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Personal data Catharine Flatter 

  • Alternative names: Catherine Flatter Blizzard, Catharine Flater, Catharine Blizzard Johnson
  • She was born between 1791 and 1792 in fortasse, somewhere In MD.
  • She died on December 9, 1880 in Urbana, Champaign Co., IL, she was 89 years old.
  • She is buried after December 9, 1880 in Mt. Hope Cem., Urbana, Champaign Co., IL.
  • A child of George Flatter and Anna Maria N.N. (Mrs. Flatter)
  • This information was last updated on August 1, 2014.

Household of Catharine Flatter

(1) She is married to Isaiah Blizzard.

They got married on November 18, 1809 at Baltimore Co., MD, she was 18 years old.

Isaiah Blizzard oo Catharine Flatter

Marriage source: Anonymous 'Isaiah BLIZZARD and Catharine (FLATTER) BLIZZARD' (Carroll Co Gen Soc, Westminster MD, no date) pg 4 Carroll Co Pub Lib # 3-1980-00617-3443

Bucher, Doris, Letter to David A. Navorska, (Bloomfield, IN, DB, xxvi Feb MCMXCVI)

Ms. Bucher writes, 'Baltimore City and county Marriage Licenses ... 1809 June 3rd (She may be a sister to the above) Catherine Flatter - Isaiah Blizzard'

Stroup, Ron, Blizzard Anataufel, (Shelby OH, RS, 21F1996) has 15 Nov 1809, Baltimore MD <>

Child(ren):

  1. Lucinda Blizzard  1834-????
  2. Jackson Blizzard  1847-????
  7. Lurennah Blizzard  1812-???? 
  8. George Blizzard  1816-1848 
  9. Michal Blizzard  1820-1910 
  10. Alfred Blizzard  1834-± 1887 
  11. Peter Blissard  1837-1913 
  12. LaFayette Blizzard  ± 1842-???? 


(2) She is married to William Johnson.

They got married on May 25, 1865 at East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL, she was 74 years old.

William Johnson oo Catharine Flatter

Marriage source: N.N. (Anonymous), 'Isaiah BLIZZARD and Catharine (FLATTER) BLIZZARD' (Carroll Co Gen Soc, Westminster, MD, no date) pg. 4 Carroll Co Pub Lib # 3-1980-00617-3443

Murphy, Leola, manuscript to Mrs. Delight Flater, (pub. location unknown, LM, before June MCMXCII)

Ms. Murphy writes:

'Catherine Flatter ... went to Champaign county, Illinois. Settled in East Bend Township where Catharine married on 25 May 1865 William Johnson, ...' <>

Notes about Catharine Flatter

Catharine Flatter or Flater

Source: N.N. (Anonymous), Paper from Carroll Co MD Public Library published by The Carroll County Genealogical Society, Westminister MD, no date. Entitled: Isaiah Blizzard and Catharine (Flatter) Blizzard. pg. 4.

Age 88 at death, but the article has written, 'Catharine was born in the early to mid 1790's'

Murphy, Leola, manuscript to Mrs. Delight Flater, (Pub. location unknown, LM, before June, MCMXCII)

Ms. Murphy writes,

'Isaiah Blizzard died in Darke, Co., Ohio. Catharine Flatter his wife went to Champaign County, Illinois. Settled in East Bend Township where Catharine married on 25 May 1865 William Johnson, who died in July of 1874. Later she movedto Urbana, Ill. where she died 9 Dec, 1880, age 88, Buried in lot 2 of Block 5 in Burt and Bear Isley's addition of Mt. Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill. Isaiah and Catharine had 12 childrens - 4 unknown.'

Murphy, Leona, 'The Flaters of Carroll County Maryland' June 1992 pg 95

'(7) Catharine Flater, b. 1795, d. 1848, m. in 1809 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, Isaiah Blizzard, b. , d.'

Stroup, Ron, Letter to David A. Navorska, (Shelby OH, RS, xxii Feb MCMXCVI)

Ron Stroup of Shelby, OH writes, 'According to my records, Catherine was born in 1795 in MD. On 15 Nov 1809 she married Isaiah Blizzard. After Isaiah's death, she married William Johnson on 25 May 1865. Catherine died 8 Dec 1880 and isburied in Mt Hope Cemetery, in Urbana, IL. She is the daughter of Geroge Flater, Jr. and Anna Maria ____. ...' 22F1996

Catherine's husbands: 1) Isaiah Blizzard
2) William Johnson <>

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Historical events

Day of marriage May 25, 1865

  • The temperature on May 25, 1865 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
    • April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
    • May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
    • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
    • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
    • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Day of death December 9, 1880

  • The temperature on December 9, 1880 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.


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