Genealogy Wylie » Mary Melinda van Matre [O Bu] (1874-1965)

Personal data Mary Melinda van Matre [O Bu] 


Household of Mary Melinda van Matre [O Bu]

She is married to James Benjamin Scott.

They got married on August 27, 1892 at Creston, San Luis Obispo County, CA, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ida Mae Scott  1894-1976 
  2. Arlena Scott  1896-1971 
  3. Harvey Lee Scott  1898-1988 
  4. Henry William Scott  1900-1989 


Notes about Mary Melinda van Matre [O Bu]

Mary Melinda VanMatre was a small redhaired woman. She raised her fourchildren and then one of her grandchildren. Her life was long and full.She married Jim Scott when she was eighteen years old and he wastwentynine. They spent the next fifty-three years together until he diedon their anniversary in 1945.

They lived in many places in southern California including Upland, Chino,Redlands, San Fernando, Lemon Cove, Creston, Porterville, and PasoRobles.

They liked to play cards and enjoyed the company of friends and family.They lived on small farms, chicken ranches, and citrus orchards. Marywould plant flowers at each of there new places. She had a Hadley Rosethat was red that she cut slips of and took with her each time she moved.She also raised African violets in her house. She was very active all herlife.

She baked wonderful lemon merangue pies and cooked and baked for herchildren and grand children and great grand children.

HILLCREST CEMETERY, Porterville, Tulare, CA was established in 1930 andis known for its park like effect as the lawns are smooth and unbroken,all the headstone are sunken.
SCOTTMary Melinda b 25 Aug 1874 CA d 18 Apr 1965 San Luis H-777-1
Obispo CA bur 21 Apr 1965 kin Arlene Lewisheadstone

1961 San Luis Obispo City Directory
Scott, Mary widow (Jim) 1256 Higuera

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Historical events

Birthday August 25, 1874

  • The temperature on August 25, 1874 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
    • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
    • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
    • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
    • October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
    • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

Day of marriage August 27, 1892

  • The temperature on August 27, 1892 was about 16.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
    • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
    • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
    • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
    • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Day of death April 18, 1965

  • The temperature on April 18, 1965 was between 3.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
    • March 25 » Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
    • April 29 » Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
    • May 12 » The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
    • May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
    • July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.

Day of burial April 21, 1965

  • The temperature on April 21, 1965 was between 5.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing everyone aboard.
    • February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
    • March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
    • July 29 » Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
    • August 18 » Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
    • September 9 » Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.


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