Brief Life History of Matilda Ann
When Matilda Ann Shockley was born on 16 March 1836, in Henry Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, her father, Elijah Shockley, was 36 and her mother, Mary Lowery, was 44.
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World Events (3)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: probably a habitational name from Shocklach in Cheshire, named in Old English with sceocca ‘goblin, evil spirit’ + læcc ‘boggy stream’. In the 17th century the name was common in Buckinghamshire, England.
History: Richard Shockley (born c. 1634, probably in Buckinghamshire, England) arrived in MD in 1671.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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