Brief Life History of Gilbert Arnold
When Gilbert Arnold Matteson was born on 10 May 1852, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Gilbert Henry Matteson, was 37 and his mother, Rhoda Ann Hill, was 38. He married Nancy Maria Hopkins on 23 August 1874, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1900. He died on 26 September 1934, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Gilbert A Madison in household of Henry Madison, "United States Census, 1870"
- Gilbert Arnold Matteson, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Gilbertarnold Matteson, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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World Events (8)
1862 · US Naval Academy
The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Lancashire and Northumberland): variant of Mattison 1. This form of the name is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Americanized form of Swedish Mattesson: patronymic from the personal name Mattes, an equivalent of Matthew . The surname Mattesson is very rare in Sweden.
Variant of Mattison 3, a surname of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, or North German origin, a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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