Matilda was born to George and Martha Young Martin in Missouri and spent the better part of her years there. She married her first husband, William Payne circa 1889 in Missouri. They had one child: Georgia Elizabeth Payne (1889 - 1938). On October 14, 1891 she joined with John Henry Coatney in holy matrimony in Christian County, Missouri. Together they had seven children: Charles Edward Courtney (1901-1964), . Mattie separated from Charles sometime after 1920 but before 1929. On the 1930 Census she is remarried to Carl Hawkins. There are no known children from this union. Mattie passed away on June 5, 1933 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was laid to rest in Rose Hill Memorial Park in Tulsa.
Family
Spouses
Will Payne circa 1889. One living child from this union, Georgia Elizabeth Payne.
John Henry Coatney married circa 1891.
Carl Hawkins between 1920 and 1929.
Research Notes
The DOB is disputed. Some documentation has the year as 1871 but her headstone clearly states 1874. User headspace error?
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Sources
1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Porter, Christian, Missouri; Roll: 681; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 009. Ancestry Record 6742 #33791523 with attached Image (Ancestry Sharing Link).
1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Wilson, Greene, Missouri; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1240856. Ancestry Record 7602 #29491368 with attached Image (Ancestry Sharing Link).
1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Wilson, Greene, Missouri; Roll: T624_781; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1374794. Ancestry Record 7884 #189530181 with attached Image (Ancestry Sharing Link).
1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1920; Census Place: Wilson, Greene, Missouri; Roll: T625_916; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 74. Ancestry Record 6061 #84928215 with attached Image (Ancestry Sharing Link).
1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0065; FHL microfilm: 2341668. Ancestry Record 6224 #95354660 with attached Image (Ancestry Sharing Link).
Find A Grave: Memorial #28059925 Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/28059925/matilda-jane-hawkins : accessed 20 May 2021), memorial page for Matilda Jane Martin Hawkins (4 Jul 1874–5 Jun 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28059925, citing Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Dennis Wilson (contributor 46892840) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie: