Family History, Cathcart Chart 0600 James Cathcart, Frances ??? and Elizabeth Witter

Father of James Leander CATHCART was a Rolleston Nassau CATHCART an Attorney in Dublin address in Piggotts directory is Upper Stephen Street, Dublin. A Rolleston Nassau CATHCART married a Sophia MURRAY on 3rd February 1816 at St Nicholas Without, Dublin Ireland. I believe this Rolleston Nasau was a brother of James Leander CATHCART and not his father Rolleston Nassau Cathcart, was born at Mount Murragh, in the county of West Meath, September 22, 1763 (I believe this to be the brother There appears to be a lot of confusion between the name Rolleston Nassau CATHCART and James Leander CATHCART, I believe there were two generations with the same names for both, the older James Leander CATHCART being a brother of Rolleston Nassau CATHCART life is very well documented as several books have been written about him, as he was held captive in Algeria for several years. Living in the US and finally marrying and having several children. The father of Rolleston Nassau and this James Leander was a Malcolm Hamilton Cathcart 1837 40 John Street, Cornwall Road, Lambeth, Surrey (baptism of Mary - birth date given and the fact that she was born in Nottingham) 1838 79 Westmoreland Place, City Road, City of London (baptism of Charles) 1841 Buggate, Commergate?, Leeds, Yorkshire 1850 51 Upper Beau St, Manchester, Lancashire (at marriage to Elizabeth) Groom's Father: Rolleston Nassau Cathcart, Attorney 1851 Little Charlotte Street, Southwark, Surrey. 1861 49 Clayton Street, St Nicholas, St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland Mr. James Leander CATHCART's obituary in the Manchester Times Manchester Times (Manchester, England) Saturday, January 13 1866 Issue 423 The Late Mr. J. L Cathcart - The early hours of New Years Day witnessed the death of an actor whose stage career has been one of no small interest and success. On that morning died Mr. J. L. Cathcart of the Prince's Theatre of whom it may be justly said that he had gained the esteem of all who knew him, either before or behind the curtain. Mr. Cathcart was on of the oldest members of his profession, having been born on the 16th March 1800. We are informed that he was intended for the law, and that his talents as well as his education promised to secure for him a fair position as a barrister. Fate decreed for him another career; in 1822, he commenced, on the stage in Dublin, the profession in which he was to live and die. Sadler's Wells Theatre next engaged him, after which he joined Mr. Macready at Drury Lane, and by his cultivated intelligence, gentlemanly demeanor, and undeniable abilities, won upon the friendship of that great tragedian. On Macreaddy's farewell appearance in "Macbeth," Mr. Cathcart played to part of "Rosse.". We find him subsequently engaged in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, his last connection being with out new Prince's Theatre. Mr. Cathcart may be said to have died in harness. He played very recently before us, in the revival of "The Two Foscari," as all may know who patronise the theatre. We have reason to believe that Mr. Cathcart experienced great satisfaction in this, for amongst those who first remarked his excellent qualifications, and earliest commended, was Lord Byron himself, whose written testimony Mr. Cathcart possessed, and highly priced. Educated in what we generally call the "legitimate" school of dramatic are, Mr. Cathcart was proud of his association and reminiscences. He "magnified" his profession; spoke of its dignified and elevating tendencies when properly understood; always maintaining his theory by act and word. That he was a careful and conscientious actor we need not state. When the "foscari" had to be withdrawn in consequence of Mr. Charles Calver's illness, we heard Mr. Cathcart explain to the audience the unfortunate circumstances, and we then thought more highly of him - as an artist and a gentleman - as we listened to the earnest, manly and really polished phrases of his brief address. Mr. Cathcart's daughter - a lady who will be remembered as having played "Julia" in the "Hunchback," and other high-class parts, at out Theatre Royal is prospering in her profession in Australia. Of her the father always spoke with true parental and professional pride. We believe a wife and several young children survive to mourn, with all who had the pleasure of the deceased gentleman's acquaintance, his somewhat unexpected and melancholy death. *Benefit Evening for James Leander CATHCART* Saturday May 19 1866 Issue 441 Prince's- The Cathcart benefit on Monday evening was decidedly successful, although the dress boxes (the prices being trebled for the occasion) were a long way from being