Brief Life History of Burnice T
When Burnice T Matthews was born on 28 April 1897, in Saluda, South Carolina, United States, her father, Samuel George Matthews, was 30 and her mother, Amanda Susan Corley, was 22. She died on 11 May 1899, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Saluda, South Carolina, United States.
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- Burnice T. Matthews, "Find A Grave Index"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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