Edward Matthews, 1852–
- Name
- Edward /Matthews/
- Given names
- Edward
- Surname
- Matthews
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Birth
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Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016 |
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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Death of a father
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Text: BET 1852 AND 1861 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016 Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 Text: On the death of his father in 1860 ... |
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Census
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Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016 1861 England - Census transcript - Henry Matthews - Household
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War
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Source citation: Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War. |
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Source citation: Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all. |
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Death of a brother
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Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 Text: We recorded last week the death, after a prolonged illness, of Mr. Henry Matthews, of Cecily Hill, an old and respected inhabitant of the town. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902. |
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Source citation: Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Prime minister
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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Source citation: Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: South Africa becomes a republic. |
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Death of a mother
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Death
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| father |
1805–1860
Birth: between 1805 and 1806
— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1860 |
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| mother | |
| Marriage | Marriage — before 1832 — |
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1 year
elder brother |
1832–1901
Birth: about 1832
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— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: about January 5, 1901 |
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3 years
elder sister |
1834–
Birth: about 1834
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26
— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
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5 years
elder sister |
1838–
Birth: about 1838
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30
— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
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3 years
elder brother |
1840–
Birth: calculated August 1840
35
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— Coates, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
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4 years
elder brother |
1843–
Birth: about 1843
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— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
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3 years
elder brother |
1845–
Birth: about 1845
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— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
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5 years
elder sister |
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himself |
1852–
Birth: about 1852
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— Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
Descendants of Edward Matthews
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Generation 1
Edward Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary …, was born about 1852 in Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.
Ancestors of Edward Matthews
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Generation 1
Edward Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary …, was born about 1852 in Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.
Generation 2 back to topThomas Matthews, schoolmaster (in 1841) and schoolmaster and Postmaster, was born between 1805 and 1806 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1860.
Mary …, schoolmistress (in 1851), was born between 1808 and 1809 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.
2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
