Clark County WA Archives Obituaries.....Petrain, Catherine February 11, 1893
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Oregonian February 12,1893
Death of Mrs. Catherine Petrain at Vancouver
Vancouver,Wash.,Feb 11- Mrs. Catherine Petrain,the widow of Judge Joseph 
Petrain, died here last night of consumption,aged 60. Her husband came here in 
November,1836,from st.Daivod's,Canada. The decesed was born in Meath County, 
Ireland,her parents emigrswting to Oregon in 1844 overland. She was married 
the same day the act establishing Oregon Territory was approved by the 
president, August 14,1848,in th eold chapel built in the reservation by 
priests sent out in 1838 by Bishop Quebec. She resided here continously ever 
since, raising a large family of children,eight of whom survive her.Charles A 
Petarin, the attorney of Portland, and Mrs. Bloomfield,wife o fJudge 
Bloomfield, of Vanncouver, being among them. She was one of the oldest 
pioneers iin the state. The remains will be interred Monday at 10 a.m. from 
the cathedral.

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