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Catherine Ely McKinney
Other Name:
Catherine Bliss Ely
Gender:
Female
Born:
July 24, 1803
Died:
ca. 1873
Home Town:
Saybrook, CT
Marriage(s):
Charles McKinney (May 27, 1839)
Biographical Notes:
Catherine Ely McKinney, daughter of Richard Ely and Eunice Bliss Ely of Saybrook, Connecticut, was born July 24, 1803. Her father, a doctor and Yale College graduate, sent Catherine and her older sister Clarissa both to Litchfield, Connecticut to study at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. In 1839 Catherine married Charles McKinney of Binghampton, New York. Little else is known about Catherin'e life until her death around 1873.
Education
Years at LFA:
1823
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Charles McKinney
Husband - Clarissa Eunice Ely
Sister
LFA (1816) - Eunice Bliss Ely
Mother - Richard Ely
Father
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1823 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
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