 1879 - 1954 (~ 74 years)
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| Name |
Catherine (Katie) Knapp |
| Born |
Oct 1879 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
16 Sep 1954 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Notes |
- Catherine "Katie" Knapp was born in Oct 1879 in Maryland. She was baptized on 10 Nov 1880 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. She died on 16 Sep 1954 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.
Cumberland Evening Times - September 17, 1954 - pg 11, col 8
A Midland woman died last night in Miners Hospital, Frostburg, from third-degree burns suffered while burning trash near her home. Mrs. Catherine O'Rourke, 74, wife of Isaac O'Rourke, had been burning trash collected during a housecleaning, neighbors said, when the tip of a bib-apron she was wearing caught fire. Mrs. O'Rourke, screamed, attracting the attention of Veryl Ash, proprietor of a Midland store; Everett Spiker, proprietor of a gas station there, and Carlisle Gray, a neighbor. The men attempted to beat the flames out, and told her to take the apron off. Before Mrs. O'Rourke could get the apron strings untied, her dress was in flames from the waist up, the men said. She was taken to Miners Hospital in an ambulance. Hospital attaches said Mrs. O'Rourke was badly burned about the back, arms, and especially the lower part of her face. Her hair, which was worn in plaits around her head, was burned off, attaches said. Her husband, a retired coal miner and Celanese plant employe, was away from home at the time, neighbors said. Born near Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late Christopher and Susanna (Wade) Knapp. Mrs. O'Rourke was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Midland. Surviving, besides her husband, her sister, Mrs. Stella Hanna, Westernport; four grandchildren and a great grandchild. Several nieces and nephews in Cumberland and the Georges Creek area also survive. The body will be at the Eichhorn Funeral Home, Lonaconing, tomorrow evening. A requiem mass will be celebrated Monday at 9 a. m. at St. Joseph's Church by Rev. John J. Buckley, pastor. Interment will be in Belvedere Cemetery. [courtesy of Pat Dailey]
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| Person ID |
I32663 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
6 Feb 2019 |
| Father |
John Christopher Knapp, b. 1840, d. 27 Oct 1894 (Age 54 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Susannah A. Wade, b. 1 May 1847, Allegany County, Maryland , d. 29 Aug 1930, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 83 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
27 Sep 1867 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Family ID |
F05788 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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