Anne Margaret (White) Mathews (1895 - 1951)

Born 27 Jun 1895 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Frank McCarty Mathews Jr. — married 15 Feb 1917 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1951 at age 56 in Calumet, Lake, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Anne was born on June 27, 1895. She was the daughter of Thomas John White and Julia Cecelia Brennan.^[1] Anne is listed in her father's household in Newark, Ohio for the 1900 Census^[2] and 1910 Census.^[3]

On February 15, 1917, Anne married Frank Mathews Jr.^[4] Together they had 11 children.

After the birth of their first child, the couple moved from Ohio to Northwest Indiana. Anne is listed with her husband and two children living in Hammond, Indiana on the 1920 Census.^[5] The family moved to Calumet Township in Lake County, Indiana. In the 1930 Census, Anne is listed with her husband and 8 children.^[6] She is listed with her husband and all 11 children in the 1940 Census.^[7]

Anne passed away on July 4, 1951. She was interred at Calumet Park Cemetery^[8].

Family Life

Two of Anne's three sisters became nuns. Below is a photo of the four sisters taken about 1907.

The White Sisters

From left to right are: Helen (Sister Annette), Honora "Dora" (Sister Pascal), Anne and Mary.

By the time the Great Depression began, Anne had already given birth to 8 children. She had another 3 children during this era. She was only age 36 when her eleventh child was born. While it was a difficult time, as a chemist, her husband had employment.

Her ninth child, Martha Jeanne, contracted encephalitis. Anne ran several times on the Democratic ticket for state representative and state senator. Feeling that her daughter's disease was caused by arsenic-lead poisoning from the work her husband performed, Anne campaigned for occupational disease legislation which was passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 1940.^[9]

Her obituary published in the July 6, 1951 Hammond Times noted that she passed away at home. It notes she was a member of the Griffith Altar and Rosary Society.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6WV-CLZ : 11 February 2018), Anna Margeruite White, 27 Jun 1895; citing Newark, Licking, Ohio, reference v 3 p 530; FHL microfilm 384,321.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDZ-GXW : accessed 7 October 2019), Anna M White in household of Thomas White, Newark Township Newark City Ward 6, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 153, sheet 2A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,293.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFW-FB6 : accessed 7 October 2019), Anne White in household of Thomas White, Newark Ward 3, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 8A, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1204; FHL microfilm 1,375,217.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD21-73L : 26 August 2019), Frank M. Mathews and Anne M. White, 15 Feb 1917; citing Marriage, Licking, Ohio, United States, 6695, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFW7-VNZ : accessed 7 October 2019), Anna Mathews in household of Frank Mathews, Hammond Ward 6, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing ED 70, sheet 37A, line 25, family 654, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,820,445.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH98-Y8F : accessed 7 October 2019), Anne Mathews in household of Frank Mathews, Calumet, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 13A, line 8, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 600; FHL microfilm 2,340,335.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1TL-P2H : 20 August 2019), Anne W Mathews in household of Frank M Mathews, Calumet Township, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-3, sheet 33B, line 78, family 639, 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 1064.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 07 October 2019), memorial page for Anne Margaret White Mathews (27 Jun 1895–4 Jul 1951), Find A Grave Memorial no. 81765827, citing Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana, USA.
9. ↑ June 30, 1950 issue of The Hammond Times.