Catherine Pitcairn
(1752–1835)
BIRTH
1752
PLACE
DEATH
October 24, 1835
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
John Pitcairn
(1722-1775)
MOTHER
Elizabeth Dalrymple
(1724-1809)
BROTHER
David Pitcairn
(1749-1809)
BROTHER
Clerke Pitcairn
(1750-1780)
BROTHER
Robert Pitcairn (midshipman)
(1752-c. 1770)
BROTHER
Alexander Pitcairn (barrister)
(1768-?)
SISTER
Janet Pitcairn
(18th Century-?)
SISTER
Anne Pitcairn
(18th Century-?)
SISTER
Johanna Pitcairn
(d. 1830)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
NOT YET RESEARCHED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Catherine Pitcairn was a daughter of Major John Pitcairn and Elizabeth Dalrymple, and the wife of British officer Charles Cochrane. Her father died at Bunker Hill in 1775; Cochrane was killed during the Yorktown siege in 1781 after serving as an aide to Cornwallis. Widowed, Catherine married Charles Owen Cambridge in 1789 and lived at Whitminster House near Gloucester. Published family histories record her death on 24 October 1835; her birth year still needs confirmation.
EARLY LIFE
Catherine Pitcairn was born in 1752, according to the year recorded in Wikidata with a reference to Stanford's Kindred Britain. She was a daughter of John Pitcairn and Elizabeth Dalrymple. Her family identity is corroborated by the Peerage account of her marriages to Charles Cochrane and Charles Owen Cambridge. Details of her childhood and education remain unconfirmed.
No distinct public profession or office for Catherine Pitcairn is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Catherine Pitcairn died on Oct 24, 1835. Catherine Pitcairn was a daughter of Major John Pitcairn and Elizabeth Dalrymple, and the wife of British officer Charles Cochrane. Her father died at Bunker Hill in 1775; Cochrane was killed during the Yorktown siege in 1781 after serving as an aide to Cornwallis. Widowed, Catherine married Charles Owen Cambridge in 1789 and lived at Whitminster House near Gloucester. Published family histories record her death on 24 October 1835; her birth year still needs confirmation. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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