Katherine
Gertrude
(Gertrude)
Peters
Born in Laurel, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ira Peters
and Lucy Belle (Martin) Johnson
Wife of
Clifford H. Sherman
— married
8 Jun 1921 in Laurel, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Hilia Eulene (Sherman) Lyttle, Earl Gene Sherman, Janrose Sherman, Sybil Lucille (Sherman) Kelly, [private daughter (1930s - unknown)] and Carl Sherman
Died
at age 100
in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Oct 2023
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Biography
Katherine was born in 1899. Her parents were Ira Peters and Lucy Belle Martin.
She appears as "Katie G" in the 1900 US Census, in Bush, Laurel Co., KY, in the household of her father along with her mother and four sisters. She is described as an eight month old, white female.
She appears in the 1940 US Census, in Lynch, Harlan Co., KY, in the household of her husband along with their six children. She is described as a married, 40 year old, white female, with four years of high school education.
She passed away in 1999, and is buried in the D.L. Creech Cemetery, Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HN-KX2 : Thu Oct 05 14:37:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Ira Peters and Lucy B Peters, 1900.
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-1K21 : 22 July 2021), Clifrod Sherman and Gertrude Peters, 8 Jun 1921; citing Marriage, Laurel, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,689,783.
- "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLWQ-TM9 : 9 January 2021), Gertrude Sherman, 31 Oct 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- Space:1940_US_Census:_KY,_Harlan,_Lynch,_ED_48-31, Sheets 25A & B, HH 411.
- Space:1900_US_Census:_KY,_Laural,_Bush,_ED_150,_Sheet_4,_HH_69
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249969369/gertrude-sherman: accessed 15 October 2023), memorial page for Gertrude Peters Sherman (11 Oct 1899–31 Oct 1999), Find a Grave Memorial ID 249969369, citing D.L. Creech Cemetery, Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by nathandebora (contributor 49095834).
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