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Family: FORDEN, Charles Walter / HARRISON, Catherine Mary (Katie) (F92)

m. 27 Jan 1909


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  • Father | Male
    FORDEN, Charles Walter

    Born  5 Dec 1888  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Aug 1929  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  8 Aug 1929  Chicago Mount Olivet Cemetery at 2755 West 111th Street, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  27 Jan 1909  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]  Chicago Saint Gabriel, Cook Co., Illinois  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  FORDEN, James | F404 Group Sheet 
    Mother  MILLER, Jane | F404 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    HARRISON, Catherine Mary (Katie)

    Born  9 Apr 1891  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  19 Apr 1891  Chicago Saint Pius V, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jan 1962  Norwood Park Chicago State Hospital, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  19 Jan 1962  Chicago Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  HARRISON, John J. | F401 Group Sheet 
    Mother  McDEVITT, Margaret (Maggie) (McDade) | F401 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    FORDEN, Margaret Mary

    Born  10 Sep 1909  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  3 Oct 1909  Chicago Saint Gabriel, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Jan 1995  Raliegh, Wake Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Cremated     
    Spouse  WORTHEY, Floyd S. | F405 
    Married  1925   
    Spouse  Living | F407 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Female
    FORDEN, Helen Jane

    Born  19 Jun 1911  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  9 Jul 1911  Chicago Saint Gabriel, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Jun 1968  Tinley Park, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  22 Jun 1968  Chicago Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  JOHNSON, Walter E. | F408 
    Married  1928   
    Spouse  STAGE, Findlay | F409 
    Married  1943   

    Child 3 | Male
    FORDEN, James John

    Born  21 Aug 1912  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  22 Sep 1912  Chicago Saint Gabriel, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Sep 1955  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Sep 1955  Chicago Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  JESPERSEN, Gertrude | F410 
    Married  1931  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    FORDEN, Bernice Catherine (Catherine)

    Born  27 Nov 1913  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  21 Dec 1913  Chicago Saint Gabriel, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 May 1990  Mokena, Will Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  14 May 1990  Chicago Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  WEBER, Herman Albert | F411 
    Married  18 Feb 1933  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  HARSHBURGER, James E. | F412 
    Married  1949   

    Child 5 | Female
    FORDEN, Charlotte Rosemary

    Born  4 Dec 1916  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Jan 2003  New Lenox, Will Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  13 Jan 2003  Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Mlwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  HARR, Frank M. | F413 
    Married  11 Jul 1939  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    FORDEN, George Robert

    Born  19 Feb 1918  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Dec 1994  Zion, Lake Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  GNIDA, Cecelia H. | F414 
    Married  17 Apr 1942  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    FORDEN, Florence C

    Born  27 Dec 1919  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jul 2020  National City, San Diego Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  DREW, Arthur Leroy | F415 
    Married  26 Feb 1943  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Male
    FORDEN, John Harrison

    Born  27 Jun 1921  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Oct 1921  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  13 Oct 1921  Chicago Mount Olivet Cemetery at 2755 West 111th Street, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    FORDEN, Dolores Lucille Katherine (Dee)

    Born  6 May 1923  Chicago Saint Bernard's Hospital, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Mar 2021  Oak Lawn, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cremated Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  ANDERSON, Erland Stanley (Andy) | F406 
    Married  10 Apr 1943  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  MILLER, Fredrick J. | F337 
    Married  4 Jun 1981  Chicago Saint Denis, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • The Fordens and Harrisons lived across the street from each other in Chicago, at 832 47th Street and 833 47th Street respectively. Charles Forden and Catherine Harrison married at St. Gabriel's Church at 4522 S. Wallace Street, Chicago. The wedding was witnessed by Christopher Coyne and Catherine's aunt, Helen Harrison.

      The 1920 census shows the Forden's living at 825 West 47th Place, Chicago (one or two houses away from the Harrisons). This is the 30th ward, in the Lake township. In 1929, they lived at 6320 Normal Avenue and attended St. Bernard's Church.

      Charles worked as a switchman for the railroad in Chicago. One night he was so drunk, he almost had both legs cut off from a train running over him.

      Witnesses to the children's baptisms at St. Gabriel's were:
      for Margaret - Anthony Dunn and Alice Harrison
      for Helen - Patrick Donnelly and Margaret Harrison (Maggie McDevitt)
      for James - Michael O'Toole and Mrs. Wallace
      for Catherine - John Harrison and Loretta Gallagher

      Katie led a troubled adulthood, having to put up with her husband Charlie's heavy drinking. Shortly after the last of her ten children were born, she was hospitalized for manic-depressive disorder. She was no longer able to care for her large family, so most of the children were sent to the orphanage in Des Plaines or put into foster homes until old enough for the orphanage. During the rest of her life, Katie was hospitalized 19 times for periods of a few months each. She died at age 70 during one of these hospitalizations, having fallen and breaking her hip, and then developing pneumonia. She is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, West 87th Street and South Hamlin, in Evergreen Park, Illinois, 60642.

  • Sources 
    1. [S516] Census US 1920 Federal, (Series: T625), T625, Roll 347, ed. 1819, Sheet 2, #41-49, IL Cook Co. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S717] Illinois, Chicago, St. Gabriel's Church, Marriage Registry for Charles Forden and Catherine Harrison, 1909, p. 6, entry#7 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S750] Illinois, Chicago, St. Gabriel Church, Baptism Registry for Forden children.

    4. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 472; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1318; Image: 255.0 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Census Place: Wheeling, Cook, Illinois; Roll 505; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 2370; Image: 1040.0 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Census Place: Wheeling, Cook, Illinois; Roll 505; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 2370; Image: 1053.0 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 441; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 581; Image: 139.0 and 140.0 (Reliability: 3).


  

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