Matilda Close, 1858–

Name
Matilda /Close/
Birth
about 1858
Note: Can't find a birth record
Census 1861 CA
Note: Living with parents and family at Wellington, Canada.
Disappeared
after 1862
Note: Not sure what happened to her after that. She would be too young to stay in Canada when the family moved to Illinois, but doesn't appear on the 1870 US Federal Census with the rest of the family. So, it looks as though she may have died.
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Death of a brother
Note: Wife Amanda married his brother Robert in Canada in 1905. At the time she was recorded as living in Illinois, rather than Colorado. Bit of a spiders web.
Death of a brother
Death of a brother
Death of a sister
Family with parents
father
1841 Census
1820–1880
Birth: about 1820 — Helmsley, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England
Death: after 1 June 1880 — Illinois, America
mother
1851 Canada Census
1829–1880
Birth: about 1829 — England
Death: after 1 June 1880 — Illinois, America
Marriage Marriage — 3 September 1844 — Chinguacousy, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
16 months
elder brother
1851 Canada Census
1845–
Birth: about 1845 — Canada
2 years
elder sister
1851 Canada Census
1846–
Birth: about 1846 — Canada
3 years
elder brother
1851 Canada Census
1848–1929
Birth: December 1848 — Canada
Death: 18 January 1929 — Livingston, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, America
2 years
elder brother
1851 Canada Census
1850–1905
Birth: about 1850 — Canada
Death: between 1901 and 1905 — America
4 years
elder sister
1861 Canada Census
1853–
Birth: about 1853 — Canada
3 years
elder sister
1861 Canada Census
1855–
Birth: about 1855 — Canada
3 years
elder sister
1861 Canada Census
1857–
Birth: about 1857 — Canada
2 years
herself
1861 Canada Census
1858–
Birth: about 1858 — Canada
2 years
younger sister
1861 Canada Census
1859–
Birth: about 1859 — Canada
2 years
younger sister
1870 US Federal Census
1861–
Birth: after 14 January 1861 — Canada
2 years
younger brother
1870 US Federal Census
1863–
Birth: April 1863 — Canada
2 years
younger brother
1870 US Federal Census
1865–1944
Birth: 18 April 1865 — Broughton, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, America
Death: 21 April 1944 — San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, America
3 years
younger sister
1870 US Federal Census
1867–
Birth: about 1867 — Broughton, Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, America
3 years
younger sister
1870 US Federal Census
1869–1955
Birth: 9 August 1869 — Broughton, Livingston County, Illinois, America
Death: 6 March 1955 — Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, America
Birth

Can't find a birth record

Census 1861 CA

Living with parents and family at Wellington, Canada.

Disappeared

Not sure what happened to her after that. She would be too young to stay in Canada when the family moved to Illinois, but doesn't appear on the 1870 US Federal Census with the rest of the family. So, it looks as though she may have died.

Census 1861 CA
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1861 Canada Census
1861 Canada Census
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1861 Canada Census
1861 Canada Census
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1861 Canada Census
1861 Canada Census
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1861 Canada Census
1861 Canada Census