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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Matthews family of Purfleet
« on: Wednesday 05 January 11 22:13 GMT (UK)  »
I got my wires crossed and realised straight away, sorry. He is my great great uncle, but not on the Matthews side.  A bit embarrassing  :-[

You must be my mum's cousin that has lived in the UK for a long time. J.H?

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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Matthews family of Purfleet
« on: Friday 03 December 10 00:50 GMT (UK)  »
Matthew Hunter (my great great uncle) , detailed in this link,is a grandson of Edmund's. He was a famous scientist, who was the first person to produce useable titanium. He did top secret work for the US military in WW2:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_A._Hunter

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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Matthews family of Purfleet
« on: Friday 03 December 10 00:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I thought the age she is given in the archived death notice below was a bit young, as her husband was 80 at the time! Obviously a typo that should read 78 years.

MATTHEWS.
Funeral Notice, Herald, 13th June 1890.
Elizabeth Austin Matthews died 12th June 1890, aged 48 years, wife of Edmund Israel Matthews.

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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Matthews family of Purfleet
« on: Thursday 02 December 10 04:44 GMT (UK)  »
Interesting. I stumbled across this via Google. Edmund Israel Matthews is my great x 3 (maybe 4?) grandfather. I live in Auckland and have a sea chest with a hand written card tacked inside the lid, saying 'Edmund Israel Matthews, Royal Engineers, New Zealand' . My father had it restored about 30 years ago. I believe he came to NZ after spending some time in Hong Kong and I think Canada before that, as well.

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