filled. Mr. J. F. Cathcart, the eldest son of the deceased actor, and a companion of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean in their recent tour round the world, gave a very careful and intelligent interpretation of the part of "Macbeth," meeting with decided marks of approval from a sympathetic house. Mr. Charles Calvert was "Macduff," and it is needless to say that he gave considerable importance to the part. "Lady Macbeth" met with an able exponent in Mars. Charles Calvert. On the fall of the curtain, Mr Cathcart, in answer to repeated calls from the house, came forward, and with visible emotion, delivered the following brief and appropriate address:- Ladies and gentlemen, - Standing here as the head and representative of my family, I beg you will accept my sincere and heartfelt thanks for your generous tribute to my father's memory. As an actor and as a man, I think I owe him the right to say, he was worthy of such an offering, (Hear.) Words fail to convey a proper sense of what I feel; but when I look back upon his many toils and struggles, I cannot but regard it as a fortunate circumstance that his career should have closed in this great city. Amidst there numerous commercial doing the good people of Manchester have a work-wide reputation for their true recognition of art, and this night's house is a convincing proof that one of the faithful exponents of out mighty Shakespeare's text is fully appreciated by them, and that the widow and children of such a man do not go unprepared. (Hear.) To the noble-hearted proprietors of this theatre, to the hon., gentlemen forming the committee, and the gentlemen of the press who shave so kindly advocated the case in their papers, I give my warmest thanks, feeling assured that they seek for no other praise than the gratification their own act itself affords them. Of Mr. Charles Calvert I owe it to say that his delicate and gentlemanly conduct through the past time had stamped him as a true artist, and as such I can but congratulate the theatre which own him for its head; and his generous condescension in playing the part of "Macduff" with me this evening claims my warmest thanks. In my own name, and that of my family, I most sincerely and gratefully thank you. I am certain that James was James Leander CATHCART as shown above as this is how he is shown on various baptisms, marriages etc. However there appears to have been a very famous James Leander CATHCART born 1st June 1767 and died 6 October 1843 who was a diplomat, slave, and sailor. He was born in Ireland, I do not have any information for him other than finding lot of results for him when searching on Google, but I wonder if he was the father of this James Leander CATHCART above. 1837 40 John Street, Cornwall Road, Lambeth, Surrey (baptism of Mary - birth date given and the fact that she was born in Nottingham) 1838 79 Westmoreland Place, City Road, City of London (baptism of Charles) 1841 Buggate, Commergate?, Leeds, Yorkshire 1850 53 Gloucester St, Manchester, Lancashire (at marriage) Bride's Father: Robert Witter, Coach Maker 1851 Little Charlotte Street, Southwark, Surrey. 1861 49 Clayton Street, St Nicholas, St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1871 1 Kent Terrace, Stretford, Lancashire, with the family was a brother of Elizabeth WITTER, a William WITTER he was 20 a Coach Smith, and born in Preston, Lancashire 1881 Poplar Bank, Huyton, Liverpool, Lancashire. Elizabeth is down as a visitor, a wife's niece to a Joseph PROCTOR who was 60 a Printer and Stationer employing 8 men and 3 boys, born Liverpool, Lancashire, his wife was Jane Elizabeth PROCTOR aged 69 also born Liverpool, Lancashire, also with the family was Sarah Ann CHESTER, wife's sister aged 67 and assistant in the house, born Liverpool, Lancashire and Mary Ann MARRAT wife niece aged 26 an Assistant in the House born Liverpool, Lancashire. (I have not quite worked out how the relationships fit in, MARRAT appears on the chart above, but cannot find a connection for this family. Elizabeth is down as widow which is correct and it it is in the correct are so I think it is the right person) 1851 4a Old Chapel Road, Kentish Town, St Pancras, London. With his brother Rolleston 1861 39 Stanby? Road, Park Place, Regents Park, St Pancras, London, Middlesex. With them was Mary OTTAWAY, Mother-in-Law aged 56 born, London, a widow and Caroline Mary OTTAWAY, sister-in-law aged 16 born London and a Servant, a Susannah LEW? aged 18 born London On the 11th January an Elizabeth wrote to me as follows: Dear Mr. Terry I have just come across your website in the course of seeking information about a James Cathcart. This is because my husband and I have been going through a large number of Victorian family photographs and