Person Sheet


Name Kate MUSSER
Birth 22 Dec 1853, California1508
Death 19 May 1944, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California1508 Age: 90
Burial Crown Hill Cemetery, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana1508
Father Christian MUSSER (~1824-<1880)
Mother Mary O'REILLY (~1825-)
Spouses
1 —— CONROY1507
Notes for Kate MUSSER

Research Analysis: In 1860, Kate Musser, age 6, lived with her parents Chris and Mary Musser and brothers John, Joseph, and Alex in Sacramento, Calfornia. Sixty years later, in 1914, Kate Conroy, a Los Angeles resident, signed an affidavit concerning her late brother John Musser in connection with a Civil War pension claim by his surviving widow Mary Musser. The 1944 Long Beach, California death certificate of Kate Conroy is not conclusively proven to describe Kate Musser, but the circumstantial evidence is strong. The death certificate date of birth, 22 December 1853, is consistent with other information about Kate's age, as is residence in California. The connection to Indiana, which is listed, probably in error, as Kate's birth place and as her burial place, requires further investigation.

1853 Birth:1508 Birth date of 22 December 1853 indicated on death certificate, along with birth place of Indiana.

1860 U.S. Census:1509 Kate enumerated in the household of her father Chris Musser in Sacramento Fourth Ward, Sacramento, California, a as female, age 6, born in California.

1914 General Affidavit:1507 Kate Conroy, aged 60 years, residing at 721 1/2 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, states that she has personal knowledge of her brother John and that he had no other wife than Mary E. Ames, the marriage taking place on or about 3 December 1878.

1915 General Affidavit:1507 Kate Conroy, aged 61 years, residing at 721 1/2 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, California, states her brother John was born September 28, 1849.

1915 Los Angeles, California City Directory:1510 Conroy, Kate janitor r 721 1/2 W. 6th.

1916 Los Angeles, California City Directory:1511 Conroy, Kate janitor r 721 1/2 W. 6th.

1920 Los Angeles, California City Directory:1512 Conroy, Mrs. janitor r 821 S. Olive.

1921 Los Angeles, California City Directory:1513 Conroy, Kate janitor r 655 S. Olive.

1922 Los Angeles, California City Directory:1514 Conroy, Kate janitor r 655 S. Olive.

1923 Los Angeles, California City Directory:1515 Conroy, Kate, Mrs. janitor r 721 1/2 W. 6th.

1944 Death Certificate:1508 Kate Conroy; date of death, 19 May 1944; place of death, Long Beach, Los Angeles County; lived in this community 5 years, in this state, 5 years; usual residence, 112 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; no Social Security number; female, white, widow; husband, unknown Conroy; birthdate, December 22, 1853; age, 90 years, 4 months, 27 days; birthplace, Indiana; occupation, housewife in own home; father and mother's name and birthplace, unknown; information, Mrs. Alexander Ballantyne, 100 N. Kenmore, Los Angeles; removal, 21 May 1944, Crown Hill Cemetery, Hobart, Indiana.
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