Loretta May Collins and Clarence Henry Matson

CLARENCE HENRY MATSON was born April 6, 1872 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio,^{8224, 8249} and died October 17, 1943 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.^{8249, 250} He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.⁴⁵⁶

He married LORETTA MAY COLLINS on June 29, 1898 in Salina, Saline, Kansas,^{8224, 4694} daughter of SARAH ELIZABETH BLAIR and ANDREW PERRY COLLINS. She was born August 10, 1876 in Solomon, Saline, Kansas,⁸²²⁴ and died January 24, 1977 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Loretta M. Collins)

Children of LORETTA MAY COLLINS and CLARENCE HENRY MATSON:

1. WALTER ARCHIBALD MATSON, b. June 30, 1899, Kansas;^{8224, 250} m. MARTHA B. WAGNER on September 11, 1925 in Los Angeles County, California⁷⁵⁴⁰; d. November 15, 1985, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰
2. MARGUERITE MATSON, b. October 17, 1901, Kansas;²⁵⁰ m. (1) JOSEPH ROGERS WALKER, m. (2) CHARLES H. GARRIGUES on October 4, 1968 in Contra Costa County, California⁸⁴; d. December 31, 1985, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰
3. ELIZABETH MATSON, b. May 4, 1902, Kansas;²⁵⁰ d. April 21, 1990, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰
4. CLARENCE HENRY MATSON, b. March 2, 1906, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas;⁷³⁷⁷ d. August 18, 1984, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰



Education

Obituaries

Honolulu Advertiser, December 21, 1943⁸²⁴⁹

C. H. Matson, 71, Of Los Angeles Dies

Clarence H. Matson, 71, prominent for 35 years in the development of Los Angeles harbor, died recently at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was consulting foreign trade manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce at the time of his death, having retired from active service about 18 months before.

He was born at Kirtland, O., April 6, 1872, started his career as a newspaperman, and married May Collins of Salina, Kans., in 1898. He was a member of the Pacific Geographic Society, Delta Phi Epsilon, the China Society of Southern California, and of the advisory boards of the Foreign Trade club of Southern California and of Yenching University, Chicago.

During the past year, Mr. Matson contributed several articles on shipping to the Los Angeles Times Reader Editorial page and to other publications. He is survived by his wife, two sons, the Rev. William Archie Matson of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Theodore C. Matson of Long Beach, Calif.; two daughters, sister, and a brother Elmer of Smith Center, Kan.

Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1977⁸²⁵⁰

MATSON, May C., loving mother of Elizabeth Matson, Mrs. Marguerite M. Garrigues both of Pacific Palisades, Theodore C. Matson of Long Beach and Rev. Archie Matson of Laguna Hills; grandmother of Wesley A. Matson, Hugh K. Walker, Philip C. Walker, Mrs. Marilyn McMahon, T. James Matson; also survived by 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Memorial service Sunday, 2 p.m. at Pacific Palisades Community United Methodist Church.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 3, 18804726	Solomon, Saline, Kansas	Andrew Perry Collins Sarah Elizabeth Blair Oliver Edwin Collins Sarah Edith Collins Albert Noel Collins Frank Newton Collins Loretta May Collins
June 8, 1900491	Salina, Saline, Kansas	Loretta May Collins Clarence Henry Matson Walter Archibald Matson
April 28, 1910352	San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California	Clarence Henry Matson Loretta May Collins Walter Archibald Matson Marguerite Matson Elizabeth Matson Clarence Henry Matson
January 7, 1920353	Alhambra, Los Angeles, California	Clarence Henry Matson Loretta May Collins Walter Archibald Matson Marguerite Matson Elizabeth Matson Clarence Henry Matson
April 9, 1930337	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	Clarence Henry Matson Loretta May Collins Elizabeth Matson Clarence Henry Matson
April 6, 19402537	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	Clarence Henry Matson Loretta May Collins Marguerite Matson Son Son