on the back of one is written "To Charles F Seymour" (he was a relation by marriage of my husband's ancestors) with the kind regards of James * Cathcart Manchester April 28th 1867". * There is a middle initial which is possibly an F. From your website I see that James Cathcart was an actor who lived in Newcastle on Tyne - the photograph was produced by W Guthrie, Nuns Street, Newcastle on Tyne. I would imagine that Charles Seymour perhaps obtained the signed photo in much the same way as people nowadays collect autographs - I just wondered if this scrap of information would be of any interest to you. If this is the "right" James Cathcart the date of 1867 would help to narrow down the date of his death. I replied to Elizabeth and she replied as follows: Hello again John Many thanks for your very interesting reply. I'll attach a scan of the reverse of the photo - I'm afraid I'm not sure that the middle initial is an L - it looks to me more like the F as in Charles F Seymour - and it does read more like an inscription from someone who was sending it in person. Sorry if this raises more problems than it solves! This reverse of the picture is as follows From this it is quite clear that it if James F CATHCART, when Elizabeth first sent this I did not have the son James Faucitt CATHCART on my chart but having found him we are now certain that this is who the picture is of and not his father James Leander CATHCART. Taken from the Australian Dictionary of Biography to whom I am indebted CATHCART, JAMES FAUCITT (1828-1902), actor, was born in England, son of James Cathcart, theatrical manager, and Fannie, née Hubbard. He was the elder brother of Mary Fanny Cathcart and Rowley (b.1832), actor. Cathcart made his stage début in infancy and while still young was discovered at Liverpool by Charles Kean who later engaged him as juvenile lead actor in Queen Victoria's Christmas 'Windsor Theatricals'. His acting under Kean in 1850-59 at the Princess's Theatre, London, taught him a dependence on leading actor-managers which he was never to shake. Even Cathcart admitted that he had planned to make a permanent career for himself as supporting actor to Kean. When Kean's management of the Princess's expired in 1859, Cathcart followed him to the provinces and in 1863 begged to be engaged in the Kean party which was to tour Australia, where his sister was living. At this time Cathcart seems to have been married, although his wife did not accompany him to the colonies. Cathcart arrived at Melbourne with the Keans in September 1863 and departed with them from Sydney in July 1864. Their Australian début on 10 October 1863 was at the Haymarket Theatre, Melbourne, playing in opposition to the Barry Sullivan management at the Theatre Royal. In the colonies Cathcart's duty was to understudy his manager and to attend all rehearsals for him; in this way he became a proficient and sometimes humorous imitator of Kean's style. When the tragedian collapsed at Sydney in January 1864 Cathcart played King John in his place, to approving audiences. Although, like his sister, Cathcart was invariably received with excitement and applause, the critics of Melbourne and Sydney joined in condemning him for his exaggerated gestures and over-careful pronunciation. The Melbourne Punch, 28 April 1864, referred to him as 'the posture-making Mr. Cathcart' and Kean wrote from Sydney that Cathcart was 'not at all liked here by the Box people'. Yet he was popular enough for Kean to complain later that 'Mr. Cathcart … has become inflated with the praises he has received in Australia'. During this tour of the colonies and his later visit with the Keans to America Cathcart suffered continual bouts of illness from drinking, and annoyed his employers with practical jokes, bad debts and abuse. He remained with them, however, until Kean's retirement in 1867. Cathcart joined Sullivan as his leading support in 1873, and made himself indispensable to the tragedian in Shakespeare because of his expertise and realism in stage swordsmanship. With Sullivan he toured America in 1875 and 1876, but again Cathcart's drinking often prevented him from performing. Back at Drury Lane Theatre, London, in September 1876 he played under Sullivan in Richard III and Macbeth. In May 1879 Cathcart returned to Melbourne on the insistence of his sister. At the Melbourne Theatre Royal he played leading roles, including Richard III and Othello. The Argus now welcomed him as a 'masterly delineator of Shakespeare', praising the finish of his performances, though observing that his voice had not gained much in power. Always versatile, Cathcart continued to perform throughout Australia for over twenty years. He acted under leading managers such as J. C. Williamson, George Musgrove