Mattie Elizabeth (Wells) Barrette (1855 - 1928)

Born 18 May 1855 in Woodstock, Vermont, USA

Wife of George Maebanks Barrette — married 25 May 1880 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1928 at age 73 in Springfield, Illinois, USA

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Biography

The marriage record recorded in Scott County, Iowa shows that George M. Barrette married Mattie E. Wells on May 25, 1880. It gives her age as 18, meaning that she was born in either 1861 or 1862.^[1] However, the 1880 US Census shows two Matties:

Mattie Barrette, age 24, living with husband George Barrette in Rock Island, Illinois. Census date June 3, 1880.^[2]

Mattie Barrette, age 25, listed as the stepdaughter of James M.F. Hall, and living in Davenport, Iowa. Census date June 8, 1880.^[3]

If both these records are true, then Mattie, who had only been married for a few days, got caught twice by the census taker. George and Mattie had a place of their own in Rock Island, and Mattie was visiting her mother and stepfather in Davenport, right across the river, five days later. If Mattie's mother was Martha Hall, born in Vermont, and Martha had previously been married to a man named Wells, then this would explain what Mattie was doing in Davenport on June 8.

Most likely Mattie was about 24 or 25 when she was married, not 18, but there is no proof of this except for several census records and her death record.

In 1900 Mattie and George are living in Davenport with three children: Lydia, 19, Ada, 18, and George, one.^[4]

The death record for Mattie Wells Barrette, dated July 13, 1928 gives more information about Mattie. She died in Springfield, Illinois, but was buried in Davenport, Iowa. She was born in Woodstock, Vermont on May 18, 1855. Her father's name was Alva Wells and her mother's name was Martha Daly.^[5]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJ8-7MT : 8 March 2016), George M. Barrette and Mattie E. Wells, 1880.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK8-7MG : 14 July 2016), Mattie Barrette in household of George Barrette, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 258, sheet 587B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0246; FHL microfilm 1,254,246.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLF-VP1 : 14 July 2016), Mattie E Barrett in household of James M F Hall, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 280, sheet 670A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0364; FHL microfilm 1,254,364.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LF-VVM : accessed 21 December 2016), Mattie E Barrette in household of George M Barrette, Davenport Township, Precinct 1 Davenport city Ward 2, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 125, sheet 5B, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,458.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9V-BQP : 27 December 2014), Martha Elizabeth Barrette, 13 Jul 1928; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,614,426.