Maryland/Virginia/District of Columbia - Richard T. and Carrie W. Cator

RICHARD T. CATOR, SR. & MARGARET CATOR
RICHARD T. CATOR, JR., & CARRIE W. CATOR
(DC and Poolesville, MARYLAND)
Updated October 2006

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RICHARD THOMAS CATOR, JR. was born FEBRUARY 11, 1887. He grew to be tall, slender, with light blue eyes, and light brown hair. He was a self-employed carpenter and was married.

1900 CENSUS: MARGARET CATOR, widow of Richard T. Cator, Sr., was 48 (born March 1852 in MD). She had 2 children, both of whom lived. She and her parents were born in MD, as were her children. Margaret was living in a home (not farm) in Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland and was a "seamstress". Her children, both born in MD to MD parents, were:
Mary R. Cator, dau., born MD May 1884; in school; age 16.
Richard T. Cator, Jr., son, born February 1887; in school; age 13.
Census 5 June 1900 in Poolesville Township, Montgomery County, MD.

1910 CENSUS: 640 10th St. in DC: MARGARET S. CATOR (59), widow of Richard T. Cator, Sr., was now "54" and not working. Her daughter Mary R. Cator was 25, single and working as a dressmaker in a store. Her son Richard T. Cator, Jr., was 23, single, working as a general carpenter. All born in MD to MD born parents.
Census April 20 1910 in DC Wash ED 183 Series: T624 Roll: 154 Pg: 9

MARGARET S. CATOR, died at age 68 (b. abt 1847) on 1/1/1915. She lived at 721 G Street, NE., Washington DC. Perhaps same person listed in the 1910 DC ED 231 Census as Margaret S. Cator.

This obit from the Washington Post is confusing:

RICHARD T. CATOR, JR. and Carrie Cator

In 1915 Richard T. Cator, Jr. married a Carrie W. _______. Many years later they had a son, Richard T. Cator (III), born on November 24, 1926 in the District of Columbia.

1917: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Richard T. Cator, Jr. born 1887

1930 Census, DC District 375, 4821 Kansas Avenue: Richard born 1887 in MD to MD born parents is now 43 years old and owns a home worth $12,000 that he and Carrie own. Carrie W. is now 40 (born 1890 in DC to MD born parents). The got married when he was 28 and she was 25 (1915). Dad is a building construction carpenter. Richard T. Cator (III) was born in 1926 and is 3 on the listing.

1952 Obituary for Carrie W. Cator:

RICHARD T. CATOR, JR. (III) born 1926

In 1945 Richard III, single, and having completed 12 years of high school, enlisted in the U. S. Army to fight in WWII.

Richard T. Cator III a/k/a Richard T. Cator, Jr., in this generation:

Source: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1

CATOR, RICHARD T Jr
	US ARMY AIR FORCES
	WORLD WAR II
	DATE OF BIRTH: 11/24/1926
	DATE OF DEATH: 03/05/2003
	BURIED AT:
	CRAWFORD LAKE CEMETERY
	LIVE OAK, FL 32060

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