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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Spouse and Children
1930–1968 Male
1929–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1898–1958 Male
1902–1985 Female
Siblings (3)
1928–1990 Female
1929–2003 Female
1932–2000 Female
World Events (8)
1939
Age 10
1940
Age 11
1950
Age 21
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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