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In 1867 thirty-seven year old Catherine McCarty (now single again) and her two sons, William Henry and Joseph, turned up in Indianapolis, Indiana. She resided at 199 North East Street and it was there she met and began a long term relationship with a man named William Antrim, a twenty-three year old labor and teamster who lived a few blocks away.
The Outlaw’s Mother: Catherine McCarty and the Beginnings of Wichita. Joshua Payne. Billy the Kid was a notorious outlaw that terrorized communities in the Old West for years before meeting an untimely end at the young age of 21 on July 14, 1881, in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. His mother Catherine McCarty and stepfather William Antrim briefly ...
September 16, 1874. After being confined to bed for months, Catherine McCarty Antrim dies of tuberculosis. Henry's stepfather expresses little interest in raising the teenage boy, and Henry...
May 27, 2022 · There is clear evidence that his mother's name was Catherine McCarty, although "there have been continuing debates about whether McCarty was her maiden or married name". The most reputable...
Jan 12, 2023 · There is no known photograph of Billy’s mother, Catherine McCarty Antrim. The images are often presented as picturing the Kid’s mother, but neither has been authenticated. After arriving in America, immigrants of many nations, particularly the Irish, chose to band together in close-knit communities. Catherine likely did too, at least for a while.
Jun 11, 2021 · The best-known and most reproduced photograph alleged to be Billy the Kid’s mother, Catherine McCarty Antrim, was misidentified by historian Eugene Cunningham when he included it in his seminal gunfighter history Triggernometry.
Nov 12, 2023 · Catherine was active in her local community and even involved in the founding of the city of Wichita, Kansas. Two images believed to possibly be of Catherine McCarty Antrim, via History Net In Kansas, Catherine met a man named William Antrim, and the two began a relationship. They would marry on March 1, 1873, and Antrim became Henry’s ...
