Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam “Bill” MATTHEWS
Birth Date?
Death Date1951
Spouses
Birth Date11 Feb 1873
Birth PlaceCedar County, Missouri
Death Date28 Oct 1955 Age: 82
Death PlacePueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Burial PlacePueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, Mountain View Cemetery
FatherWiley Jay RYAN , 22 (1840-1907)
MotherMahala Jane "Haley" HENDRIX , 23 (1847-1914)
Family ID211
Marr Dateca 189147
Notes for Mahala Ellen "Ella" (Spouse 1)
RYAN: Irish: simplified form of Mulryan. Irish: reduced form of O’Ryan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Rian’; Ó Maoilriain ‘descendant of Maoilriaghain’, or Ó Ruaidhín ‘descendant of the little red one’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland; there has been considerable confusion with Regan. KaM Americanized spelling of German Rein. EG Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press

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Lived In Independence, MO

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Pueblo Chieftain Obituary 28 Oct 1955

Mathews —
Mrs. Ella Mathews of 617 Greenwood. Oct 28. Widow of late William Mathews. Mother of Mrs. Isadore Bowman and Mars. Nellie Johnson, both of Pueblo. Sister of Mrs. Mattie Ford, Eldoarado Springs, Mo. Survived also by two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p.m. Funeral Home Chapel. Interment Mountain View.

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