George BARRY and his wife Harriet last-name-unknown were the parents of Catharine "Kate" BARRY who was born in 1833 in Lakes of Killarney, Ireland. She came to America as a young girl with her parents.  Kate was Catholic.

Note on spelling - all legal document reviewed list the spelling of Catharine with two a's. On legal papers where Luke McREDMOND filled in the name of his wife, he always listed her as "Kate."

Catharine "Kate" BARRY married Richard Blair MORSE  on 17 May 1856 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA. Richard Blair MORSE  was born on 14 Dec 1825 in Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Alphonso MORSE and his wife Ann.

Their son, James MORSE, was born 31 March 1857 in Santa Cruz, CA. This means that "Kate" was pregnant for most of her trip from the Boston area to Santa Cruz (about 100 miles south of San Francisco). If they had traveled "around the horn" - Cape Horn at the tip of South America it could have taken almost nine months. I read that some options were opening up where passengers could arrive near where the Panama Canal is today and travel overland to take a second boat on the other side. But even so, this was a very challenging journey. If the information according to the Pioneers of WA book is correct that their son James was born in Santa Cruz, it is likely this might have been an intermediary stop for her to give birth before moving on to Port Madison in Washington Territory.

"Kate" and Richard MORSE arrived to live in Port Madison, Washington Territory in 1857.

When her husband, Captain Richard MORSE  was dying, he told his wife to find his good friend, Captain Luke McREDMOND.  Luke was 42 in 1860 when he married "Kate." James  MORSE, Kate's son by her first marriage became known as "Jim" McREDMOND. Luke and Kate had six more children. 

Redmond, WA was named for Luke McREDMOND, its first homesteader. Our Town REDMOND devotes its first chapter to the family of Luke and "Kate" McREDMOND. 

Catharine "Kate" BARRY died on 5 October 1895 in Providence Hospital, Seattle, King Co., WA . She was a resident of Redmond, King County, WA at the time of her death.