Emma Gertrude Matthews

Brief Life History of Emma Gertrude

When Emma Gertrude Matthews was born on 27 November 1892, in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States, her father, Charles Floyd Matthews, was 33 and her mother, Frances Fannie Malone, was 19. She married Logan Starling Abbott on 25 January 1914, in Stoddard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Richland Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States in 1950. She died on 2 January 1963, in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Essex, Stoddard, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Logan Starling Abbott
1888–1973
Emma Gertrude Matthews
1892–1963
Marriage: 25 January 1914
John Abbott
1914–1916
Fanny Jane Abbott
1916–1917
James Abbott
1918–1919
Dorothy Irene Abbott
1921–2015
Eleanor Ruth Abbott
1923–1986
Floyd E Abbott
1924–1925
Lee Roy Abbott
1926–1926
Marian C Abbott
1927–1928
June Dee Abbott
1930–2005

Sources (11)

  • Emma Abbott, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Missouri State Death Certificate Emma Gertrude Matthews-Abbott
  • Emma Matthews in entry for Logan Abbott, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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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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