Charles Mathias

Male6 April 1872–17 December 1951

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Mathias was born on 6 April 1872, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Mathias, was 35 and his mother, Magadelena Ogsbury, was 35. He married Laura Belle Fancher on 31 December 1895, in Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Montgomery, New York, United States in 1920 and Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 17 December 1951, at the age of 79, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Mathias
1872–1951
Laura Belle Fancher
1878–1936
Marriage: 31 December 1895
Harold James Mathias
1896–

Sources (10)

  • Charles Mathias, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Charles Mathias, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Charles in entry for Harold James Mathias and Viola Collins, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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  • Marriage
    31 December 1895Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 3

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

    Age 6

    When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 24

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    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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