Brief Life History of Clinton Monroe
When Clinton Monroe Mathews was born on 7 August 1925, in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States, his father, Arthur James Mathews, was 26 and his mother, Martha Marie Meyer, was 23. He lived in Ruth, White Pine, Nevada, United States for about 10 years and Davis, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 9 May 1988, in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Clearfield City Cemetery, Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Clinton M Mathews, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clinton Monroe Mathews, "Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992"
- Clinton Monroe Mathews, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1927 · Land Covered in Dinosaur Fossils
The quarry was originally found by sheepherders and cattlemen as they drove their animals through the area. The Department of Geology at the University of Utah soon visited the area and found 800 fossils of a variety of Dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era. Because of the proximity of the site to Cleveland, Utah, and because most of the expeditions were financed by Malcolm Lloyd, the site was later known as the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry. In later years, Princeton college spent three summers at the site. They collected a total of 1,200 bones, part of which were sent back to the school and mounted to complete a full skeleton of an Allosaurus, Utah’s State Fossil. Over the years, excavations led to the collection of more than 12,000 fossils from the quarry. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1965.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Mathew ; a variant of Matthews . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages.
History: Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c. 1600–c. 1657), who came to VA from London c. 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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