Brief Life History of Daniel Willis
When Daniel Willis Matthews Sr. was born on 24 June 1820, in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Peter Matthews, was 86 and his mother, Mary Willis, was 22. He married Sarah Garner on 9 October 1842, in Kensworth, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Virgin, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880 and Grafton, Washington, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 15 April 1903, in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Daniel W Mathews, "United States Census, 1880"
- Daniel Matthews, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Daniel Matthews, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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