and Charles Holloway, and as a member of the Brough and Boucicault Comedy Co. developed into a fine comic actor. In October 1894, when George Rignold revived Julius Caesar at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, with himself starring as Mark Antony, Cathcart played Brutus and was considered the outstanding performer. From this time on he sustained a reputation as 'the best Shakespearian scholar on the Australian stage'. In November 1899 Robert Brough organized an afternoon benefit for him at the Princess's Theatre, Melbourne. There Cathcart described himself as 'one of a bygone age' and admitted that his old-fashioned acting style made it difficult for him to find employment. He died at St Kilda on 18 December 1902, aged 74. James Cathcart was a well-liked actor, and remarkably polished in secondary roles, but he was never able to thrill audiences as a major tragedian. Clearly he was too weak ever to free himself from star-managerial control, and in the colonies was always considered inferior to his sister. He settled in Australia just in time to acquire a reputation as one of the last outstanding Shakespearian actors. Obituary of Mr James CATHCART The Star 1903 Mr James Faucit Cathcart who died at "Wilcannia," Charnwood Road, St Kilda on Dec. 18 aged seventy-five years, was an actor of the good old school of legitimate drama. He visited Australia in 1863 with Charles Kean, and after touring for eighteen years with his great prototype, came again to Australia. He supported Creswick during his Australasian tour, and was also a member of many other companies. Of late (say Melbourne "Arena") Mr Cathcart did not appear on the stage, except occasionally at benefit performances. He devoted himself to teaching elocution and the histrionic art. He was a scholar and a gentleman. Mr Cathcart, who was born of Dec. 30 1828, belonged to a theatrical family. His father, James Cathcart, was a notable actor of his day; and his sister was the famous Fanny Cathcart, who visited Australia with G. V. Brooke in 1855. Mr Cathcart made his first appearance on the stage seventy-two years ago, when only three years of age. He was brought on as the child "Croa" in "Pizarro". At the age of six he had his first speaking part in "The Hunters of the Alps". His earliest experiences were on the Glasgow stage. In 1850 he joined Charles Kean's company with whom Mr Cathcart remained for eighteen years. Judge Talfourd was a great admirer of Mr Cathcart's beautiful English accent, and once declared that no other actor of his time spoke English with such a purity and sweetness. Between 1850 and 1859 Mr Cathcart played with the Keans at Windsor Castle nineteen times. A further obituary for Mr James F Cathcart The Advertiser - Adelaide) Saturday 27 December 1902 The veteran actor, James F Cathcart died at his residence, St. Kilda, on December 18, aged 74. He was almost the last actor of "what may be called the "old school" left among us since Mr. Harwood, with one notable exception being, of course, Mr. Coppin. Mr. Cathcart, however, remained practically in harness to the last. He was bred in the atmosphere of the footlights, but was first introduced to Australia as a member of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's company i 1863. Altogether he was with the Kean's (delightful people to serve) for 18 or 19 ears. He then joined Barry Sullivan, and returned to Australia in 1879 at the request of his sister, Fanny Cathcart. Since then Australia had been his home, and hardly any man in his time has played so many parts. A pronounced mannerism always distinguished Mr Cathcart's elocution, but, all the same, it was a sound style, based upon the best models of his youth. He was one of the few men remaining who delighted to declaim Shakespearian or any classical dialogue or rotunda, and who could do it without becoming stilted and incredible. In an age when it is almost impossible to cast Shakespearian plays because so many modern actors are lost without trouser pockets, Mr Cathcart was a treasure to perplexed managers. He could always fill a gap in legitimate drama, no matter how important the part might be. In fact, in great roles Mr. Cathcart often set critics wondering whether he ought not to have attained much higher status in his profession. Take, for example, Mrs. Petter's last visit, when a Sir Peter Teazle was needed. It was one of Mr. Cathcart's best parts, and a dispassionate observer of the performance would probably not have put his impersonation in the secon place. The funeral was at the Boroondara Cemetery last Saturday, and was attended by a large gathering of the deceased's brother professionals. 