1885 Chippewa County MN census has her at age 37.. Also her mother died in CA
Clara married William Harrison Holt, son of William Knox Holt and Eliza Jane Virgin. William was born15 Sep 1840 in New Hampshire. He died 15 Feb 1904 in Stockton, California.
Sources
1. George Eastman, Eastman Genealogy, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ign.cgi?op=AHN&db=geastman&id=113430&printed.
Second Generation
2. John K Cate.John K Cate married Amorette Maynard Eastman 3 Oct 1842.
He moved to California in 1852 and never returned to New England. When last heard of , he was proprietor of the Comsmopolitan Hotel in San Francisco, CA
3. Amorette Maynard Eastman died 1866 in California.
Sources
1. Houghton M Cate, 42 Beckley St., Barre VT, Cate family letter.
Third Generation
4. Stephen Cate was born13 Mar 1785. He married Olive Hogdon.
He and Jonathan were twins who lived and grew to large and strong men, looking so nearly alike as harly to be distinguished from each other. Stephen settled in Loudon.
Other notes place him in Stewartston, NH
5. Olive Hogdon.
6. John Eastmanwas born in Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He married Annie Drake.
7. Annie Drake.
Sources
1. edited by D. Hamilton Hurd, The History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire, 1885, transcribed on webpage Loudon, NH.
Fourth Generation
8. Stephen Cate was born Abt 1748. He married Anna Griffin 30 Mar 1777 in Deerfield, NH.
He came from Deerfield, NH in 1785. He settled upon a farm later owned (1885) by W. Cate, where he built a log house for himself and family of two children, the eldest being two and a half years and the youngest but 18 months. He rode from Deerfield, NH, on horseback with his wife, eathc carrying one of the children in their arms as they rode upon the same horse. The following year Mrs.Cate, whose name was Anna, gave birth to the twins, Stephen and Jonathan, whose weight at birth was 22 pounds. !Early in 1784, he removed to Loudon, he and his wife eaching riding on horseback. His farm was still in possession of the family in 1885. He was one of those who signed a petition which opposed being taxed to support the church.(source, Hurd, E. Hamilton, History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire, p. 506)
9. Anna Griffin.
Judy Larsen's research gives the names as Anna, The Thompson research has her as Abigail Neal.
Stephen Cate is the common ancestor of Clara Cate who married William H Holt and Hannah Cate. She married Ira Chase, their daughter was Hannah Chase who married Sam Morrill and settled across the road from Holt House at Hillside Farm.
Sources
1. R Thompson, Thompson family research, internet, e-mail rthompson@online.dct.com, www.gbonline.com/rthompson/thompson. 2. Alicia J Cate, Descendants of James Catefamilytreemakder.genealogy.com/users/c/a/t/Alicia-J-Cate/GENE3-0005.html, internet.
Fifth Generation
16. Samuel Catewas born 2 Jan 1723/1724. He died 9 Apr 1816. He married Abigail Neal 1744.
17. Abigail Nealwas born 11 Aug 1730. She died 7 Aug 1815.
Sixth Generation
32. James Catewas born Bef 1639 in Norfolk, England. He died 1732 in Greenland, Rockingham Co.,NH.He was married 25 Nov 1715.
Sources
1. Houghton Cate, Houghton Cate research, e-mail. 2. R Thompson, Thompson family research.
Seventh Generation
64. Edward Cate was born abt 1655 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co, NH. He died Abt 1732 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co, NH. He was married 1687.