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www.historynet.com · catherine-antrim-billy-theCatherine Antrim, Billy the Kid's Mother - HistoryNet
Jan 12, 2023 · In order to support her boys, Catherine operated a laundry and sold baked goods. She may have taken in boarders, another common occupation, as many soldiers had mustered out of service and needed a place to ground themselves while reacclimating to civilian life.
- Melody Groves
His mother Catherine McCarty and stepfather William Antrim briefly resided in Wichita from 1870 to 1871 and took part in founding the city. Historians do not entirely agree on many of the particulars of Catherine and William’s lives; what follows is derived from historical public records and research conducted over the years by many writers ...
Date RecordedBookPageDoc Type11/1/1870Deed A219Deed11/1/1870Deed A220Deed02/23/1871Deed A369Deed02/23/1871Deed A370DeedIn Wichita, Kansas (the first time she and her sons appear in historical record) she was the only woman to sign the petition that helped incorporate the town. She owned her own property and ran a laundry but soon moved her family to New Mexico.
May 17, 2022 · In Wichita, Kansas (the first time she and her sons appear in the historical record) she was the only woman to sign the petition that helped incorporate the town. She owned her own property and ran laundry but soon moved her family to New Mexico.
- Waterford
- William Henry Antrim
- Waterford
- circa 1829
Feb 7, 2024 · One of the city’s first female entrepreneurs was Catherine McCarty. She purchased land and began a laundry service. Additionally, she was the only woman to sign Wichita’s founding charter in 1870. Also noteworthy, she is the mother of the famous outlaw, Billy the Kid.
Jan 12, 2023 · In order to support her boys, Catherine operated a laundry and sold baked goods. She may have taken in boarders, another common occupation, as many soldiers had mustered out of service and needed a place to ground themselves while reacclimating to civilian life.
While living in Indianapolis, he met a new comer who lived a few blocks away, Catherine McCarty, a widow and single mother of two young boys. The two developed a relationship close enough that they would relocate together in 1869 to Wichita, Kansas. Now in Wichita, Antrim purchased a quarter section lot six miles from town.
