Ann Jones, Age 40 Milliner.	Baltimore MD 15th Ward
1860 Census: Joseph	Joseph L. Cator, age 45  Isabella Dailey Cator  (1) Igus (?) L. CATOR, age 6, born 1854 in DC (2) Clorinda "Elizabeth" CATOR, age 5 born  1855 in DC (3) CELESTIA CATOR, newborn 5 months old born 1860 in DC	DC Washington City 3rd Ward
27 Dec 1862	ISABELLA Dailey CATOR dies at age 32,	Buried 12/29/1862 at Congressional Cemetery Range 75, Site 212.
June 1870	Aunt Celestia A. Ferguson ( b. 1806 MD) is listed as the 64 year old head of household. (3) Celestia Cator now 10 and (2) Clorinda Elizabeth Cator, now 14, are living with their Aunt following the death of their mother Isabella in 1862.	In Cantonsville, MD?
1880 Census:  Joseph's children	Aunt Celestia A. Ferguson ( b. 1806 MD) is listed as the 74 year old  widowed head of household.  Living with her are her nieces,  (3) CELESTIA CATOR  who is  20 (b. 1860) and  (2) Clorinda "Elizabeth" CATOR who is 24. Perhaps when Isabella died, Celestia Ferguson took on some responsibility for the raising of the Joseph and Isabella children beginning in 1862.	20th Ward, Precinct 5, Baltimore City, MD @ 192 Myrtle Ave   Do not know what happened to Joseph and to Igus, his son.

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