1841 Buggate, Commergate?, Leeds, Yorkshire 1851 4a Old Chapel Road, Kentish Town, St Pancras, London. With his brother James 1856 Frederick Place, Marylebone, (marriage to Lucy) Father - James Leander CATHCART - Actor 1861 8 Princes Street, Lambeth, London. With Rolleston was his sister Victoria aged 19 born Leeds, Yorkshire and his mother-in-law Lucy KERRIDGE a widow aged 60 an Owner of Houses born London. There was also a boarder an Emma PIKE aged 22 a Travellers wife born Southend, Essex. 1871 High Street, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex. His wife and family were not with him, (see Note 2 1871 Census) He was a visitor with a Mary Elizabeth PAGE who was a Proprietor of a School. One of her pupils was a Herbert CATHCART aged 8 born London, so I would think he was a son of Rolleston's have added him to the family above at the present time. There were just five other pupils with him, a Servant, two other visitors other than Rolleston a niece and a lodger. Have not put in names as I do not think any other than Herbert and Rolleston are connected to our family. 1881 8 Osborne Terrace, Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey. Rolleston was a widower on this Census. There was an Emily SPOONER as a servant. 1883 Ferndale Road, Lambeth, Surrey (address at marriage) - Father is down as James CATHCART Comedian deceased 1896 CATHCART Rolleston William George of 21 Sandmere-road Clapham Surrey comedian died 4 February 1896 Probate London 15 February to Elizabeth Cathcart widow Effect £352 17s. 3d. 1837 40 John Street, Cornwall Road, Lambeth, Surrey (baptism of Mary - birth date given and the fact that she was born in Nottingham) 1841 Buggate, Commergate?, Leeds, Yorkshire Taken from the Australian Dictionary of Biography to whom I am indebted Cathcart, Mary Fanny (1833 - 1880) alternative Names: Darrell, Mary, Heir, Mary CATHCART, MARY FANNY (1833-1880), actress, was born in England, daughter of James Cathcart, a provincial theatrical manager mainly at Liverpool and Glasgow, and his wife Fannie, née Hubbard; her brothers James and Rowley Cathcart (b.1832) became well-known performers on the London stage. She was discovered in 1853 by the tragedian, Gustavus Brooke, while acting in the stock company of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and after playing with him for a season at Drury Lane, London, she contracted to act as his leading juvenile actress for two years from September 1854. She arrived at Melbourne with Brooke's party in 1855, and made her début as Desdemona on 26 February at the Queen's Theatre Royal. Although overshadowed by Brooke in Melbourne and Geelong, she received at Sydney in May the kind of enthusiastic reception which was to distinguish her career. Her freshness and good looks inspired audiences at Sydney's Royal Victoria to lavish upon her gifts of jewellery. Although the Empire referred scathingly to 'Miss Cathcart's habit of metallic enunciation', most critics were impressed by her unusually clear delivery and surprised by her intelligent portrayals of Portia, and of Julia in The Hunchback by J. S. Knowles. On 14 July 1855, with the reluctant permission of Brooke, she married Robert James Heir (d.1868?) at St James's Church, Sydney; they had three children, all of whom died in infancy. Heir was a young English actor in Brooke's company and remained a performer of dubious competence. In 1858-59 he was manager of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne. Back at Melbourne in August 1855 the couple left Brooke's Olympic Theatre company for higher wages at the old Queen's, then managed by John Black. After one night of performance there, Mrs Heir was restrained by a court order from Brooke. A sensational equity case followed, where personal issues were as prominent as professional ones. Although Brooke succeeded in having his contract upheld, and though the Heirs acted with him even when it had expired, their relations with Brooke were strained. For the next decade Mrs Heir occupied 'the highest position on the Australian stage', as a leading actress of Shakespeare and high comedy. As well as remaining attractive, an advantage in her best parts Beatrice and Lady Teazle, her performances were marked by a precision and careful attention to detail which drew admiring houses in South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and particularly Victoria. The Melbourne press regarded her as primarily a local actress and praised the unusual respectability of her private life. She was involved in most of the outstanding theatrical events of the early 1860s in Melbourne, supporting the American comedian, Joseph Jefferson, in Our American Cousin on the opening night of George Coppin's Haymarket Theatre in September 1862. In 1863 she was the leading actress in tragedian Barry Sullivan's spectacular series