Brief Life History of Catherine Alice
When Catherine Alice Matheson was born on 9 January 1887, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, John Scott Matheson, was 22 and her mother, Catherine Knights Brown, was 21. She married George Ernest Asper on 22 July 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 May 1948, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Catherine A Matheson in household of John Matheson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Catherine Alice Matheson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Catherine Alice M Asper, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1892 · The Masonic Temple Building
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Matthew .
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna, Mac Mathghamhuin, abbreviated to Mac Mhathain ‘son of Mathghamhain’, a personal name literally meaning ‘good calf’, a kenning for ‘bear’. Compare Irish McMahon , Mahoney .
History: In Scotland, this is the name of a Highland clan associated with the area around Lochalsh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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