When Matte Moore Heether was born on 29 May 1863, in Huntsville, Randolph, Missouri, United States, her father, Lewis Heether, was 36 and her mother, Catherine Artman, was 31. She died on 7 October 1864, in her hometown, at the age of 1.
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English: topographic name denoting a ‘dweller on the heath’, an agent derivative of Middle English hethe; compare Heath . The name may also be habitational name from Heather (Leicestershire), from Old English hǣthor ‘heathland’ (hǣth ‘heath, heather’ + the noun suffix -or) or hǣddre ‘heather’. This surname is widespread in southern England, and also established in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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