Matilda Barrett

Brief Life History of Matilda

When Matilda Barrett was born on 28 May 1843, in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Barrett, was 42 and her mother, Phoebe Coleburn, was 18. She married William Hobbs on 3 October 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Unionville, Meagher, Montana, United States in 1870 and West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 28 September 1921, in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hobbs
1837–1922
Matilda Barrett
1843–1921
Marriage: 3 October 1860
Sarah Ann Hobbs
1861–1930
William Hobbs
1863–1865
George Henry Hobbs
1866–1928
Laura Dora Hobbs
1866–1952
Charles Washington Hobbs
1870–1928
Thomas William Hobbs
1874–1874
John Edwin Hobbs
1875–1934
Albert Leroy Hobbs
1878–1919
Kate Eileen Hobbs
1880–1969
James Arthur Hobbs
1884–1925

Sources (41)

  • Matilda Hobbs in household of Wm Hobbs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Matilda Barret, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Matilda Barrett Hobbs, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1864

Historical Boundaries 1864: Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Jefferson, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Jefferson, Montana Territory, United States 1865: Gallatin, Montana Territory, United States 1866: Meagher, Montana Territory, United States 1867: Gallatin, Montana Territory, United States 1867: Meagher, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Meagher, Montana, United States 1897: Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States

Name Meaning

English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Brief History of Phoebe Colbourn Barrett

BRIEF HISTORY OF PHOEBE COLBURN BARRETT Phoebe Colbourn was born in Hortin, Gloucestershire, England, August 8, 1824 (Refer to map) She married William Barrett on the 18, January 1841. William's firs …

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