Amariah L. Tilton

Brief Life History of Amariah L.

When Amariah L. Tilton was born on 16 March 1863, in Bakersville, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, his father, Lewis S. Tilton, was 30 and his mother, Caroline Lake, was 29. He married Isabelle Smith in 1881, in Bakersville, Jefferson Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1933, at the age of 70, and was buried in Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amariah L. Tilton
1863–1933
Isabelle Smith
1864–1947
Marriage: 1881
Albert Tilton
1881–
John Tilton
1882–
Sarah Jane Tilton
1883–
Oscar Tilton
1885–
Elvina Tilton
1885–
Edmun Tilton
1887–
Edna C. Tilton
1887–1917
Howard Tilton
1888–1888
Lewis S. Tilton
1894–1939
Oscar Tilton
1894–
Ralph E. Tilton
1899–1899
Vera Mae Tilton
1901–1975

Sources (20)

  • Ameriale Tilton, "New Jersey State Census, 1885"
  • Tilton, "New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901-1929"
  • Amariah Tilton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877

Historical Boundaries: 1877: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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