Kate Robinson

Kate Robinson

Kate Robinson Weiler, 1853-1903

• Father: John C. Robinson b. say 1830
• Mother: Mary (?) b. say 1830

• Kate Robinson was born in June 1853 in Smith Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
• She married Thomas Edward Harlow, son of John Hopkins Harlow and Martha (?), on 13 August 1878 in Verulam, Victoria, Ontario, Canada, witnessed by Thomas Robinson and Lewis A. Williams of Verulam.
• Kate Robinson was living in Verulam, Ontario, Canada, at the time of her marriage.
• Thomas Edward Harlow and Kate Robinson appeared in the 4 April 1881 census of Canada in Bobcaygeon, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. Other members of the household included Ella Lorie Harlow, Susan Harlow, Robert Washington Harlow and John Hopkins Harlow.
• Kate Robinson became a widow at the 25 August 1885 death of her husband Thomas Edward Harlow.
• The following appeared on 11 December 1891 in The Buffalo Courier: Erie County Board of Supervisors, Nov. 10, 1891. . . . The Chair presented the following which was received and ordered printed and filed, and referred to the Committee on Charitable Institutions:
       County of Erie, N. Y., Debtor to the Buffalo Orphan Asylum.
       County charges from October 1, 1890, to October 1, 1891: . . . #268, Violet Harlow, Oct. 1 to March 26, 25 weeks; #267 Edward Harlow, Oct. 1 to Mar. 26, 25 weeks. . . .
• She married Gottlieb Weiler, son of Balthasar Weiler and Anna Walter, on 18 May 1893 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, with The Rev. Geo. Whitman officiating.
• Gottlieb Weiler and Kate Robinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 389 Walnut Street. Other members of the household included Frederick Weiler, Amelia Weiler and Violet Amy Harlow. Violet was Kate's daughter by her earlier marriage.
• A photographic portrait was made of Gottlieb and Kate Robinson Weiler.
• Kate Robinson died on 3 February 1903 at age 49 in Buffalo, New York.
• Gottlieb Weiler became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Concordia Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 4 February 1903 in the Buffalo Courier: [Died] In this city, February 3, 1903, Kate, wife of Charles Weiler and mother of John, Gibson and Violet Harlow, [step-mother of] Mrs. Herman Oelheim, Charles, Anna, Clara, Fred and Amelia Weiler, and sister of Mrs. Edward Williams, Mrs. Louis Williams of St. Louis, Mo; William and Mathew Robinson of Petersburg, Ont., aged 49 years, 7 months and 16 days. The funeral will be held from the family residence, No. 806 Michigan Street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. Toronto papers please copy.
• The following appeared on 5 February 1903 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Adam Kammerer and daughter, Miss Ada Kammerer, Mrs. B. Weiler and daughter, Miss Emma Weiler, of Ontario Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. George Weiler of Sixth Street are in Buffalo today attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Charles Weiler.
• Research Note: It remains to be discovered what the relationship was between William and Margaret Robinson and Gottlieb's second wife Kate Robinson.

• Last Edited: 11 Dec 2014

• Charts: Descendants of WALTER Gottlieb & Caecilia Kölle, Descendants of WEILER Balthasar & Anna Walter