Brief Life History of Cynthia
When Cynthia Tinsley was born in 1795, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Tinsley, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Ford, was 33. She married Thomas Bronaugh on 16 January 1815, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1820, in her hometown, at the age of 25.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Cynthia Tinsley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Cynthia Bronough in Item 11 and closing paragraph of James Tinsley's Will
- Cyntha Tinsley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1794–1857 Male
1795–1820 Female
Children (2)
1818– Female
1819–1894 Male
Parents and Siblings
1759–1824 Male
1762–1815 Female
Siblings (7)
1782–1863 Female
1784– Female
1788– Male
1790–1870 Male
1795–1820 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
Age 1
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1803
Age 8
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from a place in South Yorkshire near Rotherham, named in Old English with the genitive case of an unattested personal name Tynni + hlāw ‘hill’, ‘mound, barrow’. This surname is also found in Ulster.
habitational name from Tinsley Green in Worth (Sussex). The placename appears to derive from an unattested Old English personal name Tint + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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