Dorothy Elaine Matson

Female30 November 1929–9 October 2003

Brief Life History of Dorothy Elaine

When Dorothy Elaine Matson was born on 30 November 1929, in Nyah West, Victoria, Australia, her father, Kenneth Milton Matson, was 31 and her mother, Rita Dorothy Susanna Lewis, was 27. She married Ronald Denis Marshall on 30 May 1950, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She died on 9 October 2003, in Baxter, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Ronald Denis Marshall
1930–1968
Dorothy Elaine Matson
1929–2003
Marriage: 30 May 1950

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 May 1950Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1939

    Age 10

    Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.

    1940

    Age 11

    Australia declares war on Italy.

    1950

    Age 21

    Australian troops sent to Korea.

    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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