Susan Maria Matteson

Brief Life History of Susan Maria

When Susan Maria Matteson was born on 4 May 1883, in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Gilbert Arnold Matteson, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 27. She married Almoran Benjamin Potter. She lived in Kent, Rhode Island, United States in 1935 and Washington, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States for about 1 years.

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Family Time Line

Almoran Benjamin Potter
1872–1955
Susan Maria Matteson
1883–
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Sources (10)

  • Susie M Potter, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Susie Marie Matteson, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
  • Susie Potter, "Rhode Island State Census, 1935"

Spouse and Children

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire

On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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Story Highlight

Daughters of Elizabeth Smith: Susan Maria Matteson, Mabel Evelyn Matteson, and Annie Smith Watson

Elizabeth Smith was married to George J Watson (KYL9-HGK) who died in a fire. Elizabeth was pregnant with Annie when he died. Later she married Gilbert Arnold Matteson and together they had Susan and …

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