Matthew Matheson

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Matthew Matheson

Swedish: Matts Johansson Luoto, Finnish: Matti Juhonpoika Luoto
Also Known As: "Matthewson", "Matson"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pyhäjoki, Finland
Death: March 01, 1936 (83)
Kamo, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Ketenikau (Kamo Public) Cemetery, Kamo, Whangarei, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Juho Marianpoika Luoto and Maria Antintytär Ollila
Husband of Prudence Holden
Father of Lavina Alice Green; Mary Ann Herbert; Bella Kathleen Matson Or Matheson and Adele Ethel Flossie Matheson
Brother of Matilda Maria Juhontytär Luoto and Johan Aleksander Juhonpoika Luoto
Half brother of Maria Kustaava Juhontytär Luoto

Occupation: sailor, timber worker at sawmill, kauri gum digger, cook
Managed by: Private User
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About Matthew Matheson

Matthew Matthewson

According to DNA evidence Matti Juhonpoika Luoto (Matts Johansson Luoto) is the same person who settled in New Zealand and changed there his name to Matthew Matthewson (also Matson and Matheson). Matthew was a Finnish sailor on the "Duke of Sutherland" when he was shipwrecked at Timaru in New Zealand in 1882.

Birth 2 Dec 1852, parents farmhand Johan Mariasson Luoto and wife Maria Andersdotter, Pohjankylä: Pyhäjoen seurakunnan arkisto - Syntyneiden luettelot 1849-1877, jakso 51, sivu 100-101: 1852; Kansallisarkisto: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=9357280 / Viitattu 6.7.2021

1872 till Brahestad: Pyhäjoki - rippikirja, 1867-1876 (MKO154-178) > Sivu 298 294: sivu ???: Luoto; SSHY: https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=198... / Viitattu 14.7.2021

Farmhand Matts Luoto submitted his moving certificate with date Nov 5 1772 from Pyhäjoki to Raahe in early 1873. Raahe muuttaneet 1871-1880 (MKO3-4 Iba:2) in 1872, 1873; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=1503... / Viitattu 21.09.2022

From Pyhäjoki to Raahe and back to Pyhäjoki 1773. Raahe rippikirja 1871-1881 (MKO135-137 IA:19) Sivu 64 ; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=1502... / Viitattu 16.09.2022

Farmhand Matts Johansson Luoto took a moving certificate from Raahe to Pyhäjoki in Oct 1873: Raahe muuttaneet 1871-1880 (MKO3-4 Iba:2) ut 1873 ; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=1503... / Viitattu 21.09.2022

Farmhand Matts Johansson Luoto submitted his moving certificate from Raahe to Pyhäjoki in May 23 1874: Pyhäjoen seurakunnan arkisto - Muuttaneiden luettelot 1855-1880, jakso 15, sivu 26-27: 1874; Kansallisarkisto: https://astia.narc.fi/uusiastia/viewer/?fileId=5882143682&aineistoI... / Viitattu 21.9.2022

Servants. Farmhands. Luoto Matts Johansson b Dec 2 1852, from Raahe May 23 1874, to Raahe Oct 23 1875, certificate to the sea 1875: Pyhäjoki rippikirja 1867-1876 (MKO154-178) Sivu 642 L ; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=1982... / Viitattu 21.09.2022

Seaman Matts Johansson Luoto took a moving certificate from Pyhäjoki to Raahe in Oct 23 1875: Pyhäjoen seurakunnan arkisto - Muuttaneiden luettelot 1855-1880, jakso 43, sivu 198: Utflyttade 1875; Kansallisarkisto: https://astia.narc.fi/uusiastia/viewer/?fileId=5882143625&aineistoI... / Viitattu 21.9.2022

Seaman Matts Luoto submitted his moving certificate from Pyhäjoki to Raahe in Oct 26 1875 to Raahe: Raahe muuttaneet 1871-1880 (MKO3-4 Iba:2) ; SSHY http://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=1503... / Viitattu 18.09.2022

Raahe - rippikirja, 1871-1881 (MKO135-137 IA:19) > Sivu 65 39: sivu ???; SSHY: https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/sivut/jasenille/paikat.php?bid=150... / Viitattu 28.5.2021

Enlisted in the Raahe Seamen's house in Sep 18, 1875 (seaman number 280). In his 2nd voyage, in Dec 27 1878, Matts Luoto deserted in Baltimore from the ship Matts August with 3 other sailors, Karl Gustaf Pecklin, Oskar Nordberg and Michel Kulju. (Source: Raahe Seamen's house archive.)

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Matthew Matheson's Timeline

1852
December 2, 1852
Pyhäjoki, Finland
1872
1872
- 1882
Age 19
1882
1882
- 1894
Age 29
1890
March 13, 1890
Auckland, New Zealand
1893
September 30, 1893
Dargaville, New Zealand
1894
1894
- 1904
Age 41
1902
March 14, 1902
Thames, Auckland, New Zealand
1904
1904
- 1922
Age 51
1910
July 25, 1910
Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand