William Kirker and Catherine McClintock
Husband William Kirker 1
Born: Abt 1812 Christened: Died: Abt 1891 Buried:Marriage: Abt 1887
Other Spouse: Unknown ( - )
Wife Catherine McClintock 1
Born: 13 Dec 1814 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 16 Mar 1911 1 Buried:
Father: Joseph McClintock ( - ) 1 Mother: Sarah McCullough ( - ) 1
Other Spouse: William McElroy ( -Abt 1883) 1
Children
General Notes: Wife - Catherine McClintock
Her great-grandfather, Adam Galt, a soldier in the revolutionary war, was the grandson of Robert Galt, a native of Ireland, born in 1710, who came to America as a young man, settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Romance or fate had a part in the life of Catherine (McClintock) McElroy. In her early girlhood she betrothed herself to William Kirker, but her mother, having decided that she must marry William McElroy, compelled her to break her engagement with Mr. Kirker. After McElroy's death she lived with her children until the year 1888, when Mr. Kirker, who had in the meantime married and become a widower, again sought her hand. They were married at the ages of seventy-three and seventy-five years, respectively. Four years later an incurable malady attacked him, and he died a short time afterward.
At the time of her demise she had the distinction of being the oldest woman in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, having reached the remarkable age of ninety-six years.
1
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 528.
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