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Descendants of Thomas Matthews

  1. Generation 1

    1. Thomas Matthews, schoolmaster (in 1841) and schoolmaster and Postmaster, was born between 1805 and 1806 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1860. He married Mary … before 1832. She was born between 1808 and 1809 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

      Children of Thomas Matthews and Mary …:

      1. Henry Matthews (1832–1901) - follow 2.1
      2. Mary Ann Matthews (1834–)
      3. Ellen Matthews (1838–)
      4. Frederick Matthews (1840–) - follow 2.2
      5. Charles Matthews (1843–)
      6. Joseph Matthews (1845–)
      7. Sarah Matthews (1849–)
      8. Edward Matthews (1852–)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Henry Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary …, was born about 1832 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died about January 5, 1901. He married Theresa …. She was born about 1834 in Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

      Children of Henry Matthews and Theresa …:

      1. Charles Matthews (1857–)
      2. Ellen Matthews (1859–)

    2. Frederick Matthews, carpenter (in 1861) and clerk (Estate) (in 1901), son of Thomas Matthews and Mary …, was born calculated August 1840 in Coates, Gloucestershire, England. He married Rachel Hart Mills, daughter of George Mills and Rachel …, between July 1862 and September 1862 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. She was born in April 1841 in Gloucestershire, England and died between 1891 and April 3, 1901.

      Children of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills:

      1. Arthur George Matthews (1863–1937) - follow 3.1
      2. Gertrude Mary Matthews (1865–) - follow 3.2
      3. Sarah Thompson Matthews (1868–)
      4. Dorothy R Matthews (1871–)
      5. Laura E Matthews (1874–)
      6. Horace Fred Matthews (1877–) - follow 3.3
      7. Ralph J S Matthews (1879–)
  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Arthur George Matthews, gloucester Regiment (about 1906) and army pensioner, Hall keeper (on April 2, 1911), son of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills, was born between April 1863 and June 1863 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died between October 1937 and December 1937 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. He married 2 times. The first time he married Caroline Jane Lawn, daughter of William Henry Smithson Lawn and Elizabeth Ducy, on October 4, 1893 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. She was born calculated 1863 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England and died in 1895 in Malta. The second time he married Jane “Jennie” Finlay, daughter of John Finlay and Catherine Hynes.

      Children of Arthur George Matthews and Jane “Jennie” Finlay:

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      2. Margaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews (1906–1993) - follow 4.1
      3. … Matthews (–1911)
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    2. Gertrude Mary Matthews, daughter of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills, was born on May 31, 1865 in Gloucestershire, England. She married George Williams, son of Private, on October 15, 1895 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

    3. Horace Fred Matthews, son of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills, was born on January 17, 1877 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. He married Agnes Mary Williams, daughter of John Williams, on September 6, 1909 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. She was born on November 16, 1869 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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    1. Margaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews

      Margaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews, daughter of Arthur George Matthews and Jane “Jennie” Finlay, was born on January 5, 1906 in Subathu, Bengal, India and died on August 25, 1993 in Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 87. She married William Edward “Bill” Key, son of George John Key and Agnes Mitcham.

      Children of Margaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews and William Edward “Bill” Key:

      1. William Edgar Findlay “Billy” Key (1926–2008) - follow 5.1
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    1. William Edgar Findlay “Billy” Key, manager (in 1984), son of William Edward “Bill” Key and Margaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews, was born on January 29, 1926 in Marylebone, London, England and died on July 1, 2008 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape at the age of 82.

      William Edgar Findlay “Billy” Key had 3 children.

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