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Personal data Charles Matthews 

  • He was born on May 10, 1882 in Landsport, Southampton, Hamps.
  • He was baptized on November 14, 1884 in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hamps.
  • Census in the year 1891, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hamps.
  • He died on July 7, 1956 in Arcadia, Los Angeles Co., CA, he was 74 years old.
  • He is buried after July 7, 1956 in Pasadena Crematorium, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • A child of George Henry Matthews and Eliza Beere
  • This information was last updated on June 10, 2015.

Household of Charles Matthews

He is married to Maude Ann Geitgey.

They got married on December 23, 1910 at Cass City, Tuscola Co., MI, he was 28 years old.

Charles Matthews oo Maude Ann Geitgey

Marriage source: Gundersen, Larry, Geitgey GEDCOM file, (Carlsbad CA, L.G., MCMXCVII)

Divorced. <>

Child(ren):


The couple were divorced from between 1915 and 1921 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.

Charles Matthews o/o Maude Ann Geitgey

Divorce source: Author: Gundersen, Larry, Title: Geitgey GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Carlsbad CA, Publisher: L.G., Publication date: MCMXCVII)

Divorced. <>


Notes about Charles Matthews

Charles Matthews

Source: Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: The Family Alwood, (Publication location: Sacramento CA, Publisher: T.K., Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg. 144 for dob = 10 May 1885.

Author: Gundersen, Larry, Title: Geitgey GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Carlsbad CA, Publisher: LG, Publication date: MCMXCVII) writes, "Married many times."

Author: Hanna, Jacquelyn, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication location: Portage MI, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I7175, Publicationdate: xxvii July MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

"... Charles MATTHEWS ... Sex: M Birth: 10 MAY 1882 in Landsport, Southampton, Hampshire, England

Note: death cert has year as 1885

Baptism: 14 NOV 1884 Portsea, Portsmouth, England Census: 1891 George Matthews HH, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Death: 7 JUL 1956 in Arcadia, Los Angeles Co, California

Note: no cause given; informant Theyne Matthews

Burial: Note: death cert says cremated at Pasadena Crematorium Change Date: 27 JUL 2014

Father: George Henry MATTHEWS b: ABT 1845 in Winchester, Sussex, England Mother: Eliza BEERE b: ABT 1850 in Apton?, India

Marriage 1 Maude Ann GEITGEY b: 14 APR 1882 in Cass City, Tuscola Co, Michigan Married: 28 DEC 1910 in Cass City, Tuscola Co, Michigan

Note: officiant: W B Weaver, minister, witnesses; Mr & Mrs Charles Phelps, Detroit

Divorced: AFT 1914"

Charles' parents: George Henry Matthews & Eliza Beere.

CADI "MATTHEWS CHARLES birth date 5/10/1885 Father Last MATTHEWS Sex M Birth Place REST (OTHER) Death Place Los Angeles (19) [Co.] Death Date 7/7/1956 Age 71 yrs" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Charles Matthews

George Henry Matthews
± 1845-> 1890
Eliza Beere
1851-> 1890

Charles Matthews
1882-1956

1910

Maude Ann Geitgey
1882-1964

Katherine Belle Matthews
1914-

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Historical events

Birthday May 10, 1882

  • The temperature on May 10, 1882 was about 13.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

Christening day November 14, 1884

  • The temperature on November 14, 1884 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

Day of marriage December 23, 1910

  • The temperature on December 23, 1910 was between 1.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
    • November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
    • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
    • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of death July 7, 1956

  • The temperature on July 7, 1956 was between 12.4 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
    • April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
    • June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
    • September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
    • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
    • November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.


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