Matti and His Sons Matti and Juha Kattelus
Image and notes from Lynne Kuderko
Matti Kattelus and his sons Matti and Juha
Hanna Basin Death and Burial Records
Kattelus, Matti (LK) Aka: Katlins, Matt (Boomerang); Kitlins, Matt (CDL)
Cemetery: Unknown
Headstone: None found.
Plot: Unknown
Born: Aug. 5, 1853
Died: April 8, 1902
Age: 48 y's, 8 m's, 3 d's
Note: "Buried In A Coal Mine - Matt Katlins, a Hanna Coal Miner, Suffocated Under Coal - Coroner Bennett received word from Hanna yesterday to the effect that a miner had been killed in one of the mines and that an inquest would be necessary, and the officer went down on the afternoon train. Matt Katlins, a miner, while working in entry 18 of mine No. 1 was buried under a huge pile of coal which suddenly descended upon him without warning and before his associates could reach him life was extinct. The body had been taken from under the coal before the coroner arrived. Mr. Bennett immediately impaneled a jury, but little evidence could be obtained as to the cause of the accident as Katlins was working alone at the time. A verdict of accidental death was returned and the company operating the mine was exonerated from any blame - Rawlins Republican." (Semi-Weekly Boomerang, April 14, 1902)
Note: "Miner Killed - Special to Leader. Hanna, Wyo, April 8 - Matt Katlin, a miner, was killed almost instantaneously yesterday in entry No. 8 of No. 1 mine here by the falling of a large mass of rock from the roof of the entry. Katlin was well known here, having worked for a long time in the mines. A coroner's jury was empaneled and a verdict that death was the result of an accident was brought in. (Cheyenne Daily Leader, April 9, 1902)
Note: "On April 8, 1902, Matt Kattelus was killed in a mining accident - by a fall of coal while working in Hanna's No. 1. There was an inquest, the accident was adjudged as such, the coal company held blameless, and Matt's body was placed "in care of his friends, having been taken out of the mine and placed in his coffin" [inquest report]. A record in the "Journal of Pastor Johan Wilhelm Eloheimo." noted that "Matti Jaakonpoika [son of Jacob] Kattelus died April 1902 in a mine accident in Hanna (Carbon County) Wyoming. Buried 10 April 1902. Aged 48 years, 8 months, 3 days. Leaves 2 sons." There is no record of Susanna Kattelus or Matti Kattelus being buried in Carbon or Hanna cemeteries, although they may have been placed in unmarked graves." (The Kattelus Family, Lynne Kadurko)
Note: Matti, a Finnish miner, married with a family, was killed in Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna in 1902. It is not known where he was buried, but it could have been in an unmarked grave in the Hanna cemetery, but there is no evidence of that. (BL)
Note: Matti's name was not found on the Hanna Miners' Monument. (BL)
Cemetery: Unknown
Headstone: None found.
Plot: Unknown
Born: Aug. 5, 1853
Died: April 8, 1902
Age: 48 y's, 8 m's, 3 d's
Note: "Buried In A Coal Mine - Matt Katlins, a Hanna Coal Miner, Suffocated Under Coal - Coroner Bennett received word from Hanna yesterday to the effect that a miner had been killed in one of the mines and that an inquest would be necessary, and the officer went down on the afternoon train. Matt Katlins, a miner, while working in entry 18 of mine No. 1 was buried under a huge pile of coal which suddenly descended upon him without warning and before his associates could reach him life was extinct. The body had been taken from under the coal before the coroner arrived. Mr. Bennett immediately impaneled a jury, but little evidence could be obtained as to the cause of the accident as Katlins was working alone at the time. A verdict of accidental death was returned and the company operating the mine was exonerated from any blame - Rawlins Republican." (Semi-Weekly Boomerang, April 14, 1902)
Note: "Miner Killed - Special to Leader. Hanna, Wyo, April 8 - Matt Katlin, a miner, was killed almost instantaneously yesterday in entry No. 8 of No. 1 mine here by the falling of a large mass of rock from the roof of the entry. Katlin was well known here, having worked for a long time in the mines. A coroner's jury was empaneled and a verdict that death was the result of an accident was brought in. (Cheyenne Daily Leader, April 9, 1902)
Note: "On April 8, 1902, Matt Kattelus was killed in a mining accident - by a fall of coal while working in Hanna's No. 1. There was an inquest, the accident was adjudged as such, the coal company held blameless, and Matt's body was placed "in care of his friends, having been taken out of the mine and placed in his coffin" [inquest report]. A record in the "Journal of Pastor Johan Wilhelm Eloheimo." noted that "Matti Jaakonpoika [son of Jacob] Kattelus died April 1902 in a mine accident in Hanna (Carbon County) Wyoming. Buried 10 April 1902. Aged 48 years, 8 months, 3 days. Leaves 2 sons." There is no record of Susanna Kattelus or Matti Kattelus being buried in Carbon or Hanna cemeteries, although they may have been placed in unmarked graves." (The Kattelus Family, Lynne Kadurko)
Note: Matti, a Finnish miner, married with a family, was killed in Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna in 1902. It is not known where he was buried, but it could have been in an unmarked grave in the Hanna cemetery, but there is no evidence of that. (BL)
Note: Matti's name was not found on the Hanna Miners' Monument. (BL)