Clarence Henry MATTHEWS

Birth:
2 Jun 1862
Ione, Amador, California
Death:
4 May 1924
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Burial:
Ferndale Cemetery, Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Marriage:
3 Aug 1893
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California
Sources:
Along the Banks of Salt River, Pg. 140
Notes:
                   BIRTH: LTR 666B- Obituary notice in the Ferndale Enterprise, 9 May 1924.  Gives birth , family, death and buriel information
                LTR 666F- Ferndale Precinct, Humboldt County, California June 1880 Census, Pg. 9-Gives 5 sons still living at home.  Clarence is age 17
                LTR 732-  Records of Humboldt Country, California compiled by Marilyn Milota (Unpublished). 

OCCUPATION: Owner of a General Merchandise Store, Postmaster, and painter
Lillian Catherine REAS
Birth:
10 Dec 1870
Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Death:
2 Oct 1968
Eureka, Humboldt, California
Burial:
5 Oct 1968
Ferndale Cemetery, Ferndale, Humboldt, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH- FAMILY BIBLE OF DEWITT CLINTON REAS IN POSESSION OF B. LARRY ALLEN
                   LTR 81- FAMILY RECORDS OF MYRTLE LUELLA BRIGGS SCHMIDT
                   LTR 511-   Copy of record from Dewitt Clinton Reas bible
MARRIAGE-LTR 21-HUMBOLDT CO. CA BOOK OF MARRIAGES H, PG 158
DEATH-  LTR 206-CALIF DEATH CERT #68-119204
                    LTR 139- LETTER TO B. LARRY ALLEN FROM MYRTLE SCHMIDT
                   LTR 666A- Obituary  notices in the Ferndale Enterprise (10 Oct 1968) and the Humboldt Times- Standard, 4 Oct 1968 (gives burial information as well)
TEMPLE-LTR 210-LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR BAPT, ENDOWMENTS AND SEALING TO PARENTS
Children
Marriage
1
Elsie Irene MATTHEWS
Birth:
29 Jan 1894
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California
Death:
31 Jul 1974
Arcadia, Los Angeles, California
Rae Farnum PHILLIPS 
Marr:
24 Dec 1914
Eureka, Humboldt, California 
2
Isla Mae or Ila Mae MATTHEWS
Birth:
11 Oct 1895
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California
Death:
29 Sep 1969
Fortuna, Humboldt, California
Henry Elmer JOHNSON 
Marr:
2 Nov 1914
Eureka, Humboldt, California 
Notes:
                   DEATH: LTR 723- Obituary notice of her brother, Clinton W. Matthews.               
                 LTR 820- Obituary notice, Ferndale Enteprise, Ferndale, CA.
3
Edna MATTHEWS
Birth:
30 Aug 1897
Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California
Death:
30 Jan 1997
Sonoma, California
Ernest NEUHAUS 
Marr:
Abt 1922
California 
4
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH: LTR 732-3- Records of Humboldt Country, California compiled by Marilyn Milota (Unpublished). Gives birth and death information.
DEATH: LTR 666D- Obituary notice in the Humboldt Times-Standard, 29 Jan 1981- Gives date of death and burial information and some limited family information.  He apparently lived in a common-law marriage for many years.
                  LTR 666E-Humboldt County, CA death records- Book 25, Pg. 116
                  LTR 723- Obituary notice from the Humboldt Times, 29 Jan 1961- lists dates and family.
                  LTR 723- Humboldt County, CA Vital Records- Deaths Book 25, Pg. 116 (Note that birth year varies by one year from the California Death Record at Ancestry.com- California Deaths 1947-1997)
OCCUPATION: Creamery worker and mill worker

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5
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH: LTR 666D- Obituary notice in the Humboldt Times- Standard, 29 Jan 1981- Gives information that there was an infant sibling in this family.

LTR 724-  Notice in Ferndale Enterprise, Mar 4, 1904.   As all of the other brothers are accounted for in the obituary of  the first son (Clinton- LTR 723) this must be the child who died.

LTR 732-2 and 732-3:   Records of Humboldt Country, California compiled by Marilyn Milota (Unpublished). This compilatiaon gives the birth and death dates of the infant.
6
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:  LTR 732-3- Records of Humboldt Country, California compiled by Marilyn Milota (Unpublished). Gives birth  information.
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Clarence Henry Matthews - Lillian Catherine Reas

Clarence Henry Matthews was born at Ione, Amador, California 2 Jun 1862. His parents were William Matthews and Amanda M Hays.

He married Lillian Catherine Reas 3 Aug 1893 at Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California . Lillian Catherine Reas was born at Ferndale, Humboldt, California 10 Dec 1870 daughter of Dewitt Clinton Reas and Sultana Francis Lane .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Elsie Irene Matthews born 29 Jan 1894.
Isla Mae or Ila Mae Matthews born 11 Oct 1895.
Edna Matthews born 30 Aug 1897.
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Clarence Henry Matthews died 4 May 1924 at Ferndale, Humboldt, California .

Lillian Catherine Reas died 2 Oct 1968 at Eureka, Humboldt, California .