Brief Life History of Edith
When Edith Matthews was born on 14 June 1807, in Beeston, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Michael Matthews, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Rowney, was 28. She married Mr. Fuller about 1829, in North Hill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years.
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- Edith Garner in household of William Garner, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Edith Matthews, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edith Matthew, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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