Matilda "Toby" Bissegger

20 September 1890–26 March 1979 (Age 88)
Providence, Cache, Utah, United States

The Life of Matilda "Toby"

When Matilda "Toby" Bissegger was born on 20 September 1890, in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, Andreas Bissegger, was 63 and her mother, Anna Elisabeth Tobler, was 30. She married Edmund Ellsworth Greenwell on 27 June 1913, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Providence Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Eden Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 26 March 1979, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Ellsworth Greenwell
1891–1981
Matilda "Toby" Bissegger
1890–1979
Marriage: 27 June 1913
Edmund Junior Ted Greenwell
1915–1995
Betty Phyllis Greenwell
1921–1999

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
27 June 1913
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 6

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens

Age 8

The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.
1914 · The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex

Age 24

The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex was built downtown Ogden on 20th and Lincoln Ave. It employed over 450 people and produced millions of cans of food from crops of local farmers. It was closed in 1979 but was added as a Historic Place in 2005 to the National Register. It has also become a headquarters for Amer Sports.

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Sources (3)

  • Matilda Greenwell in household of Edmond E Greenwell, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Matilda Greenwell in household of Edmond Greenwell, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Matilda Greenwell in household of Edward Greenwell, "United States Census, 1930"

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