of Shakespearian revivals at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne. This led to her playing in vicious opposition to the Charles Kean management at the Haymarket, where the touring company included her brother James, whom she had warned of 'the wretched inefficiency of the actors' in Australia. By 1864 Mrs Heir was losing some of her vivacity and passed such roles as Lady Teazle to younger actresses. Constant indisposition, too, may have led to her partial retirement from the stage. In March 1871, to the surprise of critics in both Melbourne and Sydney, she reappeared at Sydney's Prince of Wales Opera House, married to her second husband, George Frederick Price Darrell, and playing Camille to his Armand Duval. The flamboyant Darrell became a writer of Australian melodramas and his wife, having been the first actress to star in East Lynne and similar 'sensation plays' in Australia, was well equipped to occupy the more mature female parts. Audiences and critics alike were delighted at the reappearance of the actress who could remind them of Brooke and the 'golden days' of the Australian stage. At Melbourne in July the Argus was not so impressed and attributed her fair success to the many personal friends she had there. Certainly her versatility had left her and earlier praises for her clear enunciation had turned into complaints that 'Mrs. Darrell has, unhappily, a disposition to declaim at all times'. In this season, strangely miscast as the youthful Ophelia, her singing voice failed completely in the mad scene and critics hinted that she was growing too old for many parts. Between 1872 and 1877 with 'Darrell's Dramatic Company' she toured in New Zealand, America, Brisbane and Adelaide, performing in her now famous husband's plays. In July 1877 at the Royal Victoria, Sydney, she reappeared at the end of his Transported for Life season to act as Lady Macbeth for his benefit. Though she returned in March 1878 to play in her husband's Back from the Grave, she seems to have acted infrequently from this time. Her unusual popularity and the sentimental value attached to her reappearances prevented these last performances from disturbing her reputation. After a long illness she died on 3 January 1880 at her home in Carlton, Melbourne. The Sydney Morning Herald's description of Mrs Darrell as 'the first of the great English actresses to be seen on the colonial stage' exaggerates her international importance. She reached her professional maturity in the colonies, and it is as Australia's leading mid-century legitimate actress that she must be judged. Like G. V. Brooke, her acting style dated during her career. At no time a strikingly influential actress, she nevertheless set an example of professional competence, meticulousness and versatility to her Australian colleagues. Cathcart, Mary Fanny (1833 - 1880) More information for Fanny Cathcart Cathcart Fanny (1822-80) arrived in Australia ( where she reached her professional maturity as an actor) in 1855 with G. V. Brooke. During the next decade she was the leading actress in Australia with Joseph Jefferson and Barry sullivan as well as with Brooke. In 1855 she married Robert James Heir, a juvenile lead in Brooke's company , and after his death married George Darrell in England with whom she toured extensively in Australasia and America in the 1870s. Her brother, James Faucitt Cathcart) (1828-1902) was an actor who was discovered by Charles Kean and worked with him throughout the 1850s and 1860s. He accompanied Charles and Ellen Kean on their Australian tour of 1863-1864; in Melbourne they played in opposition to Sullivan for some years in London and America. He returned to Australia in 1879, where he performed in Shakespearean and other roles for George Musgrove, George Rignold and J. C. Williamson Obituary for Fanny Cathcart The Argus (Melbourne Victoria, Australia) Thursday 22 January 1880 Very great regret has been expressed at the death of Mrs. George Darrell (better known as Mrs. Robert Heir), a lady who had been long connected with the colonial stage. She was the daughter of Mr. James Cathcart an excellent actor of the good old school, who for many years was well known in the North of England and in Ireland. After a long illness from organic disease of the liver and kidneys, she died on the 3rd Inst., at her residence, Madeline-street, Carlton. 1838 79 Westmoreland Place, City Road, City of London (baptism of Charles) 1841 Buggate, Commergate?, Leeds, Yorkshire 1851 Little Charlotte Street, Southwark, Surrey. 1861 8 Princes Street, Lambeth, London. With her brother Rolleston and his family on this Census. 1871 244 Kennington Road, Lambeth, Surrey. With her brother Rolleston's family on this Census, but Rolleston was not at home with the rest of the family. 