From "Index to Wayne County Marriages" A publication of the WCGS. Matter, Emanuel m Eugenia Rudolf 14 Apr 1877 vol 9 page 27 From "Birth Records from The Wayne County, Ohio Probate Court 1867-1908" by Richard Smith. A publication of the WCGS. Matter, Emanuel-Matilda Nicod Paint Twp Edward, m 1874fb16 vol 1 page 116 Matter, Emanuel-S. Eugenie Rudolph Paint Twp C.E., m 1878ap9 vol 2 page 154 blank, m 1880de22 vol 2 page 260 Harvey R., m 1884nv11 vol 2 page 430 Arthur, n 1886ao19 vol 3 page 36 From 1880 Census of Wayne County, Ohio by Richard Smith a publication of WCGS. Paint Twp Matter, Emanuel, fh, 32 O-Sw-Sw; Eugenie 29 O-Sw-Sw; Edward 6 Charlese E. 2 From Wayne County Burial Records Paint Twp Mt.Eaton Matilde Matter, born Nicod wife of Emmanuel Matter b. 12 Jan 1853 d. aged 21-1-9 21 Feb 1874 -- West Lawn Cemetery Matter, Emanuel 1847-1943 Matter, Eugenie 1850-1926 There are a number of others in these books with the Matter surname. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwayne/index.htm Bob Strock Arthur Laube wrote: > > I wonder if someone can help by looking up some of these records - > I have been tying up loose odds and ends on Emanuel > Mater/Mateer/Matter/Motter. I have several lines of his antecedents going > back through Pennsylvania to Germany and Alsace. He was born Cumberland > County, Pennsylvania in 1830. He grew up as the first railroads were built- > for a time the MainLine between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh used cars that > both ran on rails and floated as barges on the canals. As a sixteen > year-old he came to northern Ohio with the first rails of the Pennsylvania > Railroad. Emanuel married about 1846. He probably married a daughter of > Samuel and Magdalena Graber, in Paint Township. She is not in the 1850 > census and must have died when their son Emanuel was born in 1847. The > infant, Emanuel, was left with his maternal grandparents while the father > went off to work - no doubt on the railroad. > > I have this census information for 1850, Wayne County > Mateer, Emanuel Location : Wooster Page # : 452 He is a single man 20 > years in a boarding house. > Matter, Emanuel Location : Paint Twp Page # : 102 This one is three > years-old living in the household of Samuel and Magdalena Graber( Reported > to be Gürne). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Here is where I need help: Three census years - two men in each - > Emanuel Mater/Ma-otter/Mateer in Ohio, Wayne County, 1860, 1870, 1880. > There are two Emanuel's each year- Emanuel born 1830 in PA and Emanuel born > 1847 in Ohio. > February 13, 1873, Emanuel(probably the son) is reported to have married > Julie Matilde Nicot, b: 1853. Reportedly they have a son named , Edward, > who dies soon after birth. Is this documented? What a tragedy if this is > so. Or is this the father who may have married a second time. The two > Emanuel's are probably still in Ohio in 1880 and that entry may clarify > this puzzle. > I would greatly appreciate your assistance. I will put this story together > and when I do I will be glad to either publish it in sections on this list > or send to those who might be interested - Best regards Hal > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In addition to the census records: > There should be a marriage record about 1846. A Baptism of the infant > Emanuel in 1847. A death or burial record of the wife in about 1847. One > marriage is reported as February 13, 1873 - the age of the bride was given > but not the groom? There may be another marriage after about 1850. If there > was another death connected with childbirth there should be a record - > cemetery records. If so what religion? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This is a bit confusing - there are surname changes that are hard to > believe - if you do find something I would ask that you put it on this > Wayne rootsweb so that it becomes part of the invaluable archives of this > mailing list. I lost some of the e-mails on this subject from earlier this > year and I regret that they were not on the Wayne list - if they had been I > could now find them. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 -- Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. Strack, Strock, Uhl, and Welday RootsWeb boards and message lists.

Bob and Joy - your messages combined to give an excellent documented account of a Emanuel Matter, born 1847 in Paint Township - died 1943, his two wives and several children. I will put this family together in a Family Tree Format and post it on this list. Emanuel's parents remain shrouded in mystery. I believe his father was Emanuel Mateer, born 1830 in PA., who in 1850 was in Eagle Boarding House, Wooster. Bob, in the 1880 census is Emanuel Mater/Mateer/Matter, age 50, born PA, not to be found? He may be dead. I will try to find him in 1860 and 1870. If his father is dead or missing, the son might have no way of knowing where his father was born. I thank you again - and best regards Hal