Keith Catto MMMMMMF

[ElizabethHerts]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Keith Catto

Date and place of birth
unknown - Scotland?

Names of parents
unknown

Date and place of baptism
unknown

Details of hismarriage
Margaret Forbes
31st March 1761 at St Mary’s Portsea

Children
James 10 May 1761 Portsea St Mary
Alexander 11 Nov 1764 Gosport
Edward 2 Feb 1766 Gosport
Jane 4 Jan 1769 Gosport
Thomas 20 May 1770 Gosport
Betsy 1 Nov 1772 Gosport
Mary 26 Dec 1773 Gosport
Elizabeth 10 Mar 1776 Gosport
Nancy 21 Dec 1777 Gosport
Keith 13 Aug 1779 Gosport

Occupation(s)
Victualler
also involved in shipping - a ship owner
"Alexander and Jane Catto"

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) times!).
Portsea, Hampshire
Gosport, Hampshire

I have always thought from his name and his wife's name that they were a Scottish family.

Date, place and cause of death
January 1801, cause unknown

Date and place of burial

There is some confusion here!

A local researcher gave me this burial date:
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1801
Burial Place: Gosport, Hampshire, England

However, FMP have the person down as "Katherine Catto".
Keith Catto made his will on 16th December 1800, so it looks likely that this is correct.

Details of will / administration of their estate
Made 16th December 1800
Proved 4th February 1801
Executrix: Jane Smith, his daughter and my MMMMMM

Memorial inscription unknown

link to Jane Smith (maiden name Catto), my MMMMMM:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11219&highlight=Jane+Smith

[Shona]

FMP has a burial for a Keith Catto in Gosport 16 November 1781. Is this Keith and Margaret's youngest son?

I had a look through some trade directories and found the following:

1791 Gosport
James Catto, victualler (Sun)
Keith Catto, coal merchant

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/browse/view.aspx?dbid=1547&iid=GB1134-01999&rc=168,1281,235,1306;162,1519,230,1545;240,1523,31 5,1553&pid=739565&ssrc=&fn=keith&ln=catto&st=g

1794
Keith Catto, The Sun, North Street, Gosport
Victualler, food and drink

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=biodat&so=2&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=keith&gsfn_x=NN&gsln=catto&gsln_x=NN&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=fpy&cp=11

[Shona]

Nothing helpful coming up on Scotland's People.

[ElizabethHerts]

FMP has a burial for a Keith Catto in Gosport 16 November 1781. Is this Keith and Margaret's youngest son?


Shona, thanks for looking for me.

No, it isn't their youngest son, and I have no idea who he is!
The youngest son Keith Catto married Maria Jones in 1818 at St Mary's, Portsea and they had 3 children.

I also wonder if I might have found a brother for Keith Catto senior:

Who is William Cato??

There is a marriage between William Cato and Rebekah Hewlet on 30th Dec 1778 at Portsea St Mary.

I haven't found any children for them yet.

There are two burials for a William Catto/Kato, and one for Rebecca. I think the later one is for this William.

Day: 04
Month: Jan
Year: 1798
Surname: Kato
Forename: William
Age:
Parish: Gosport
County: Hampshire

Day: 21
Month: Feb
Year: 1811
Surname: Cato
Forename: William
Age: 68 Born c. 1743
Parish: Fareham St Peter & St Paul
County: Hampshire

Day: 15
Month: Jun
Year: 1803
Surname: Cato
Forename: Rebecca
Age: 58 Born c. 1745
Parish: Fareham St Peter & St Paul
County: Hampshire

So William Catto was born. c. 1745 and I calculated that Keith Catto and his wife Margaret (Forbes) were probably born c. 1740 or earlier.

[Shona]

FMP has a burial for a Mary Cato, daughter of Philip, 20 November 1763, Portsmouth St Thomas.

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/records/parish-records/details/D/805123583?e=D&sn=CATO&iFnsV=false&sF=YR&rC=224&locale=en

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Shona.

I must really systematically record them all and try to work them all out.

[ElizabethHerts]

Philip's burial was 20th June 1782 at Portsea St Mary.

[Shona]

Found some more Cato burials on FMP.

Michael Cato, 15 December 1779, Portsea St Mary
Nancy Cato, 15 November 1780, Gosport
Philip Cato, 20 June 1782, Porstea St Mary

You have a Nancy as one of Keith and Margaret's children.

So now we have: Who is William, Michael and Philip?

[Shona]

Philip's burial was 20th June 1782 at Portsea St Mary. Oops - cross-posted! :)

[ElizabethHerts]

William and Rebecca Cato had 2 daughters:

Ann bapt. 12 Mar 1782 Fareham
Eleanor bapt. 10 Aug 1783 Fareham


There was a couple called Robert and Luce Cato. Their children:

John bapt 30 Jun 1775 Portsea St Mary about 2 years
Robert 21 Oct 1777 Portsea St Mary
Michael 13 Jun 1779 Portsea St Mary This is probably the Michael who was buried.


A couple called John and Nell Cato had:
Betsey bapt. 20 Dec 1778 Portsea St Mary


A William and Elizabeth Cato had:
Mary Ann bapt. 18 Nov 1810 Portsea St Mary

[ElizabethHerts]

FMP has a burial for a Keith Catto in Gosport 16 November 1781. Is this Keith and Margaret's youngest son?


Wouldn't it be great if this Keith Catto were from the earlier generation? :D