Matilda Elizabeth Longfellow (1860 - 1927)

Born 21 Jan 1860 in Peru, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Jasper Jay Ward — married 12 Oct 1879 in Kansas, United States of America

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1927 at age 67 in Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States of America

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Biography

Matilda was born in 1860. She is the daughter of Joseph Longfellow and Marietta Sites.

Matilda was born in 1861. She passed away in 1927.

Matilda was a deaf mute supposedly due to Scarlet Fever she had as a child. It was "mis"-treated and resulted in the destruction of her soft palate.

Matilda was killed when she and a friend were on their way to a grocery story. Both ladies were deaf, and neither saw the train nor heard the warning signals, when they were hit by the Southern Pacific Electric Train. (According to newspaper articles I have by Tribune Publishing Co.)

Her death certificate states her cause of death as "Shock and hemorrhage from crushed and mangled legs. Pedestrian accidentally struck by S.P. Electric Train".

Death Certificate - State of California

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Sources

• 1880 KS State Census, family history
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77482527/matilda-elizabeth-ward

Year: 1880; Census Place: Grove, Reno, Kansas; Roll: 394; Page: 518C; Enumeration District: 292

Description Enumeration District: 292; Description: Grove and Bell Townships

Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data:Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.