Anna Catherine (Long) Matthews (1860 - 1936)

Born 22 Mar 1860 in Dagsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Jun 1936 at age 76 in Seaford, Sussex, Delaware, United States

Biography

Anna Catherine Long was born 22 Mar 1860 in Sussex County Delaware, daughter of William Long and Hester Lewes. In 1860 Anna C was listed as age 1 in the household of William and Hester in Dagsboro Hundred of Sussex County, Delaware (William M Long 43, Hester Long 38, Richard Long 18. William Long 9, George R Long 11, Anna C Long 1, Edward N Long 21) ^[1]

Then In the 1870 Census Anna C appears to be Melissa A C Long, age 11, in the household of William and Hetty in same hundred of Sussex County Delaware. (William Long 54, Hetty Long 48, William C Long 18, George W Long 14, Melissa A C Long 11, Albert H Long 7, Joseph S Long 4 ) ^[2]

Anna C Long married John W Matthews abt. 1878 in Sussex County Delaware. They had 10 children with 1 dying before 1900. This census gives her birth as Mar 1860. ^[3]

Annie Catherine Matthews died 19 Jun 1936 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census: Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex, Delaware; Roll: M653_99; Page: 521; Family History Library Film: 803099 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n. d.
2. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census: Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex, Delaware; Roll: M593_122; Page: 559A; Family History Library Film: 545621 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census: Northwest Fork, Sussex, Delaware; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1240157 Online, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 August 2018), memorial page for Annie Catherine Long Matthews (22 Mar 1860–19 Jun 1936), Find A Grave Memorial no. 120475596, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware, USA.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to John Long for starting this profile.