Mary Illinois Titsworth
May 1880–3 August 1919 (Age 39)
Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois, United States
The Life Summary of Mary Illinois
When Mary Illinois Titsworth was born in May 1880, in Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, her father, John Davenport Titsworth, was 27 and her mother, Malona Johnson, was 24. She died on 3 August 1919, at the age of 39, and was buried in Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
John Davenport Titsworth
1853–1940
Malona Johnson
1855–1883
Mary Illinois Titsworth
1880–1919
Maude Althia Titsworth
1881–1948
Parents and Siblings
1853–1940Male
1855–1883Female
Siblings
(2)
1880–1919Female
1881–1948Female
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 5
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 5
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 12
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 12
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Tetsworth in Oxfordshire, from an unattested Old English personal name Tǣtel + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Tittsworth
Sources (2)
- Mary I Titsworth in household of John Titsworth, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Illinois Titsworth, "Find A Grave Index"
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