Catherine was the daughter of Rensselaer Havens (1773-1854), a native of Shelter Island NY, and his second wife Catherine Cebra Webb (1801-1897), a native of New York City. She is known for the diary that she kept from 1849-50 in New York City during her tenth year. It was later published in 1919 under the title "Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York." It gives an unusual picture of Manhattan before rapid urbanization and mass immigration changed it into the center of a huge metropolis.
After the death of her father, Catherine and her mother moved to Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her much older sister, Fanny Havens Bissel (1821-1864), lived. Catherine credited this sister with encouraging her to write the diary. When the 1930 US Census was taken, Catherine was still living in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Catherine never married. She dedicated her published diary to her "dear nieces and nephews and their descendants."
After the death of her father, Catherine and her mother moved to Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her much older sister, Fanny Havens Bissel (1821-1864), lived. Catherine credited this sister with encouraging her to write the diary. When the 1930 US Census was taken, Catherine was still living in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Catherine never married. She dedicated her published diary to her "dear nieces and nephews and their descendants."
Catherine was the daughter of Rensselaer Havens (1773-1854), a native of Shelter Island NY, and his second wife Catherine Cebra Webb (1801-1897), a native of New York City. She is known for the diary that she kept from 1849-50 in New York City during her tenth year. It was later published in 1919 under the title "Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York." It gives an unusual picture of Manhattan before rapid urbanization and mass immigration changed it into the center of a huge metropolis.
After the death of her father, Catherine and her mother moved to Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her much older sister, Fanny Havens Bissel (1821-1864), lived. Catherine credited this sister with encouraging her to write the diary. When the 1930 US Census was taken, Catherine was still living in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Catherine never married. She dedicated her published diary to her "dear nieces and nephews and their descendants."
After the death of her father, Catherine and her mother moved to Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her much older sister, Fanny Havens Bissel (1821-1864), lived. Catherine credited this sister with encouraging her to write the diary. When the 1930 US Census was taken, Catherine was still living in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Catherine never married. She dedicated her published diary to her "dear nieces and nephews and their descendants."
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CATHERINE ELIZABETH
HAVENS
Daughter of
RENSSELAER
and
CATHERINE CEBRA
WEBB HAVENS
Born August 6, 1839
Died February 19, 1939
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