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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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 ).
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