Biography:
Charlotte Cato
1857 –1900
Charlotte Cato
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Unmarked grave Charlotte Elizabeth Cato (1857-1900)
Charlotte was born in 1857. Her father was Thomas Cato, a cotton canvas weaver from Tring and her mother was Mary Ann (née Busby), a straw plaiter from Wiggington. She was their oldest daughter and second child.
In 1871 she was living with her family in Wigginton and was a silk weaver, as were a younger sister and brother.
Charlotte did not marry, but she had a daughter, Isabella (b.1877) and a son Christopher (b.1883), both born in Tring.
In 1891 Charlotte lived with her parents, her daughter, four sisters and two brothers at 4, Albion Place, Tring. It was an industrious family: her father was a cotton weaver, her mother a straw plaiter, Charlotte and two of her sisters were silk factory hands and her older brother was a shoemaker.
In 1891 Charlotte and her children were living in Denmark Place, Tring, with Charlotte’s sister Amy. All three women worked as silk weavers.
Charlotte died in the Union Workhouse aged 44 and was buried 3 August 1900. Her father also died in the Union workhouse and was buried in this cemetery in January 1901.
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Unmarked grave Charlotte Elizabeth Cato (1857-1900)
Charlotte was born in 1857. Her father was Thomas Cato, a cotton canvas weaver from Tring and her mother was Mary Ann (née Busby), a straw plaiter from Wiggington. She was their oldest daughter and second child.
In 1871 she was living with her family in Wigginton and was a silk weaver, as were a younger sister and brother.
Charlotte did not marry, but she had a daughter, Isabella (b.1877) and a son Christopher (b.1883), both born in Tring.
In 1891 Charlotte lived with her parents, her daughter, four sisters and two brothers at 4, Albion Place, Tring. It was an industrious family: her father was a cotton weaver, her mother a straw plaiter, Charlotte and two of her sisters were silk factory hands and her older brother was a shoemaker.
In 1891 Charlotte and her children were living in Denmark Place, Tring, with Charlotte’s sister Amy. All three women worked as silk weavers.
Charlotte died in the Union Workhouse aged 44 and was buried 3 August 1900. Her father also died in the Union workhouse and was buried in this cemetery in January 1901.
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