When Eliza Matthews was born on 29 October 1807, in Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Matthews, was 55 and her mother, Sarah Champton, was 52. She married Swithin Horne on 22 April 1827, in St Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Hampstead, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 10 April 1879, in Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
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