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Note: [Br�derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Apr 6, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.69464.78]
Individual: Searles, Matilda
Birth date: Mar 20, 1900
Death date: Nov 1978
Social Security #: 148-18-3014
Last residence: NJ 08103
State of issue: NJ
Zip of last payment: 08104
Matilda was one of ten siblings. There were seven girls and three boys. She had a third grade church school education. Tilley was brought to Philadelphia by her husband Tolbert Searles about 1919. Tolbert died of tuberculosis two months after the birth of their only child Mattie Belle Searles. Matilda buried him in the Hosannah Baptist Church Cemetery in Modoc, SC. She was a wonderful person. She was an usher at Tenth Street Baptist Church, Camden, New Jersey. She baked a wonderful coconut iced multi-layered butter cake. She loved Okra, Rhubarb and Lawrence Welk. She had a habit of drinking her tea from the saucer which was a habit of a number of southerners. I remember and can still hear her calling me for dinner. Her voice could be so shrill that it could be easily heard over the entire neighborhood.
Basic Yellow Cake
2 3/4 c all-purpose flour 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1/2 c butter or margarine 1 3/4 c sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 1 1/4 c milk Grease and lightly flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat butter about 30 seconds.
Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each. Add dry ingredients and milk alternately, beating after each addition. Turn into pans. Bake at 375 for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Place grape jelly between the layers. Cover with vanilla icing and coconut.
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