Matilda Larissa Adair

Brief Life History of Matilda Larissa

When Matilda Larissa Adair was born on 12 March 1873, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States, her father, Francis Marion Adair, was 39 and her mother, Martha Jane Scallions, was 22. She married William Milton Hopkins on 5 July 1891, in Latah, Idaho, United States. She lived in Milton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 11, Umatilla, Oregon, United States in 1920. She died on 25 December 1962, in Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Athena, Umatilla, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Brinton Gray
1858–1906
Matilda Larissa Adair
1873–1962
Marriage: 24 October 1894
Loraine Gray
1895–1981
Lisle Marion Gray
1900–1965
Lois Gray
1903–1991

Sources (19)

  • Matilda L Gaay, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Washington, Birth Records, 1870-1935
  • Matilda L Hopkins, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1888

Historical Boundaries: 1888: Latah, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Latah, Idaho, United States

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, a form of Edgar .

History: James Adair (c. 1709–83) was an ‘Indian trader’ in SC from 1735; he was born in Antrim, northern Ireland. Baron William Adair, from Scotland, also settled in SC at around the same period.

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

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