It is suspected that Elizabeth Araminta Mattingly, was the 1st daughter of Austin (1798) and Mary Ellen "Clements" Mattingly. Elizabeth (born in the latter part of 1826), disappears from public records between 1840 and 1850, according to the informant. She isn't buried in the St. Augustine Cemetery, and she doesn't appear in the Illinois Marriage Index. It had been assumed, nevertheless, that she married and moved to parts unknown. Then, land records from Neosho County, Kansas, show that Mary Ellen Mattingly's heirs included not only the three children who had moved to Kansas but one other, Regina Mattingly, for whom Joseph Lewis had power of attorney. Given the Kansas law of succession, Regina has to be one of Austin and Mary Ellen's children. (They had a child named Regina, but she died in 1848. It is possible that Elizabeth Araminta might have become a nun whose name was Sister Regina Mattingly. If she did, we have no idea which religious order she was in. (However, the Sisters of Loretto founded in Nerinx, Washington County, Kentucky, is an intriguing possibility, both because of the Mattinglys in that part of Kentucky and because they sent a group of sisters to Osage Mission, Kansas, in 1847.) My question is, how does one go about tracking down a nun?

This is a possibility. If her age is correct in the 1870 Census, she would have been born about 1826 in Kentucky. 1870 Census of 21st Ward Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. Ohio, Sisters of Charity Mother Regina, 44, female, white, teaching school, born Kentucky 1880 Census of Delhi, Hamilton Co. Ohio Regina Mattingly, self, female, white, age 47, birthplace ___, Occupation - Mother Superior, father's birthplace ____, mother's birthplace _____. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio The community was incorporated under the laws of Ohio in 1854 as "The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio". Mother Margaret George, Sister Sophia Gillmeyer, Mother Josephine Harvey, Sister Anthony O'Connell, Mother Regina Mattingly, Sister Antonio McCaffrey, and Sister Gonzalva Dougherty were the incorporators. From 1865 to 1880 the Sisters in Cincinnati opened thirty-three branch houses, one of these being the St. Joseph Foundling and Maternity Hospital, a gift to Sister Anthony from Joseph Butler. In 1869 a site for a mother-house, five miles from Cedar Grove, was purchased. The first Mass was offered in the novitiate chapel, 24 October, 1869, by Rev. Thos. S. Byrne, the chaplain, the present Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1882 the building of the new mother-house began under his direction. Before its completion Mother Regina Mattingly died (4 June, 1883). ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R Mattingly" <wmatting@cablenet-va.com> To: <MATTINGLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: [MATTINGLY] Elizabeth Araminta Mattingly > It is suspected that Elizabeth Araminta Mattingly, was the 1st daughter of > Austin (1798) and Mary Ellen "Clements" Mattingly. Elizabeth (born in the > latter part of 1826), disappears from public records between 1840 and 1850, > according to the informant. She isn't buried in the St. Augustine Cemetery, > and she doesn't appear in the Illinois Marriage Index. It had been assumed, > nevertheless, that she married and moved to parts unknown. Then, land > records from Neosho County, Kansas, show that Mary Ellen Mattingly's heirs > included not only the three children who had moved to Kansas but one other, > Regina Mattingly, for whom Joseph Lewis had power of attorney. Given the > Kansas law of succession, Regina has to be one of Austin and Mary Ellen's > children. (They had a child named Regina, but she died in 1848. It is > possible that Elizabeth Araminta might have become a nun whose name was > Sister Regina Mattingly. If she did, we have no idea which religious order > she was in. (However, the Sisters of Loretto founded in Nerinx, Washington > County, Kentucky, is an intriguing possibility, both because of the > Mattinglys in that part of Kentucky and because they sent a group of sisters > to Osage Mission, Kansas, in 1847.) > > My question is, how does one go about tracking down a nun? > > > > ==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== > <Z>WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP<Z> > We also have the MattinglyForum-subscribe@egroups.com > Your Host Website http://www.wvi.com/~wb > Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ > To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner MATTINGLY-admin@rootsweb.com > mailto:MATTINGLY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:MATTINGLY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237