Brief Life History of Matilda Elizabeth
When Matilda Elizabeth Jack was born on 5 June 1856, in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, United States, her father, John McCallie Porterfield Jack, was 31 and her mother, Judea Hunter, was 23. She married Josiah David Grubbs on 13 August 1879, in Jackson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in DeKalb, Alabama, United States for about 20 years and Justice Precinct 4, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1900. She died in 1901, in Texas, United States, at the age of 45.
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- Matilda Jack in household of John M Jack, "United States Census, 1860"
- Matilda E. Jack, "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Matilda Jack in entry for Edwin T Grubbs, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Jak, Jakke, Jagge, Jake, Jeke, Jegge, a Picard-Flemish denasalized form of Old Picard and Middle Dutch Janke, a pet form of Jan (see John ). It was introduced by Flemings and Picards into Norman and Anglo-Norman usage, whence it became a common English and Scottish pet form of John. Although the surname is mainly Scottish in distribution, it also occurs in England, though the more common form there is Jackson .
English: occasionally perhaps from a Middle English borrowing of the Old French personal name Jacque(s) (James). However, it is uncertain whether English Jack was ever used as an alternative to James.
Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Jack (see 1 above) as a surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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