Katherine [Kate] van Blarcom
SexFemale
Age90
 
Born21 December 1871inNewton, Sussex County NJ (US)
Died30 June 1962 
Buried2 July 1962inNewton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County NJ (US)
FatherLewis van Blarcom
 Born 19 July 1835
 Died21 February 1904
MotherMary Thompson
 Born5 June 1837
 Died5 October 1916
BrotherAndrew born 12 November 1880
BrotherLewis born 29 April 1883
NotesNewton, N.J., Aug. 14 -- The marriage of Miss Kate Van Blarcom, of Newton, N.J., and Mr. Henry T. Kays, also of Newton, took place here on Saturday afternoon at about 4 o'clock in the home of the bride, 39 High street. Miss Van Blarcom is a sister of Prosecutor Lewis Van Blarcom of Sussex county and Andrew Van Blarcom, of Sussex county.
Mr. Kays is Sussex county general counsel and former Assemblyman from Sussex county for 1913, 1914 and 1915. At present he is a candidate for Democratic nomination for State Senator. The wedding ceremony was attended only by a few close relatives. Rev. Charles W. Rouse, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated. The couple left immediately after the wedding for an automobile trip to Pennsylvania and will return Thursday.

Middletown Times Press, August 14, 1918.


Residence(s)Newton, Sussex County NJ (US) in 1918
 Newton, Sussex County NJ (US) in 1962

ObituaryKAYS, KATHERINE (VAN BLARCOM), on June 30, 1962, of 97 Main Street, Newton, N.J., widow of the Honorable Henry T. Kays, survived by two nieces, Mrs. Ralph Inslee of Newton, N.J., Mrs. Percy H. Ballantine of Andover, N.J., and two nephews, Joseph R. Van Blarcom of Chatham, N.J. and Thomas Inslee of Newton, N.J.
Services Mon., July 2, at Christ Episcopal Church, Newton, N.J. at 3 p.m. Interment, Newton Cemetery.

New York Times, July 1, 1962

Marriage 10 August 1918inNewton, Sussex County NJ (US)
withHenry Thomas Kays
Born29 September 1878inNewton, Sussex County NJ (US)
Died26 July 1958inNewton, Sussex County NJ (US)
Children
Occupation(s)judge, senator


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