Augusta Louise Foote

Female7 February 1877–

Brief Life History of Augusta Louise

When Augusta Louise Foote was born on 7 February 1877, in Newtown Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Gideon Foote Jr., was 42 and her mother, Julia A Webb, was 36. She married Frank A. Matteson about 1898, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Masonville, Delaware, New York, United States in 1910 and Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1930.

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Family Time Line

Frank A. Matteson
1864–
Augusta Louise Foote
1877–
Marriage: about 1898
Leode Augustus Matteson
1899–1986
Truman F. Matteson
1903–1994
Raymond E. Matteson
1906–1987

Sources (9)

  • Augusta Matteson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Augusta Foote - birth: 7 February 1877; Newton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Augusta A Foote in entry for Leode A Matteson and Marie I Whitney, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1898Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1878

    Age 1

    Historical Boundaries: 1878: Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 4

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

    Age 31

    Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.

    English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.

    English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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