Brief Life History of Claude George
When Claude George Matthews was born on 20 October 1883, in Woolson, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles H. Matthews, was 32 and his mother, Emma Virginia Paxson, was 20. He married Lillian Belle Weatherford on 13 July 1909, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States. He lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1920 and Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1935. He died on 20 August 1957, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mathews, "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"
- Claude G Matthews, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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