Matilda M. PontonAge: 103 years1860–1963
- Name
- Matilda M. Ponton
- Given names
- Matilda M.
- Surname
- Ponton
- Married name
- Matilda M. Remillard
- Married name
- Matilda M. Colyar
 Birth | April 30, 1860 31 28 |
 Birth of a brother | Francis Ponton November 18, 1861 (Age 18 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Marie Ponton July 5, 1863 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a sister | Marie Ponton February 25, 1864 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rosalie “Rose” Ponton January 27, 1865 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Death of a brother | Francis Ponton September 2, 1866 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Aaron Ponton March 8, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a sister | Marie Anastasia Ponton March 13, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a father | Francois Louis Ponton March 7, 1871 (Age 10 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Pvt Napoleon Renville — Adelle Selfridge Rainville — View this family July 3, 1872 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Jennie Adelle Renville May 21, 1873 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Oregina Ida Renville about 1875 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Moses Remillard — View this family February 28, 1881 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a husband | Moses Remillard March 3, 1889 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Adelle Selfridge Rainville December 12, 1898 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Oregina Ida Renville before 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage | Charles Henry Colyar — View this family June 16, 1913 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Marie Anastasia Ponton March 18, 1927 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a husband | Charles Henry Colyar January 7, 1940 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Adelle Ponton September 19, 1944 (Age 84 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 89 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a half-sister | Jennie Adelle Renville March 4, 1958 (Age 97 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Aaron Ponton May 26, 1962 (Age 102 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 85 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 18, 1963 (Age 103 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairmount Memorial Park |
 Last change | February 7, 2023 – 19:12:52 by: Brian Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Francois Louis Ponton Birth: about 1829 — Quebec, Canada Death: March 7, 1871 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Adelle Selfridge Rainville Birth: January 21, 1832 — Canada Death: December 12, 1898 — O'Brien, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: July 30, 1850 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Louis Ponton Birth: August 24, 1851 22 19 — Canada Death: |
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15 months elder sister |
Adelle Ponton Birth: December 4, 1852 23 20 — Canada Death: September 19, 1944 — Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States |
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6 years elder brother |
Joseph Ponton Birth: June 24, 1858 29 26 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: before 1860 |
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22 months herself |
Matilda M. Ponton Birth: April 30, 1860 31 28 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: December 18, 1963 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Francis Ponton Birth: November 18, 1861 32 29 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: September 2, 1866 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
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20 months younger sister |
Marie Ponton Birth: July 5, 1863 34 31 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: February 25, 1864 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
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19 months younger sister |
Rosalie “Rose” Ponton Birth: January 27, 1865 36 33 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Henry Aaron Ponton Birth: March 8, 1868 39 36 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: May 26, 1962 — Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Marie Anastasia Ponton Birth: March 13, 1870 41 38 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: March 18, 1927 — Lynch, Boyd, Nebraska, United States |
| Mother’s family with Pvt Napoleon Renville |
| step-father |
Pvt Napoleon Renville Birth: September 22, 1844 37 28 — Napierville, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada Death: February 13, 1892 — O'Brien, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Adelle Selfridge Rainville Birth: January 21, 1832 — Canada Death: December 12, 1898 — O'Brien, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: July 3, 1872 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
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11 months half-sister |
Jennie Adelle Renville Birth: May 21, 1873 28 41 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: March 4, 1958 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Oregina Ida Renville Birth: about 1875 30 42 — Illinois, United States Death: before 1900 |
| Family with Moses Remillard |
| husband |
Moses Remillard Birth: February 6, 1856 39 39 — Kankakee, Illinois, United States Death: March 3, 1889 — Iowa, United States |
| herself |
Matilda M. Ponton Birth: April 30, 1860 31 28 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: December 18, 1963 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States |
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Marriage: February 28, 1881 — Kankakee, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Charles Henry Colyar |
| husband |
Charles Henry Colyar Birth: March 3, 1857 — Iowa, United States Death: January 7, 1940 — Spangle, Spokane, Washington, United States |
| herself |
Matilda M. Ponton Birth: April 30, 1860 31 28 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: December 18, 1963 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States |
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Marriage: June 16, 1913 — Spokane, Washington, United States |