Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Maathuis was born on 20 September 1884, in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, her father, Hindrik Maathuis, was 35 and her mother, Hilje Vink, was 35. She married Herman van Braak on 1 March 1934, in Weber, Utah, United States. She immigrated to World in 1939. She died on 10 July 1969, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Maathuis Van Braak, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Martje Maathuis, "Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910"
- Martha Maathews, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
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1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
1890
Death by suicide of van Gogh.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
Name Meaning
New Testament name, of Aramaic rather than Hebrew origin, meaning ‘lady’. It was borne by the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany (John 11:1). According to Luke 10:38, when Jesus visited the house of Mary and Martha, Mary sat at his feet, listening to him, while Martha ‘was cumbered about much serving’, so that she complained to Jesus, ‘Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?’ For this reason, the name Martha has always been associated with hard domestic work, as opposed to the contemplative life.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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