The Catlow Sisters

You may remember I mentioned Julie who is a descendant of Nellie Catlow and who has been a mine of information on them all, well, she recently sent me three photos including one of the triplets that I didn’t have originally. And finally I have one of their mother Millicent who was missing in all of the photos I had. However, there is just one last question – who is the extra girl in the group of eight – not their mother surely? Not counting the triplets there should only be seven of them. There is nothing written on the back of the group photo so I’m just presuming that one of them is their mother, probably the one on the right with the large buttons on her skirt, if so then I’m coveting her tiny waist and trim figure after having ten babies! Thank you Julie for all your help, it has been great.

                          *** Lily – Rose – Violet – not necessarily in that order – 1900-1901 ***

                                     Millicent Catlow with her triplets at 8 weeks old – Oct 1900.

Addendum: we now know who the extra person is in this photo – Cissie Burrows (standing right with large buttons on her skirt) – was a friend of the Catlow sisters.

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The Four Youngest Catlow Daughters

I have no photos of the triplets because sadly they didn’t survive to adulthood. They were born on the 6 Aug 1900 - Lily passed away on 26 Apr 1901, Violet on 6 May 1901 and Rose on 6 Nov 1901. They were all buried together, along with their sister Mary Elizabeth, in grave 134I in St John’s Churchyard, Nelson, Lancashire.

The youngest was Winifred, known as Winnie, she was born in the 3qtr of 1903. Winnie was living with her parents in the 1911 census in Temple St, Nelson, she never married and in the 4qtr of 1968 she died aged 65. Nothing more is known about Winnie apart from these two photos of her.

References: FreeBMD; ancestry.com.au; familysearch.org; Google; FindMyPast

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If anyone knows anything about or is connected to this CATLOW family please do contact me, I would love to pass the photos onto a family member, even a distant one. Contact by email is preferable but if you are going to leave a comment please don’t forget to include your email address.

Dawn Scotting
pandora[at]kc.net.nz