Brief Life History of Anne Cathrine
When Anne Cathrine Matthiesen was born on 3 August 1861, in Ketting, Slesvig, Denmark, her father, Thomas Matthiesen, was 25 and her mother, Christina Marie Christiansen Hanson, was 27. She married Hans Madsen on 15 November 1878, in Ketting, Slesvig, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1870.
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- Catharine Mattison in household of Thomas Mattison, "United States Census, 1870"
- Anne Cathrine Matthiesen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Cathrine Mathiesen in entry for Hans Madsen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented
A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Heinz, Armin, Horst.
North German, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch: patronymic from a variant of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew ). Compare Mattison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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