Barbara HOWDER

Father: Christian HOWDER
Mother: Mary HOUSTATER

Family 1: Nathaniel MATHEWS

(1) Source: Based upon age of children.

  1. William MATHEWS
  2. Wilber W. MATHEWS
  3. James W. MATHEWS
  4. Geraldine Lucy MATHEWS
  5. David MATHEWS
  6. Veloris MATHEWS
  7. Theodore Edward MATHEWS
  8. Samuel MATHEWS
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 _Christian HOWDER _|
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|--Barbara HOWDER
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|                    _Adam HOUFSTATER _______|
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|_Mary HOUSTATER ___|
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                    |_Elizabeth Katherine //_|
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Notes

Updated August 2, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Application for probate of the last will and testament of Christian Howder, Niagara Co., NY, May 28, 1832.

- Resident of Niagara County, New York
- "Barbara HOWDER now the wife of Nathaniel ------" (illegible handwriting appears to say "MATHEWS").

(2) 1850 United States Census for Michigan, Lapeer Co., Almont Twp.: Household 224, July 23, 1850.

Barbery [HOWDER] MATTEUS is married to Nathaniel MATTEUS. She is 40 years old and born in Vermont. Children in the household are Wilbur, William, James, Geraldine, David, Edora?, Vallorus, and Lorenzo MATTEUS.

(3) 1860 United States Census Michigan, Lapeer Co., Almont Twp., Almont Michigan Post Office: Page 99-100; July 3, 1860.

Barbara [HOWDER] MATHEWS is married to Nathaniel MATHEWS, head of household. She is 51 years old and born in New York. Children in the household are Theodore, Taborus and Samuel MATHEWS.

(4) U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files via Ancestry.com

- Name of Soldier: MATHEWS, Samuel L.
- Mother: MATHEWS, Barbara
- Service: Co. A, 1st Michigan Cavalry
- Date of Filing: 1865 Oct. 15
- Class: Mother
- Application No.: 112747

(5) Mathews family records

"Barbara was born in Oct 1809, married 1826 and moved to Lapeer County MI about 1836" - "HOWDE or HOUDER"

(6) Pioneer Families and History of Lapeer County, Michigan. J. Dee Ellis, compiler. Ellis Publishing Co., Lapeer, MI, 1978, pages 98-99 & corrections page.

- Lists marriage of son, Veloris MATHEWS. Lists surname incorrectly as "HOUDER" but listed as "HOWDER" in the corrections page.

(7) Sketches of Old Hillsdale, Historical and Genealogical, Volume IV. Vivian Lyon Moore, for the Daughters of the American Revolution library, 1956., pages 85-90.

- Provided date of death