Residence Post Office: Pekin
Residence Post Office: Farmersville
Sr Katherine Ellen “Kate” Cantwell
Birth 6 Jun 1859
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Death 7 Apr 1913 (aged 53)
Manhattan, New York, USA
The Reverand Mother Katherine Cantwell was the daughter of EH Cantwell and Caroline Taylor, both born in the country of Ireland and both coming to the United States at the time of the potato famine.
Kate was the sister to Mary Caroline "Carrie" Cantwell Kelly, Eva Marie Cantwell Loughlin, Edward Wolfetone Cantwell and Edna Cantwell Catcott.
Kate entered the religious order of the Society of the Sacred Heart on 7 Aug 1883 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Kate was stationed in numerous cities in her career. She became the Mother Superior of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Boston, Massachusetts.
Catherine Ellen "Kate" Cantwell |