Researching Mason Mathews
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11060 people with the Mathews surname? In that year Mathews was ranked number 371 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mason means "stone worker" and is of French origin.
Records of Mason Mathews on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mason Mathews and the Mathews Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mathews Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Mathews family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3421 people with the Mathews surname in the UK? Mathews is now ranked number 1646 for popularity in the UK. |
Mathews Genealogy Databases
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Mathews Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 63803 people with the Mathews surname in the USA? Mathews is ranked number 136 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Mathews Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Mason Mathews. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mason Mathews
Mason Mathews
Mason Mathews (December 15, 1803 – September 16, 1878) was an American merchant and politician in the U.S. State of Virginia (present-day West Virginia). He served seven years in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Greenbrier County from 1859–1865 as a Whig. This period included the secession of Virginia and the resulting American Civil War of 1861–1865. During wartime, Mathews made field visits to the camps of Confederate generals Henry A. Wise and John B. Floyd to assess a public feud between the two men regarding the Confederate loss at the Battle of Carnifex Ferry in the Western Virginia Campaign. When Mathews' home of Greenbrier County was taken into the new State of West Virginia in 1863, he continued to travel to Richmond, Virginia to represent Greenbrier County in the state's Confederate legislature until war's end. He was a member of the Mathews political family.
Source: Mason Mathews, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Mathews
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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