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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- 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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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
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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