Brief Life History of William Valentine
When William Valentine Mathias was born on 12 October 1882, in Richmond, Washington, Iowa, United States, his father, Nicolaus Matheis, was 38 and his mother, Catherine Auer, was 38. He lived in Irvington, Kossuth, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States for about 20 years. He died on 2 February 1947, at the age of 64, and was buried in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.
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Sources (9)
- William Mathias, "United States Census, 1940"
- William Valentine Mathias, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- William Valentine Matheis, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Parents and Siblings
1843–1932 Male
1844–1915 Female
Siblings (9)
1868–1951 Male
1870–1957 Male
1871–1903 Male
1873–1923 Male
1876–1957 Male
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World Events (8)
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
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1886
Age 4
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 18
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, German, French, Walloon, Luxembourgish, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Tanzania): from a variant of the Biblical personal name Matthias, a Latin and Greek form of Matthew .
Germanized or Americanized form of Hungarian Mátyás, Czech or Slovak Matyáš, Matiáš, Matiaš, etc., Croatian Matijaš, and Slovenian Matjaš or Matjaž, cognates of 1 (see Matias and Matyas ). Compare Matthias .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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