Brief Life History of Matilda M.
Matilda M. was born in 1843, in England, United Kingdom. She married Robert Hammill Porter in 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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Family Time Line
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- Matilda Porter in household of Robert Porter, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
Latinized form of a Germanic personal name derived from maht, meht ‘might’ + hild ‘battle’. This was the name of an early German queen ( 895–968 ), wife of Henry the Fowler, who was noted for her piety and generosity. It was also the name of the wife of William the Conqueror and of the daughter of Henry I of England ( see Maud ). The name was introduced into England by the Normans, and this Latinized form is the one that normally occurs in medieval records, while the vernacular form Maud was the one in everyday use. Matilda was revived in England as a learned form in the 18th century.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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