She was born in Denver, Arapahoe County, Territory of Colorado.
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Los Angeles Times, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 16, col. 4
WILHELM. At Hemet, Mrs. Katherine M. Wilhelm, a native of Colorado, aged 40 years.
Funeral Saturday at 9 a.m. at parlors of the Booth & Boylson Company, No. 1147 South Flower street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where services will be held. Interment, Calvary Cemetery.
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The San Bernardino County Sun, CA, Thursday, December 31, 1911, pg. 2, col. 4
MOTHER KILLED WHILE USING RIFLE
Tragedy at Hemet Deprives Large Family of Children of Parent.
HEMET, Dec. 20.---Mrs. Louis Wilhelm, a resident of Hyde Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, was instantly killed at a ranch house four miles west of here this morning, by the accidental discharge of a 22-caliber rifle, with which she had started to fire at a rabbit. Mrs. Wilheim and her 12 children, the youngest two and a half years of age, have been visiting at the ranch house.
As she gazed from the window she saw a rabbit emerge from the brush a short distance from the house. She raised a window, and was in the act of pointing the rifle through the opening, when the weapon struck on the casement and was discharged, the bullet passing into her forehead.
Her nine-year-old son, hearing the shot and the mother fall, rushed into the room to find her dead on the floor. Her death comes as the first loss of a member the large family has sustained, all of her 12 children adn husband surviving her.
The remains of Mrs. Wilhelm were taken to Redlands last evening, and will be shipped to Los Angeles in the morning. The family is one of the pioneer families of the Moreno valley, and owns some 1,000 acres there.
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San Francisco Chronicle, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 8, col. 2
MOTHER OF TWELVE KILLS HERSELF BY ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES, December 21.--Mrs. Louis Wilhelm of Hyde Park, a suburb, the mother of twelve children, the youngest being 2 1/2 years old, was instantly killed when she attempted to shoot a rabbit through the window of her home. The trigger of the rifle caught in the window casement as Mrs. Wilhelm was about to take aim. The weapon was discharged and the bullet entered her forehead.
Mrs. Wilhelm was considered a good shot, and, seeing a hare in the brush, remarked to her children: "We will have rabbit for dinner." A moment later she was dead.
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Los Angeles Times, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 16, col. 4
WILHELM. At Hemet, Mrs. Katherine M. Wilhelm, a native of Colorado, aged 40 years.
Funeral Saturday at 9 a.m. at parlors of the Booth & Boylson Company, No. 1147 South Flower street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where services will be held. Interment, Calvary Cemetery.
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The San Bernardino County Sun, CA, Thursday, December 31, 1911, pg. 2, col. 4
MOTHER KILLED WHILE USING RIFLE
Tragedy at Hemet Deprives Large Family of Children of Parent.
HEMET, Dec. 20.---Mrs. Louis Wilhelm, a resident of Hyde Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, was instantly killed at a ranch house four miles west of here this morning, by the accidental discharge of a 22-caliber rifle, with which she had started to fire at a rabbit. Mrs. Wilheim and her 12 children, the youngest two and a half years of age, have been visiting at the ranch house.
As she gazed from the window she saw a rabbit emerge from the brush a short distance from the house. She raised a window, and was in the act of pointing the rifle through the opening, when the weapon struck on the casement and was discharged, the bullet passing into her forehead.
Her nine-year-old son, hearing the shot and the mother fall, rushed into the room to find her dead on the floor. Her death comes as the first loss of a member the large family has sustained, all of her 12 children adn husband surviving her.
The remains of Mrs. Wilhelm were taken to Redlands last evening, and will be shipped to Los Angeles in the morning. The family is one of the pioneer families of the Moreno valley, and owns some 1,000 acres there.
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San Francisco Chronicle, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 8, col. 2
MOTHER OF TWELVE KILLS HERSELF BY ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES, December 21.--Mrs. Louis Wilhelm of Hyde Park, a suburb, the mother of twelve children, the youngest being 2 1/2 years old, was instantly killed when she attempted to shoot a rabbit through the window of her home. The trigger of the rifle caught in the window casement as Mrs. Wilhelm was about to take aim. The weapon was discharged and the bullet entered her forehead.
Mrs. Wilhelm was considered a good shot, and, seeing a hare in the brush, remarked to her children: "We will have rabbit for dinner." A moment later she was dead.
