Matilda Catherine Beecher

Female6 May 1853–21 January 1929

Brief Life History of Matilda Catherine

When Matilda Catherine Beecher was born on 6 May 1853, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William P. Beecher, was 26 and her mother, Mary A. Noble, was 28. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Charles Franklin Black. She lived in Penn Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 21 January 1929, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Huntsdale Church Of The Brethren Cemetery, Huntsdale, Penn Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Franklin Black
1854–1919
Matilda Catherine Beecher
1853–1929
Priscilla Estella Black
1874–1938
Franklin Witmer Black
1878–1961
Julia M. Black
1880–1935
Mary E. Black
1884–1888
William R. Black
1886–
James Z. Black
1890–

Sources (6)

  • Matilda C Black in household of Charles F Black, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Matilda C Beecher Black, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Matilda Black in entry for Soloman Gibble and Parcilla Black, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

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Children (6)

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World Events (8)

1863

Age 10

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

Age 10

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 22

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): from Middle English becher, denoting one who lived by a beech-tree, from an agent derivative of Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (see Beach ), the -er suffix having a locative sense. This English name is also common in Ireland, particularly in Cork.

Americanized form of German Bücher (cognate with 1 above) (see Bucher ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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