When I was born in 1951, I believe that my parents wanted to choose a name for me that carried the ancestry and history of women in my family. Research has shown me that the name Catherine, is evidently well known and appreciated in my paternal family. They named me:
Catherine Lee Lowe
Catherine Lee Lowe
These ancestral women came from England and Germany, eventually living in and around Catawba County, North Carolina:
Anna Catharina Mull 1707-1762
Catherine Brown Warren Boone 1708-1778
Catherine Sherrill Robinson 1732 -
Anna Catherina Schuffert 1732 -
Catherine Rosannah Boone Coulter 1733-1813
Catherine Mary Mull Weidner 1733-1804
Catherine Weidner Mull 1755-1838
Anna Catherine Schell Whitener 1770-1822
Susannah Catherine Hoyle Wilfong 1774-1829
Catherine Wilfong Hoyle 1774-1850
Catherine Coulter Lowrance 1774-1851
Catherine Yoder Baker 1782-1867
Catharine Robinson Wilson 1799-1872
Catherine Baker Shuford 1810-1877
Catherine Elmina Robinson Corpening 1822-1870
Catherine Elizabeth Shuford Whitener 1841-1908
Catherine Augusta Coulter Robinson 1863-1952
Mary Catherine Robinson Self 1867-1951
My middle name, "Lee" derives from my Great-great Uncle Lee Winston Taylor, my Great-great Uncle Thomas Lee Lowe, my Grandfather Thomas Lee Lowe, my Grandmother Lillian Lee Taylor Lowe, and my paternal Aunt Norma Lee Lowe.
