When Matilda Tee Powell was born on 17 September 1900, in Mano, Barry, Missouri, United States, her father, Richard Powell, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Cooper, was 39. She married Paul Bernnis Collier on 9 May 1920, in Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and School District 25, Carter, Montana, United States in 1930. She died on 7 February 1996, in Oak View, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Historical Boundaries: 1917: Carter, Montana, United States
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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