I suspect that my great aunt, Katrine Thomsen Ditlevson, died in Nevada County and is buried there and I would like to find out if anyone knows anything about her.

She was born in Vejen, Denmark 19 Aug. 1872 and came to the United States with her then fiance,Peter Hans Ditlevson in 1890. Family legend says they joined the Morman church.

In 1900 census she, her husband and children Minnie b.1894, Axel b. 1898, and Harold b. 1901. were in Fresno CA.

I have a copy of a letter she wrote to my grandfather in June 1903 from Boca, Nevada County. In the letter she says they will be going to Fresno in October (1903). I know she died within a year or two of writing that letter.

I have found her husband (by 1910 he was remarried and a lighthousekeeper on the Central Coast) and children in many records through the years but I haven't been able to find where and when Katrine died. Is there any way to find out if she is buried in Boca or elsewhere in Nevada County? The online listings I have found only give a few names.

As I suspected, not much to be had in the area of Boca Research in Nevada County. The search results for your great aunt, Katherine Thomsen Ditlevson were as follows:

Nevada County death index ... not found

Obituary index ... not found

Hooper & Weaver Mortuary index ... not found

Index to Cemetery Cards ... not found

Nevada Co. Vol 2 Cemeteries by C. James & Melinda Herzog Landrith (includes Boca pg. 30) ... not found (this book has a copyright of 1987 and only lists seven names under the heading Boca Cemetery so I am sure many are unaccounted for, probably may not be in existance anymore just like the town itself).

Nevada County Probate Case Index Vol. 1 FOUND

Ditlevsen, Kate Admin/Guard/Executor: Peter Ditlevsen Case #: 2789

The microfilm containing this record is on file at the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research in Nevada City, CA.

Within the Petition for Letters of Administration, the Petitioner was Peter Ditlevsen. The date of death of Kate Ditlevsen was on or about 4 July 1905 in the County of Nevada, State of California. It further states that at the time of her death she was a resident of Nevada County. She left an estate in the County of Fresno, State of CA.

The names, ages, and residences of the next of kin were:

Peter Ditlevsen 50 Fort Baker, Marin Co., Cal.

Minnie Pozesanac 28 Lolleta, Humboldt Co., Cal.

Albert P. Ditlevson 24 934 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

Harold Ditlevson 21 Fort Baker, Cal.

The petitioner was stated to have been the surviving husband.

This petition was Dated: Sausalito, Cal. August 14, 1822 and is signed by Peter Ditlevson (with an "o" so why it appears his name is misspelled throughout is a mystery)

Within the Order Appointing Administrator it is stated she died at Truckee, Nevada Co., Cal.

I tried to find her death notice/obituary in The Truckee Republican, looking up to July 22, 1905, and found nothing.

I tried also to find her in The Morning Union, again nothing.

Truckee is in East Nevada County and even to this day, not much of what occurs there appears in the paper of the Grass Valley/Nevada City area (The Union). Boca was about 5 miles downstream from Truckee. Perhaps you could acquire some information about the cemeteries in Truckee by using the contact link on the Truckee Chamber of Commerce website:

http://www.truckee.com/

Sorry, that I couldn't find more, but having an actual date now, 4 July 1905, may help. You might try a posting in Fresno County as well for a possible obit listing. If they really did join the Mormon Church, the LDS should have records on the family as well.

Hope this helps.

Thank you so much for all of this research! I suspected she had died in Nevada County and now I even have a date of death.

The name spelling difference has occurred all along. My mother and aunt tried to find descendents of Katrine in the 1970's and they were looking for Ditlevsens. They never had any success but the internet made it so easy to find the family.

I am in Southern California and I'm familiar with Truckee and the general area. One of these days I will get back up there and go visit what remains of Boca. It is interesting that it took 16 years before probate.

Thank you again for everything!

Barbara