Helen Leslie Kendall (Corkum) Matthews (1908 - 1973)

Born 1 Jan 1908 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Mar 1973 at age 65 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

She appears in the 1940 census in Billerica with her husband Ernest (32, Massachusetts), and children Louis (13), Shirley (10), and William (8). ^[1]

She is mentioned with Ernest Matthews in the obituary for her daughter Shirley J. Matthews Huff (06 May 1929 - 28 Aug 2005). ^[2]

She died March 1973 at age 65 in Lowell. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4FC-YTD : accessed 23 April 2017), Helen Matthews in household of Ernest Matthews, Billerica Town, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-75, sheet 6B, line 75, family 114, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1603.
2. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTV-LX7K : 25 October 2016), Helen Corkum Matthews in entry for Shirley J Matthews Huff, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, 30 Aug 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Sun, The, born-digital text.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J51L-KZ5 : 20 May 2014), Helen Matthews, Mar 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).