Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameEdward Folger MATTESON 4231, middle initial F only,6962
Birth1849, Buffalo, Erie, New York4114,8568
Death3 Oct 1927, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana8568 Age: 78
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana8568
OccupationMill engineer4114
OccupationMiner8568
Death causebroncho pneumonia8568
FatherHenry H. MATTESON (1807-1893)
MotherHarriet WHITE (1809-1849)
Census Data
• 1870 Census: Rocklin, Placer, California. Age 21, b NY. Mill engineer. Dwelling #58.4114
Research
• Could not find in 1880; Ancestry.com, 14 Mar 2005
Spouses
BirthSep 1855, Rocklin, Placer, California4094, state only,6962
DeathJun 1913, Rocklin?, Placer, California6962 Age: 57
BurialRocklin, Placer, California6962
NicknameJosey4094
FatherDaniel VANTREESE (1820-1867)
MotherRebecca PEARSON (~1817-1889)
Individual Notes
• I have the permission slips for both Ella and Josephine signed by Rebecca VanTrees.4231
• Her name given as Josephine Rowlands.8568, p 1
Census Data
• 1860 Census: Township 1, Placer County, California. Age 5.6959
• 1870 Census: Rocklin, Placer, California. Age 14, b CA. Dwelling #58. Apparently married May 1870 to Edward Matteson, age 21.4114
• 1880 Census: Rocklin, Placer, California. Age 24, b CA. Divorced. Parents b OH. Daughter, in household of Rebecca Vantrees. Name given as Joey.4094
Marriage30 May 1870, Rocklin, Placer, California4093, marriage only,4114, month & year only,4231
Divorcebef 18804094
ChildrenHarriet Olive (~1871-)
 Edward Folger (1873-1942)
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