Matilda Hoover

Brief Life History of Matilda

When Matilda Hoover was born on 9 August 1815, in Decatur Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Christian Hoover, was 44 and her mother, Nancy Studds, was 41. She married Jacob John Kline on 31 January 1836, in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Derry Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 November 1859, in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob John Kline
1816–1895
Matilda Hoover
1815–1859
Marriage: 31 January 1836
Lewis Abram Kline
1837–1911
David Calvin Kline
1842–1863
Nancy Ann Kline
1846–1895
Elmira Margaret Kline
1844–
Anna Kline
1844–1928
Alfred Hoover Kline
1849–1923
John W. Kline
1853–1895
Emma Jane Kline
1856–1860
Albert Hoover Kline
1858–1895
Martha Kline
1858–

Sources (11)

  • Matilda Kline in household of John Kline, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mrs. Matilda Kline - birth-name: Mrs. Matilda Kline
  • Matilda Kline, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"

World Events (5)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .

Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.

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

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