Early life Big Nose Kate



kate horony (left) , younger sister wilhelmina in 1865, @ time orphaned. kate 15 years old.


in 1860, dr. horony, second wife katharina, , children left hungary united states, arriving in new york city on german ship bremen in september 1860. writer glenn boyer first state kate descended nobility , after father appointed personal physician emperor maximilian of mexico family accompanied monarch s retinue mexico. however, in none of published works did boyer ever cite source these assertions. patrick a. bowmaster exposed fallacy of boyer s story.”


the horony family settled in predominantly german area of davenport, iowa in 1862. horony , wife died 3 years later, in 1865, within month of 1 another. mary katherine , younger siblings placed in home of brother-in-law, gustav susemihl, , in 1870 left in care of attorney otto smith. 1870 united states census records davenport, iowa show kate s younger sister, 15-year-old wilhelmina (wilma), living , working domestic austrian-born david palter , hungarian wife bettina.


st. louis , dodge city

at age 16, kate ran away foster home , stowed away on riverboat bound st. louis, missouri. kate later claimed while lived in st. louis married dentist named silas melvin whom had son, , both died of yellow fever. no record has been found substantiate marriage, birth of child, or death of either melvin or child. united states census records report silas melvin lived in st. louis in mid 1860s married steamship captain s daughter named mary bust. census shows melvin employed st. louis asylum. since kate met doc holliday in 1870s, may have confused 2 , occupations when recalling facts later in life.


researcher jan collins states kate entered ursuline convent did not remain long. in 1869, recorded working prostitute madam blanch tribole in st. louis. in 1874, kate fined working sporting woman in sporting house in dodge city, kansas, run nellie bessie (ketchum) earp, james earp s wife.








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