She was the daughter of Antonio J. Sousa and Marie Trinkhaus Sousa.
On August 19, 1869 as Catharine Sousa, she married Alexander C. Varela at the District of Columbia.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, they were the parents of five children with five living.
She attended the wounded during the Civil War.
The New York Times December 30, 1939
Mrs. Alexander C. Varela
Washington December 29. Mrs. Catherine M. Varela, sister of the late bandmaster, John Phillip Sousa and widow of Alexander C. Varela, died here yesterday at the home of her son, Osmund L. Varela in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and with the exception of six years spent in California she lived in Washington since she was two years old. Another son, Edmund A. Varela of Washington and a sister, Mrs. James McK. Bower of Chicago also survive.
On August 19, 1869 as Catharine Sousa, she married Alexander C. Varela at the District of Columbia.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, they were the parents of five children with five living.
She attended the wounded during the Civil War.
The New York Times December 30, 1939
Mrs. Alexander C. Varela
Washington December 29. Mrs. Catherine M. Varela, sister of the late bandmaster, John Phillip Sousa and widow of Alexander C. Varela, died here yesterday at the home of her son, Osmund L. Varela in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and with the exception of six years spent in California she lived in Washington since she was two years old. Another son, Edmund A. Varela of Washington and a sister, Mrs. James McK. Bower of Chicago also survive.
She was the daughter of Antonio J. Sousa and Marie Trinkhaus Sousa.
On August 19, 1869 as Catharine Sousa, she married Alexander C. Varela at the District of Columbia.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, they were the parents of five children with five living.
She attended the wounded during the Civil War.
The New York Times December 30, 1939
Mrs. Alexander C. Varela
Washington December 29. Mrs. Catherine M. Varela, sister of the late bandmaster, John Phillip Sousa and widow of Alexander C. Varela, died here yesterday at the home of her son, Osmund L. Varela in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and with the exception of six years spent in California she lived in Washington since she was two years old. Another son, Edmund A. Varela of Washington and a sister, Mrs. James McK. Bower of Chicago also survive.
On August 19, 1869 as Catharine Sousa, she married Alexander C. Varela at the District of Columbia.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, they were the parents of five children with five living.
She attended the wounded during the Civil War.
The New York Times December 30, 1939
Mrs. Alexander C. Varela
Washington December 29. Mrs. Catherine M. Varela, sister of the late bandmaster, John Phillip Sousa and widow of Alexander C. Varela, died here yesterday at the home of her son, Osmund L. Varela in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and with the exception of six years spent in California she lived in Washington since she was two years old. Another son, Edmund A. Varela of Washington and a sister, Mrs. James McK. Bower of Chicago also survive.
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