Amelia Matson

Femaleabout 1893–

Brief Life History of Amelia

Amelia Matson was born about 1893, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States. She married Steele James Shaffer on 31 August 1918. She lived in Carey, Blaine, Idaho, United States in 1920.

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Steele James Shaffer
1894–1955
Amelia Matson
1893–
Marriage: 31 August 1918

Sources (4)

  • Amelia M Shaffer in household of Steel J Shaffer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Amelia Madsen, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Amelia Madsen, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 August 1918

    • World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 5

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1927

    Age 34

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English (Kent and Yorkshire): patronymic, either from the Middle English personal name Matte (see Matt ) + -son, or a shortened form of Mattison or Mattinson , in each case derived from a pet form of Matthew . Alternatively, a variant of the metronymic Madson (‘son of Maud’), with devoicing of /d/ to /t/.

    Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Matsson: patronymic from the personal name Mats, a short form of Mat(t)hias or Mat(t)heus (see Matthew ).

    Americanized form of Danish and Norwegian Madsen and Matsen , cognates of 2 above.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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