Ancestry of
Glenn Close

Movie, Television, and Stage Actress

Catherine Mitchell

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• • Great-grandmother of Glenn Close — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • William Murray Mitchell 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Irvin Joyner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Apr 1872 
  • Birth Location:
  • Griffin, Spalding, Georgia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 May 1966 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edwin Munford Taliaferro
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Nov 1892 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harris County, Texas 
  • Child:

  Elizabeth Taliaferro (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Catherine Mitchell's given name is also seen as Kate.

• Sources for Catherine Mitchell

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, Galveston County, 1900, Galveston Ward 7, E.D. 128, Sheet 22B, Image 44 of 44.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan A.D. 12, E.D. 930, Sheet 13B, Image 36 of 42.
  • ³ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1930, Manhattan, E.D. 633, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 42.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, TX, Harris County, 1910, Houston Ward 3, E.D. 86, Sheet 19A, Image 32 of 37.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, GA, Spalding County, 1880, Griffin, E.D. 118, p. 29, Image 29 of 73.
  • ⁶ Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), Vol. 3, p. 513.
  • ⁷ Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Marriage certificate for Edwin M Taliaferro and Catherine Mitchell.
  • ⁸ The Houston Post (Houston, Texas), 18 FEB 1909, p. 1, Obituary for father William M Mitchell.
  • ⁹ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 04 NOV 1924, Application for Catherine Mitchell Taliaferro.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for Catherine M Taliaferro.
  • ¹¹ Stubbs, William Carter, A History of Two Virginia Families Transplanted from County Kent, England: Thomas Baytop, Tenterden, 1638 and John . . ., New Orleans, Louisiana: Unknown (1918), 120-121.

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