People named Catherine Hampe

Catherine Helene Hedwig Hampe of Qland Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine Helene Hedwig Hampe.

Catherine Helene Hedwig Hampe was born in Australia in 1875; her father was a Lutheran minister. In 1905 she married Horace Edward Williams, the manager of a sheep station in Queensland, and they had five children, three of whom survived childhood: Horace Douglas, born in 1906, Charles Rowland, born in 1909, and Sheila. A son between Doug and Charlie died at birth; a son between Charlie and Sheila died of diphtheria aged 4. Her husband Horace passed away in May 1943, just days after the shattering news reached her that their son Charlie was missing after the Dams raid. Correspondence from her that survives in the Australian archives, related to Charlie's death, suggests she was a determined, strong-willed woman.

Catherine Helene Hedwig Hampe was the daughter of a Lutheran minister. She married sheep station manager Horace Edward Williams in 1905. They had five children: Horace Douglas, born in 1906, a son who died at birth, Charles Rowland, born in 1909, a second son who died age four, and daughter Sheila. A woman of firm faith, she did not like life in the outback, but stood by her husband through all the vicissitudes of fate. Her son Charles Rowland Willams served in the RAAF during World War II and was lost on the Dams raid, Operation Chastise, on May 16, 1943; tragically, her husband Horace died a few days later.

Catherine Hampe of Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland was born on December 11, 1907, and died at age 76 years old in April 1984.

Catherine A Hampe of Walpole, Norfolk County, MA was born on July 24, 1912, and died at age 84 years old on January 27, 1997.