Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Lyman was born on 14 November 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States, her father, Amasa Mason Lyman, was 23 and her mother, Louisa Maria Tanner, was 17. She married Isaac Philo Carter on 6 October 1856, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 24 March 1903, in Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Matilda Carter in household of Philo Carter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Matilda Lyman, "BillionGraves Index"
- Matilda Carter in entry for Ida Ruth Carter, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ).
Swedish: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra, Lydinge, and Lynäs).
Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Summer of 1848 by Jane Grover
One morning we thought we would go and gather gooseberries. Father (John) Tanner harnessed a span of horses to a light wagon. And with two sisters by the name of Lyman (Matilda's mother being one of t …
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