When Barbara Elizabeth Mattatall was born on 12 May 1797, in River John, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Jean Pierre Peter Mettetall, was 29 and her mother, Marie May Catherine Biquenet, was 27. She married John Campbell in 1818, in Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 2 April 1867, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Possible Related NamesBarbara Elizabeth Mattatall was born in 1797 in River John. Her parents had moved there in 1790 after helping to settle Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her parents were John Peter and M …
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