Re: MATHIESEN/MATTHIESEN DK to CA and TX?
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MATHIESEN/MATTHIESEN Visby to CA and ?
Diana Gale Matthiesen 8/29/01
I have some further in formation on three of the children of Carsten Andersen MATHIESEN & Marie Magdalene FRIEDRICHSEN of Demark.
In the 1920 census, we find three brothers, Peter Jensen MATTHIESEN (b. 7 Jun 1876, DK), Carsten Andersen MATTHIESEN, Jr. (b. 6 Feb 1881, DK), and Mathies MATTHIESEN (b. 7 Apr 1883, DK), working as riveters in the naval shipyards of Vallejo, Solano Co., CA (San Francisco Bay Area).At this point, they have all three adopted the "double-T" spelling of MATHIESEN.In the census...
Mathies has a wife named Edna (b. 1886/7, SD) and a daughter named Grace MATTHIESEN (b. 1917, CA).The record shows Mathies immigrated in 1904.
Carsten, Jr., as we already knew, immigrated in 1903 and married Maria M. KONSTMAN (b. 1884, DK) in 1908 in CA.Here we learn they had a son, Charles A. MATTHIESEN (æ 9, b. 1810/11, CA).According to the CADI (California Death Index), there is a Charles A. MATTHIESEN who was born 8 Jul 1910 in CA and died 17 Jun 1971 in Orange Co., CA.
Peter is divorced and living with his brother, Carsten.If Peter had children, they are living with his ex-wife.The record shows he immigrated in 1893.
Links to their pages are:
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/PeterJensenMatthiesen-_.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/PeterJensenMatthiesen-_.htm
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/MathiesMatthiesen-Edna_.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/MathiesMatthiesen-Edna_.htm
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/CarstenAndersenMatthiesen-MariaMKonstman.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/CarstenAndersenMatthiesen-MariaMKonstman.htm
So now we know that six of the seven surviving children of Carsten & Marie (FRIEDRICHSEN) MATHIESEN emigrated from Demark to the San Francisco Bay Region between 1886 and 1904.The above three went to Vallejo, while these three went to Oakland:
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/AndreasMathiesen-ChristineMommineJessineSorensen.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/AndreasMathiesen-ChristineMommineJessineSorensen.htm
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/MethaMarieMathiesen.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/MethaMarieMathiesen.htm
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/MarthaCathrineMathiesen.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/FGS/MarthaCathrineMathiesen.htm
I have yet to find out if Metha Marie (b. 7 Jun 1876, DK) or Martha Cathrine (b. 2 May 1874, DK) ever married, but I do not find them under their maiden names in the CADI, so it's probable they did.
The seventh child, Christian Nielsen MATHIESEN (b. 3 Jun 1872, DK), remains a mystery.A search of the 1920 census index online at Ancestry.com produces only one Christian MATHIESEN/MATTHIESEN who might be a candidate.His record reads (in part):
Image 8 of 21
Rocky Hill, Pct. 3, Gillespie Co., TX, p. 224B, 67/98, SN 4B, SD 16, ED 104
Mathiesen Christian Head M 49 1890 Na 1895 DK DK DK Farmer
_________ Emilie? Wife F 45 TX DK TX
_________ Fred Son M 18 TX DK TX Farmer
_________ Ruth Daughter F 2 TX DK TX
"Na" indicates Christian is a naturalized U.S. citizen (1890 is the date of immigration; 1895 is the date of naturalization).Given that all six of Christian's siblings immigrated to California, I'm dubious that the one in Texas is "our" Christian.Also, he should be 48, not 49, but then, censuses are frequently "off" with regard to age.The fact that I do not find Christian in the CADI suggests he did not died in CA, which may support that he actually is the one in Texas.
Any further information on these families greatly appreciated.Descendants of Andreas still live in the S.F. Bay Area and would like to get in touch with their other MATHIESEN/MATTHIESEN kin.
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/MatthiesenHome.htmhttp://dgmweb.net/genealogy/45/Matthiesen/MatthiesenHome.htm
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