She was born in Denver, Arapahoe County, Territory of Colorado.
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Los Angeles Times, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 16, col. 4
WILHELM. At Hemet, Mrs. Katherine M. Wilhelm, a native of Colorado, aged 40 years.
Funeral Saturday at 9 a.m. at parlors of the Booth & Boylson Company, No. 1147 South Flower street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where services will be held. Interment, Calvary Cemetery.
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The San Bernardino County Sun, CA, Thursday, December 31, 1911, pg. 2, col. 4
MOTHER KILLED WHILE USING RIFLE
Tragedy at Hemet Deprives Large Family of Children of Parent.
HEMET, Dec. 20.---Mrs. Louis Wilhelm, a resident of Hyde Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, was instantly killed at a ranch house four miles west of here this morning, by the accidental discharge of a 22-caliber rifle, with which she had started to fire at a rabbit. Mrs. Wilheim and her 12 children, the youngest two and a half years of age, have been visiting at the ranch house.
As she gazed from the window she saw a rabbit emerge from the brush a short distance from the house. She raised a window, and was in the act of pointing the rifle through the opening, when the weapon struck on the casement and was discharged, the bullet passing into her forehead.
Her nine-year-old son, hearing the shot and the mother fall, rushed into the room to find her dead on the floor. Her death comes as the first loss of a member the large family has sustained, all of her 12 children adn husband surviving her.
The remains of Mrs. Wilhelm were taken to Redlands last evening, and will be shipped to Los Angeles in the morning. The family is one of the pioneer families of the Moreno valley, and owns some 1,000 acres there.
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San Francisco Chronicle, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 8, col. 2
MOTHER OF TWELVE KILLS HERSELF BY ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES, December 21.--Mrs. Louis Wilhelm of Hyde Park, a suburb, the mother of twelve children, the youngest being 2 1/2 years old, was instantly killed when she attempted to shoot a rabbit through the window of her home. The trigger of the rifle caught in the window casement as Mrs. Wilhelm was about to take aim. The weapon was discharged and the bullet entered her forehead.
Mrs. Wilhelm was considered a good shot, and, seeing a hare in the brush, remarked to her children: "We will have rabbit for dinner." A moment later she was dead.
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Los Angeles Times, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 16, col. 4
WILHELM. At Hemet, Mrs. Katherine M. Wilhelm, a native of Colorado, aged 40 years.
Funeral Saturday at 9 a.m. at parlors of the Booth & Boylson Company, No. 1147 South Flower street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where services will be held. Interment, Calvary Cemetery.
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The San Bernardino County Sun, CA, Thursday, December 31, 1911, pg. 2, col. 4
MOTHER KILLED WHILE USING RIFLE
Tragedy at Hemet Deprives Large Family of Children of Parent.
HEMET, Dec. 20.---Mrs. Louis Wilhelm, a resident of Hyde Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, was instantly killed at a ranch house four miles west of here this morning, by the accidental discharge of a 22-caliber rifle, with which she had started to fire at a rabbit. Mrs. Wilheim and her 12 children, the youngest two and a half years of age, have been visiting at the ranch house.
As she gazed from the window she saw a rabbit emerge from the brush a short distance from the house. She raised a window, and was in the act of pointing the rifle through the opening, when the weapon struck on the casement and was discharged, the bullet passing into her forehead.
Her nine-year-old son, hearing the shot and the mother fall, rushed into the room to find her dead on the floor. Her death comes as the first loss of a member the large family has sustained, all of her 12 children adn husband surviving her.
The remains of Mrs. Wilhelm were taken to Redlands last evening, and will be shipped to Los Angeles in the morning. The family is one of the pioneer families of the Moreno valley, and owns some 1,000 acres there.
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San Francisco Chronicle, CA, Friday, December 22, 1911, pg. 8, col. 2
MOTHER OF TWELVE KILLS HERSELF BY ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES, December 21.--Mrs. Louis Wilhelm of Hyde Park, a suburb, the mother of twelve children, the youngest being 2 1/2 years old, was instantly killed when she attempted to shoot a rabbit through the window of her home. The trigger of the rifle caught in the window casement as Mrs. Wilhelm was about to take aim. The weapon was discharged and the bullet entered her forehead.
Mrs. Wilhelm was considered a good shot, and, seeing a hare in the brush, remarked to her children: "We will have rabbit for dinner." A moment later she was dead.
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