Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Betts was born on 10 December 1841, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Matthew Betts, was 35 and her mother, Matilda Ball, was 32. She married Abraham Boswell on 1 July 1865, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 April 1915, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
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- Matilda Boswell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Matilda Betts - Church record: birth-name: Matilda Betts
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bett , with excrescent -s, a patronymic or metronymic from the medieval personal name Bett, a short form of Bartholomew, Beatrice, or Elizabeth.
Americanized form of German Betz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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LIFE SKETCH OF MATILDA (BETTS) BOSWELL AND SISTERS ELIZA (BETTS) BIGLER AND SARAH (BETTS) BEAN
LIFE SKETCH OF MATILDA (BETTS) BOSWELL AND SISTERS ELIZA (BETTS) BIGLER AND SARAH (BETTS) BEAN Sisters to Joseph Betts (From a sketch prepared by Mrs. J. Earl (Vee) Garrett, with additions by Stephen …
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