Matilda Cooke Maltby
Matilda Cooke Maltby (December 1, 1841–March 25, 1912) was an American librarian.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Matilda Mary Cooke was born on December 1, 1841, in Surrey, England.[1] On January 7, 1863, she met John Rodgers Maltby, a merchant and lawyer, who was working on the trans-Atlantic Cable.[2][3] After few months, she married John on September 7, 1863, at Clapham.[4] Before her marriage, she converted to Catholicism.[5]
After their marriage, they moved to Paris where John was engaged in a general merchandise business, which ended into debt.[2][4] Subsequently, John went to the United States without Matilda due to lack of funds to take her along with him.[2] In 1868, together, they moved to Sutton, Massachusetts, but left him. She later joined him during one of his business trips in Sutton and they remained together until 1877. They then shifted to Fairfield, Connecticut for John's business.[1]
After her husband's death in 1895, she returned to Sutton where she became a librarian at the Sutton Library. Meanwhile, she also taught French and music in Sutton.[1]
She died on March 25, 1912.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Matilda Cooke Maltby". ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Litch field historical society. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "John Rogers Maltby, 1827–1892". history.nebraska.gov. NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ Sheldon, Addison Erwin (1963). Nebraska History, Volume 44. Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society. p. 125. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Yale University (1869). Record of the Meetings of the Class of 1822, Yale College, Held in 1862 and 1867: With Biographical Sketches of the Members of the Class. Buenos Aires: Press of Hoggson & Robinson. p. 30. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ Gosen, Loretta (1986). History of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1887–1987, Volume 1. Lincoln, Nebraska: Catholic Bishop of Lincoln. p. 106. Retrieved May 17, 2023.