Matilda Rebecca Feierabend
1895–1976 (Age 80)
New Zealand
The Life of Matilda Rebecca
When Matilda Rebecca Feierabend was born on 12 June 1895, in New Zealand, her father, August Feierabend, was 34 and her mother, Louise Adrian, was 29. She married William Walter Lockwood about 1923, in New Zealand. She died about 1976, in her hometown, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Matilda Rebecca Feierabend
1895–1976
William Walter Lockwood
1888–1967
Marriage: 1923
Spouse & Children
1895–1976Female
1888–1967Male
MARRIAGE
1923
New Zealand
1923
New Zealand
Parents & Siblings
- August Feierabend
1860–1923Male
1866–1950Female
siblings
(7)
- Walter August Feierabend
1886–1938Male
1887–1967Female
1891–1955Male
1892–1964Male
1893–1968Male
+2 More Children
World Events (7)
1896 · National Council of Women
Age 1
The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.
1907
Age 12
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
Age 28
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname for an idler, from late Middle High German vīrābent, originally ‘eve (ābent) of a (religious) festival (vīre)’ (modern German Feierabend now denotes ‘evening’, ‘free time after work’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Matilda Rebecca Feierabend, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
- Legacy NFS Source: Matilda Rebecca Feierabend - Government record: death: about 1976; New Zealand
- Legacy NFS Source: Matilda Rebecca Feierabend - Government record: birth-name: Matilda Rebecca Feierabend
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