I want to post these very helpful replies on the Wayne County list - I just subscribed - I am a Buckeye turned Tar Heel - and I want to say thanks to the friendly people on this list - and Linda too. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Matter Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 21:22:48 -0500 From: Arthur H Laube <zurlauben@mindspring.com> To: Joy Wengerd <jwengerd@valkyrie.net>, PACUMBER <PACUMBER-D@rootsweb.com>, Matter <MATTER-D@rootsweb.com> References: <008601c0a5e0$6bfa5880$9dd61cd8@jwengerd> Joy Wengerd wrote: > Hello Hal, > > I saw your query about Emmanuel Matter of Wayne County. Joy, I will explain for the Matter list where I am posting your reply: I simply asked about Emmanuel Matter who appears in the 1850 Index of Paint Township, Wayne County, Ohio. I have never found but one Emmanuel(it dosen't matter how you spell it - only one and hea has was born in 1830, the son of George Mater, of Cumberland County.) There is also an Emmanuel Mateer in a boardinghouse in Wooster, Wayne County seat, in the same 1850 census. > While I am not researching the Matter name, I do have an Emanuel Matter listed in my > records, as being married to a member of the Guerne family of Paint Twp. > > I really have not checked the 1860 or 1870 census records, burial > records, etc. for this name, and do not know what his age might have > been. I could easily check the census records and the burial records if > you are interested. > > Emanuel Matter married Feb. 13, 1873 to Julie Matilde Nicot, b. 12 Jan. > 1853, d. 21 Feb. 1874 in Paint Twp. She died 5 days after the birth of > their son, Edward Matter. Julie Matilde was the daughter of Felix and > Marianne (Guerne) Nicot. Marianne was a sister of my g-grandmother. > > In Paint Twp., the name is still pronounced "Motter". > > > There are a number of other Matter names in the Mt. Eaton church > records, if you are interested (none are Emanuel). The Matter list may be interested - I will let them answer. > > Many in this community were French-speaking, emigrating from Switzerland > to Ohio in the 1800's. > > > I am thinking that there is a building on the campus of the College of > Wooster that is named Mateer Hall, but I am not sure. > > Joy Wengerd > > Joy I have no idea where this is going but I want to thank you for coming forth with this information - it was very good of you to take the time. As you may know the 1860 Ohio census records are not so easy to get at. They are not indexed. I would greatly appreciate it if you would check both the 1860 and the 1870 records. I am so pleased to hear from you - thanks again. best regards Hal.