1891 Cranleigh Village Hospital, Cranleigh, Surrey. She had two patients with her. 1901 The Cottage Village Hospital, Cranleigh, Surrey. Victoria had a servant a Edith FOSTER aged 14, no patients listed 1927 CATHCART Victoria Eliza of Camberwell New-road Surrey spinster died 14 October 1927 Probate London 23 December to Frederick Henry Cathcart accountant and Leonara Elsie Cathcart widow. Effects £105 10s. (National Probate Index) 1851 Little Charlotte Street, Southwark, Surrey. 1861 49 Clayton Street, St Nicholas, St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1861 49 Clayton Street, St Nicholas, St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1871 1 Kent Terrace, Stretford, Lancashire, with the family was a brother of Elizabeth WITTER, a William WITTER he was 20 a Coach Smith, and born in Preston, Lancashire 1881 11 Marriot Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. Robert (unmarried) and George were in the same premises as Henry and his family. Robert and Henry are both down as Head. With Robert were three cousins, William WITTER, cousin, age 16 an Apprentice Coach Builder, born Bedford, Sydney WITTER age 13 Trike Builder, born Manchester, Lancashire and Joseph WITTER age 11 Scholar, born Manchester, Lancashire 1891 57 Upton Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. Robert and his wife Phoebe, Henry, his wife Jane and their three children and George CATHCART brother were all living together on this Census 1901 62 Freme Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. Robert CATHCART, and Henry CATHCART and their wives and the children of Henry were living together on this Census 1911 Census - 6 Norman Grove North Road Longsight, North Manchester, Lancashire. With his brother, Harry and his wife. 1861 49 Clayton Street, St Nicholas, St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1871 1 Kent Terrace, Stretford, Lancashire 1881 11 Marriot Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire 1891 57 Upton Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire 1901 Census - 62 Freme Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. Robert CATHCART, brother of Henry and Phoebe CATHCART sister of Jane were with this family on this Census 1911 Census - 6 Norman Grove North Road Longsight, North Manchester, Lancashire. With his brother, Robert and his wife. 1861 49 Clayton Street, St Nicholas, St John, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1881 35 Holt Road, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire. There were two lodgers with them. 1891 45 Vicar Road, West Derby, Fairfield, Liverpool, Lancashire. (down as WANAT on Ancestry.com) 1901 45 Vicar Road, West Derby, Fairfield, Liverpool, Lancashire 1911 Census - 46 Windermene St Everton Liverpool, Lancashire. Head of Household was William Cathcart MARRAT with his was his mother Kate born 1860, and his brother James Edward aged 21. 1881 11 Marriot Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, Robert (unmarried) and George were in the same premises as Henry and his family. Robert and Henry are both down as Head. With Robert were three cousins, William WITTER, cousin, age 16 an Apprentice Coach Builder, born Bedford, Sydney WITTER age 13 Trike Builder, born Manchester, Lancashire and Joseph WITTER age 11 Scholar, born Manchester, Lancashire 1891 57 Upton Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. Robert and his wife Phoebe, Henry, his wife Jane and their three children and George CATHCART brother were all living together on this Census 1901 7 Ashbourne Street, Manchester, Lancashire, George is down as a widow, but have not found marriage at present. He is head of Household and the only person in the household. 1911 Census - 103 Grey Mare Lane Bradford Manchester. Lancashire. Cannot find George on the 1911 Census, but there is an Annie CATHCART who could be his wife down as married 9 years but no husband with her, she is with a James MALCOLM as Niece, he was a widower, aged 51 (1860) a Machinist Turner, born Manchester, Lancashire. I will not list hem but his had six children with his. Annie is down as a Domestic General and she had a daughter a Florence CATHCART aged 4 (1907) at School, born Manchester, Lancashire. Death Notice for William in Manchester Times CATHCART-On the 1st Inst., in his 6th year, William, youngest son of the late James Leander Cathcart of the Prince's Theatre. There is a lot of information on the CATHCART charts, I thank all of those who have by various means provided the large amount of detail which will be found about this family, especially to Eric CATHCART who gave me a start with this family, and also to his family tree on Ancestry.com. 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