Brief Life History of Harold James
When Harold James Mathias was born on 9 May 1896, in Cranesville, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Charles Mathias, was 24 and his mother, Laura Belle Fancher, was 18. He lived in Montgomery, New York, United States in 1920 and Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States in 1940.
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- Harold James Mathias, "United States Census, 1940"
- Harold James Mathias, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Mattice Family History 1709-1961 Palatine Emigration
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, German, French, Walloon, Luxembourgish, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Tanzania): from a variant of the Biblical personal name Matthias, a Latin and Greek form of Matthew .
Germanized or Americanized form of Hungarian Mátyás, Czech or Slovak Matyáš, Matiáš, Matiaš, etc., Croatian Matijaš, and Slovenian Matjaš or Matjaž, cognates of 1 (see Matias and Matyas ). Compare Matthias .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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