Brief Life History of Matthew
When Matthew Charles was born on 18 June 1831, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, his father, Nathan Herbert Charles, was 24 and his mother, Mary Symons, was 24. He married Sarah Symons about 1856, in Whitewater, Franklin Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States. He lived in Wayne, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 18 August 1906, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Mathew Charles, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mathew Charles, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
- Mathew Charles in entry for Frederic R Charles and Josephine S Garwood, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1831–1906 Male
1843–1925 Female
Children (8)
1864– Male
1866– Male
1866–1866 Male
1866–1866 Female
1866–1866 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1806–1871 Male
1806–1888 Female
Siblings (10)
1829–1910 Male
1831–1906 Male
1833–1915 Female
1835–1837 Female
1837–1909 Male
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 1
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
Age 5
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Age 20
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Pierre, Antoine, Andre, Francois, Patrice, Germaine, Magalie, Philippe, Yves, Alain, Jacques, Cecile.
French, Welsh, English, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Tanzania): from the French form of the ancient Germanic personal name Karl ‘man, husband, freeman’, which was Latinized as Carolus. In France the personal name was popular from an early date, due to the fame of the Emperor Charlemagne (c. 742–814; Latin name Carolus Magnus, i.e. Charles the Great). The Old French form Charles was briefly introduced to England by the Normans, but was rare during the main period of surname formation. It was introduced more successfully to Scotland in the 16th century by the Stuarts, who had strong ties with France, and was brought by them to England in the 17th century. Its frequency as a Welsh surname is attributable to the late date of Welsh surname formation. Old English Ceorl ‘peasant’ is also found as a byname, but the resulting Middle English form, Charl, with a patronymic in -s, if it existed at all, would have been absorbed by the French form introduced by the Normans. English variants pronounced with initial k- for the most part reflect the cognate Old Norse personal name Karl, Karli. Compare Carl .
English: in some cases, possibly a habitational name from Charles (Devon), or a post-medieval variant of Cherrill, with excrescent -s, perhaps by false association with the personal name Charles. Cherrill is either a habitational name from Cherhill in Wilshire, or a status name from Middle English cherl, cheril, charl, chirl ‘churl, bonded tenant, serf; peasant’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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