Helen (Ellen) Cattanach

Parents:

• Birth*: Helen (Ellen) Cattanach was born on 21 November 1863 at Dunnichen, Angus, Scotland, .
• She was the daughter of John Cattanach and Mary Stirling.
• (Deceased) Death*: Helen (Ellen) Cattanach died on 25 January 1879 at age 15.
• (Interred) Burial*: She was buried with Helen (Ellen) Cattanach in January 1879 at Dunnichen Churchyard, Forfarshire, Scotland.¹

• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: She is commemorated on the headstone erected in August 1914 at Dunnichen Parish Church, Letham, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads In sacred memory of John Cattanach died 25th August 1914 aged 84 years and his wife Mary Stirling died 17 November 1914 aged 80 years. Also their daughters Ellen died 25th January 1879 aged 15 years, their son Charles died at Islay, Alberta, Canada 31st July 1930 aged 76 years, Mary died 24th April 1943 aged 83 years, Johanna died 3rd February 1944 aged 73 years, Charlotte wife of John Wilkie, USA, died 16th April 1923 aged 89 years. And their children who died in infancy. Their daughter Ellen died 17th February 1950 aged 71 years.²
  

  Dunnichen Churchyard John Cattanach Mary Stirling

  

  Dunnichen Churchyard John Cattanach Mary Stirling

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

2 April 1871

They was listed as a member of the household of John Cattanach and Mary Stirling in the 1871 census at Guthrie Road, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Helen Catanach, daug, 7, scholar, Dunnichen; John Catanach, head, 41, ag lab, Aberlemno; Mary Catanach, wife, 36, Dunnichen.3