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1825 - 1908 (82 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Mary Arabella Wintemute was born on 13 Mar 1825 in Gainsborough, Haldimand County; died in 1908 in Custer, Sanilac County, Michigan; was buried in Downington Cemetery, Custer, Michigan. Notes:
information on the descendants of Clara Sophia is from Pamela Jean Pohly (pam@pohly.com)
The other descendant information is from Velma Nelson (velmanelson@webtv.net).
Mary married George F. Mater in 1847. George (son of George Mater and Anna Asbury (Asberry, Ashbury)) was born in 1826 in possibly Ontario, Canada; died in 1925 in Custer, Sanilac County, Michigen; was buried in Downington Cemetery, Custer, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | William Benjamin Mater (1.Mary1) was born in 1847 in Ontario; died in 1918 in Myrtle Point, Coos County, Oregon. Notes:
When Clara was a baby they moved to McGregor, Michigan. William was a gunsmith by trade and opened a gunshop there in McGregor. Later they moved to Beatrice and then on to Lincoln Nebraska, continuing in the guntrade business.
In Lincoln, his gunshop was burglerized several times so he became discouraged and moved to a homestead in Perkins County, Nebraska.
Among the guns that he repaired were ones belonging to Jesse James. This was in 1888. Their residence on the homestead was a sod house. They had a drilled well with a windmill which was the only water within 20 miles. While living
there, Bell met and married Jacob Nelson and their first son was born in this house in 1894.
Sometime after 1918, the family moved to Coos County, Oregon. Jacob and Bell established a home in Myrtle Point, as did William, Ann Jane, Annie, Clara and Samuel Jacob. They were all burried in the Norway cemetery in Myrtle Point.
After several years of this dry farming they all decided to move west and traveled by covered wagon, taking theur cows, horses, chickens and other belongings with them. Both families settled on the Stroud ranch just east of Casper, Wyoming
where they lived until after the death of William and Ann's son Willie. They bought a ranch by the Platte river just east of Casper and lived in tents the first winter. In the spring they began to build their home, but before it was completed
William's leg was broken from being kicked by a horse, and they were unable to continue with the housebuilding. They moved into Casper and William's brother, Samuel Jacob, came to build them a home- and continued to live with them from then
on.
William married Ann Jane Padden (Pedan, Padan) in 1870 in Chippawa, Canada. Ann was born in 1844 in Ireland; died in 1926 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Clara Sophia Mater (1.Mary1) was born in 1863 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1888. Notes:
She may have gone by Sophia. She died after only 4 years of marriage. David C. Berden re-married and had additional children whose names are not known at this ime.
Clara married David C. Berden in Jan 1884 in Custer, Sanilac County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
36. | Mabel Rawlinson (23.Nora3, 8.Clara2, 1.Mary1) was born on 19 Mar 1917 in Greenwood, Deleware; died on 23 Aug 1943 in Florida. Notes:
Mabel Rawlinson was one of a small number of women who died as pilots serving in the Army Air Corp in WWII. Mabel died alone, flying then crashing, at night, testing inferior planes for the government. Since women were not recognized as heros
in WWII, nor were they recognized as actual veterans, Mabel's heroic death sserving her country was not recognized by the US until 1972, at wich time her mother was formally provided with the du she deserved having lost a child to war. Since
1972, of course, women have been recognized correctly within the armed forces.
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