When Matilda Evaline Coffey was born on 6 October 1833, in Russell, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Coffey, was 39 and her mother, Mahala Russell, was 30. She married John Henry Holt on 20 December 1854, in Russell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jamestown, Russell, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 1, Russell, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 13 February 1905, in Russell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Russell, Kentucky, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Irish:
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathbhadha ‘descendant of Cathbhadh’, a byname meaning ‘battle tent’, Ó Cathbhuadhaigh ‘descendant of Cathbhuadhach’ (‘battle victorious’), or Ó Cathmhogha ‘descendant of Cathmhugh’ (‘battle slave’).
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cobhthaigh ‘descendant of Cobhthach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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