Referenced in the family

Catharine A. Throop

b. 1817

Life

26 Jun 1817Born

Records & Research

Catharine A. Throop, born 26 June 1817, is recorded as a daughter of Thomas Billings Throop (1771-1856) and Catherine Walker. The father's identity is independently confirmed by a multi-anchor public record: Thomas Billings Throop was born 29 Aug 1771 in Bristol, Rhode Island, lived in Middleburgh and Hanover, New York, and died 21 Jul 1856 at Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois, where he is buried at Lake Avenue Cemetery, Crystal Lake (Section A, Lot 31), with father CPT Billings Throop (1735-1776). However, NO independent public record documenting Catharine herself (a grave, vital record, or genealogical profile) was located, and the father's verified memorial lists only one child (Rebecca, 1801-1883), not Catharine. The findings below confirm the FAMILY ANCHOR (the father) only; Catharine's own existence, birthplace, and life details beyond the report remain undocumented by primary records.

Catharine's reported father, Thomas Billings Throop, is independently documented: born 29 August 1771 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island and died 21 July 1856 (aged 84) at Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois; buried at Lake Avenue Cemetery, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois (Section A, Lot 31), with father CPT Billings Throop (1735-1776). This matches the report's named father 'Thomas Billings Throop (1771-1856)' on name, birth year, and death year. NOTE: this record is about the father and lists only one child (Rebecca William Throop Luce, 1801-1883); it does not itself name or confirm Catharine.

1771-08-29 · Bristol, Rhode Island, USA (birth); Algonquin / Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA (death/burial) grave ↗

Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.

Before settling in Illinois, the father Thomas Billings Throop lived in Middleburgh and Hanover, New York, indicating a migration path of Bristol, Rhode Island -> New York -> Algonquin/Crystal Lake, Illinois. A daughter born in 1817 would most plausibly have been born in New York State along this route. likely

· Middleburgh and Hanover, New York · Detail from a single Throop genealogy index entry ('Thomas Billings Throope, b. 1771, of Middleburg and Hanover, N.Y., and Algonquin, Ill.'). Corroborates the father's identity and supplies a likely birthplace context for Catharine, but is a secondary genealogy-index claim about the father and is NOT tied to Catharine by any primary record. Kept at 'likely' (single secondary source, not primary). tree ↗book ↗

unconfirmed mother: report “Catherine Walker (1776)” vs. found “Not confirmed in public sources. The father's verified Find a Grave memorial links no wife (no spouse is shown), and no public profile was found establishing Catherine Walker (b. 1776) as the wife of Thomas Billings Throop.”. The mother named in the report could not be corroborated. Several unrelated 'Catherine/Catharine Walker' records surfaced but none tie to this Throop family. Not a contradiction, just unverified.

unconfirmed subject record: report “Catharine A. Throop, b. 26 June 1817, daughter of Thomas Billings Throop” vs. found “No primary or secondary record naming Catharine A. Throop (b. 1817) as a child of Thomas Billings Throop was located. The father's verified memorial lists only one child, Rebecca William Throop Luce (1801-1883). Both findings in this dossier document the FATHER, not Catharine; her own identity, birth, and parentage tie remain undocumented.”. Important calibration: the 'confirmed' finding above confirms the family anchor (the father), NOT Catharine herself. The father's child list is incomplete, so the absence is not evidence against the report, but no positive evidence for Catharine exists either.

Open questions (6)

CRITICAL: No finding in this dossier documents Catharine A. Throop herself. The two findings confirm the father (the family anchor) only. Readers must not interpret the father's confirmed record as confirmation of Catharine's birth date (26 June 1817) or parentage, which remain undocumented by any located source.
No grave, vital record, or genealogical profile for Catharine A. Throop (b. 26 June 1817) was found on Find a Grave, FamilySearch, WikiTree, or Geni. She is not buried at Lake Avenue Cemetery (Crystal Lake, IL), where only four Throops appear: Hosea B Throop (1884), Nathan Throop (d.1874), Thomas Billings Throop (the father), and Zilpha Throop (d.1852). Did she marry and change surname, die young, or settle elsewhere?
The father's verified Find a Grave memorial lists only one child, Rebecca William Throop Luce (1801-1883), and one sibling, Sally Throop Reed (1765-1849). Catharine is absent. The linked-family data is clearly incomplete, so this absence is not evidence against the report, but it is also not corroboration.
What was Catharine's exact birthplace? The family's residence in Middleburgh/Hanover, New York around 1817 suggests a New York birth, but the report leaves place blank and no record confirms it.
Does the 'Throop Genealogy' book (seekingmyroots PDF G006680) contain the full children list of Thomas Billings Throop, including Catharine? It repeatedly surfaced in searches but returned HTTP 403 and could not be read. This remains the most promising unexamined source for a primary tie to Catharine.
How do Hosea B Throop, Nathan Throop, and Zilpha Throop (all in the same cemetery as the father) relate to Catharine - siblings, in-laws, or nieces/nephews?

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Ancestry

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Catharine A. Throop b. 1817

father Thomas Billings Throop 1771–1856

father Billings Throop 1735–1776

father Thomas Throop 1710–1771

mother Mary Billings 1712–1743

mother Hannah Morton

mother Catherine Walker b. 1776