Catherine Kennedy

   Cause of her death was Dropsy.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Mt-DNA Haplogroup: H (16172C).

• She appeared on the census in 1841 in Cowdens, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 30) living with husband David (30) and children George (10), Jean (6), Elisabeth (4) and Robert (13 months).

• She appeared on the census in 1851 in South Letham, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 39) living with husband David (40) and children Jane (16), Elizabeth (14), Robert (12), Ann (9) and David (7).

• She appeared on the census in 1861 in East Luscar Cottages, Carnock, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 50) living with her husband David (52), daughters Jane (26) and Catherine (8) and granddaughter Ann J McDairmid (3) in a house with one windowed room.

• She had a residence from 1869 to 1886 in Carnock Village, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1871 in Carnock Village, Carnock, Fife, Scotland. Recorded as a widowed housewife (aged 64) living in a house with 2 rooms having one or more windows, along with her unmarried daughter Catherine (18) and granddaughter Ann Jane McDiarmid (12).

• She appeared on the census in 1881 in Carnock Village, Carnock, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 75) as a widowed Housekeeper living with daughter Catherine.

• She was ill with Dropsy in 1886.

Catherine married David Ness, son of George Ness and Betsy Watt. (David Ness was born circa 1806 in Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland and died on 28 Dec 1869 in Carnock Village, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.) The cause of his death was Bronchitis (2 weeks).