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- - 1870 census: Martha Strong, 4, resides Town of Oswegatchie with parents Joseph Strong, 41 and Jane, 42; and, Mary A. Strong, 22, b. Canada; John, 21; Elizabeth, 9; Joseph, 11 mos., all b. NY; and Catherine Bishop, 80, b. England. Catherine may be Jane's mother. This indicates the family came first to Canada where Mary was born in 1848, and then moved to St. Lawrence County where John was born in 1849. Joseph Strong is a sailor.
- 1880 U.S. census: Mattie Strong, 14, b. abt. 1866, NY, is residing in Ogdensburg, NY with her brother-in-law, Charles Herridge, 39, and his family, wife Sarah, 29 (Mattie's sister;) and children Lizzie Herridge, 3 and Lida Herridge, 1. Her parents were both born in England. Mattie's sister, Elizabeth, 19, is boarding with the William Albany family.
- 1910 U.S. census, St. Lawrence, Ogdensburg: Mattie is 43 years old and is living with her husband Nathan (46) and two daughters Ruth F. (20) and Cora A. (18). She was born in New York state, both her parents were born
in England. Mattie and Nathan have been married for 21 years. No occupation is listed for her.
- 1925 N.Y. census: Mattie is 56 years old and is living at 726 Congress St. with her daughter, Cora, Cora's wife, Roy Jones, and their children. She is still working in nursing.
- Grave is located in Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensbury, N.Y. at Range 20 Lot 29 Stone reads "Nathan Allen Como / 1863-1913" and "Mattie S. Como Wright / 1867-1955" Cemetery Index reads: 1925 Como Mattie, wid nathan, nurse 726 Congress.
- Mattie's duaghter Ruth said that her mother was full-blooded English. She said that Mattie's mother died before she (Ruth) was born in 1890, and that Mattie's father died when she (Ruth) was about 2. Mattie was a nurse. She lived at 726 Congress St. after the death of her husband in 1913.
- Ogdensburg Journal, Jan. 6, 1955: Mrs. Mattie Wright, who would have been 88 years of age on Jan. 13, former Ogdensburg resident and widow of George Wright of Galilee, died Tuesday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Hutt of Owego, N.Y. Mrs. Wright had been a member for many years of the First
Congregational Church of this city. A prayer service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel at the Ogdensburg Cemetery with the Rev. Edward J. Sizeland, Congregational pastor, officiating. Burial will take place in the Ogdensburg Cemetery. Surviving beside Mrs. (Ruth) Hutt, a daughter by her first marriage to the late Nathan Como; are two son-in-laws, Fred Hutt, Owego, and Roy Jones of Ogdensburg; a granddaughter, Mrs. Jay Stewart of Baldwin, N.Y.; two grandsons, Paul A. Jones, this city, and Donald R. Jones of Chauteaugay, also four great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews in this city.
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1865 - 1955 (~ 89 years)
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