Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameEdward Folger MATTESON 3836, surname only,4091, p 1
Birth13 Mar 1873, Rocklin, Placer, California4093, date & state only,6962
Death11 Apr 1942, Sacramento, Sacramento, California4093, date & county only,6962 Age: 69
BurialRocklin, Placer, California6963, p 2
Education1UC Berkeley6269
ResidenceSacramento (1934)6269
FatherEdward Folger MATTESON (1849-1927)
MotherJosephine VANTREES (1855-1913)
Individual Notes
• Where did his middle name of Folger name come from? Speculation: his father knew James Athearn Folger, founder of the Folger Coffee Company. J. A. Folger had a store in Yankee Jim’s, a mining town near Rocklin, in the 1850s and early 1860s. Were they closely acquainted?4237,4238, pp 1-2
• Signed guest book at wedding of Joy Folger Matteson and Eleanor Carlisle Eckart.6302, p 3
• Our grandparents lived at 1234 Dolores Way in Sacramento, when all their children were born and where they grew up.6955, p 2
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Rocklin, Placer, California. Age 7, b CA. Father b NY; mother b CA. Grandson, in household of Rebecca Vantrees. Listed as Eddy.4094
• 1910 Census: Stockton, San Joaquin, California. Age 37, b CA. Agent, Fruit. Father b NY; mother b CA. Married 14 years.4091
• 1930 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 57, b CA. Age 23 at marriage. Agent, Fruit. Father b NY; mother b CA.4092
Spouses
Birth23 Apr 1877, Roseville, Placer, California3838, date & state only,6961
Death16 Mar 1957, Sacramento, Sacramento, California3838, date & county only,6961 Age: 79
BurialRocklin, Placer, California6963, p 2
NicknameMaggie
FatherThomas Armies BERRY (1845-1892)
MotherGrace Lillian CROCKER (1851-1916)
Individual Notes
• Mother’s maiden name is Crocker.3838
• Signed guest book at wedding of Joy Folger Matteson and Eleanor Carlisle Eckart as Mrs. E. F. Matteson.6302, p 3
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Roseville, Placer, California. Age 3, b CA.3839
• 1910 Census: Stockton, San Joaquin, California. Age 32, b CA. Father b PA; mother b TN.4091
• 1930 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 53, b CA. Parents b United States.4092
Marriageabt Jul 18963836, marriage only,4091,7145
Marr Memomarried 4 years in 1910
ChildrenGrace Josephine (1899-1946)
 Edward Robert (1901-1989)
 Joy Folger (1909-1997)
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