Brief Life History of Mattie Mae
When Mattie Mae Elliott was born on 3 July 1901, in Rover, Oregon, Missouri, United States, her father, Earnest Joseph Elliott, was 23 and her mother, Martha Rosa Reed, was 27. She married John George Beach on 13 February 1918. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Highland Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Howell Township, Howell, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 October 1988, in West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Mattie M Beach, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mattie M Elliott, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Martha Mae Elliott Beach, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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