Anna Katharina or Catherine A. "Kate" LEUBECHER

1876 - 1959  (82 years)

• Name	Anna Katharina or Catherine A. "Kate" LEUBECHER
  Born	9 Dec 1876	Wendershausen, Tann, Hessen, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Oct 1959	Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, USA
  Buried	Zillah City Cemetery, Zillah, Yakima, Washington, USA
  Notes	Legal documents have name as: Catherine A. Buswell Cemetery headstone lists name as “Catherine A. Buswell.” 1900 census indicates birth year as 1877. From Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) 26 Apr 1901, Fri. "Miss Kate Lubecker returned home from St. Cloud, Minn., where she was called by the death of a nephew, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holm, formerly of this city. Mr. Holm was for a number of years employed in the bookbindery of Brown & Saenger." 1905 South Dakota census: Katherine P. Lubecher, age 27, farmer’s daughter, years in SD 21; yrs. in US: 22. Called “Kate” throughout her life. South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949: Wm. J. Buswell, Toppenish, Wash., 41, American, Bacheler; Catherine A. Leubecher, Shindler P.O., Lincoln County, 32, German, Maiden. 22 October 1910 From Augusta Leubecher’s diary: “1910-Kate (Oct. 22) married Will Buswell and went to Toppenish Washington to live.” Had no children; desperately wanted to adopt Hazel when her mother, Ida, (Kate’s sister) was killed by lightning. Max Miller initially agreed to this, but when Kate traveled from Washington to South Dakota to pick up Hazel, Max changed his mind and wouldn’t let Kate take Hazel. Was matron in 1922 of the Illihee Chapter #123 of the Order of the Eastern Star. U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index: Name: Catharine A. Buswell [Catharine A. Leubecker] SSN: 535223176 Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 9 Dec 1876 Birth Placed: Federal Republic of Germany Father: Geo Leubecker Mother: Augusta Bomnity [sic] Notes: Jul 1943: Name listed as Catharine A. Buswell Washington, Select Death Certificates: Name: Catherine A. Buswell [Catherine A. Leubecher] Gender: Female Age: 82 Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Death Date: 6 Oct 1959 Death Place: Toppenish, Yakima, Washington Father: George Leubecher Mother: Augusta Pomnitz
  Person ID	I251	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	George LEUBECHER,   b. 23 Nov 1836, Tann, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 10 Mar 1921, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Eleonore Henriette Auguste "Augusta" POMNITZ,   b. 2 Jun 1849, Donndorf, Saxony, Germany ,   d. 8 Dec 1925, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1871	Free State of Saxony, Germany
  Photos » Slide Show		Leubecher, George and wife, Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher. Sitting outside their homestead in southeastern South Dakota.
  		Leubecher, Augusta Pomnitz. Children. Taken sometime in 1882 or 1883 in Germany, before Augusta and her three daughters arrived in the U.S. on 9 Jun 1883. L. to R.: Bertha, Augusta, Kate, and Ida.
  		Leubecher, George and wife, Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher. Family. Back row, L. to R.: Herman Leubecher, Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher, George Leubecher, Will Buswell, Front row, L. to R.: Iva Leubecher, Kate Leubecher Buswell.
  		Leubecher sisters. L. to R.: Bertha, Helen, and Kate.
  		Leubecher, George and Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher. Family. L. to R.: George Leubecher, Carl A. Bergmann (son of George Leubecher from first marriage who was adopted by another family), Bertha (?), Kate (?), Herman.
  		Leubecher, George and wife, Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher.
  Headstones		Leubecher, George and Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher.
  Histories		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William James “Will” BUSWELL,   b. 26 Aug 1869, Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1949, Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1910	Lincoln Co., South Dakota, USA
  Photos » Slide Show		Buswell, Kate Leubecher and husband, Will Buswell.
  		Lowell, George John family and Will and Kate Buswell. Back row, l. to r.: Kate Buswell, G. James Lowell, and George J. Lowell Front row, l. to r.: John Lowell, Hazel Lowell and Will Buswell.
  		Leubecher, George and wife, Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher. Family. Back row, L. to R.: Herman Leubecher, Augusta Pomnitz Leubecher, George Leubecher, Will Buswell, Front row, L. to R.: Iva Leubecher, Kate Leubecher Buswell.
  Headstones		Buswell, William and Anna Katharina "Catherine" Leubecher
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Dec 1876 - Wendershausen, Tann, Hessen, Germany Married - 22 Oct 1910 - Lincoln Co., South Dakota, USA Died - 6 Oct 1959 - Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, USA Buried - - Zillah City Cemetery, Zillah, Yakima, Washington, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Buswell, Kate Leubecher.
  		Millers and Leubechers, 1905 Left to right: Clifford Miller on rocking horse; Max Miller; Anna Katharina "Kate" Leubecher; Ida Leubecher Miller; Herman Leubecher; Viola Miller; Children: Vera Holmes, Hazel Miller Lowell, and Elsie Miller

  
  

  Documents

  Birth. Leubecher, Anna Katharina. Birth Certificate. Born 9 December 1876.