Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Helm was born in 1813, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, Henry Helm, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Pile, was 20. She married John Wiley Hatfield about 1834, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Fentress, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died in 1862, in Casey, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 49.
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- Tilda Hatfield in household of Willey Hatfield, "United States Census, 1850"
- Helms in entry for Jacob D., "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
- Matilda Hatfield in household of Wiley Hatfield, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): from Old English helm ‘protection, covering’ (in later northern English dialects, ‘cattle shelter, barn’). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by or worked at a barn, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Helme in Meltham (Yorkshire).
English: variant of Elm with prosthetic H-.
German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of helmets, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch helm.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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