Susanna Tye

Brief Life History of Susanna

When Susanna Tye was born on 29 March 1836, in Cranford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Tye, was 48 and her mother, Ester Askew, was 47. She married Charles Vincent Findley in 1856, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 28 August 1898, in Lansing, New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Charles Vincent Findley
1832–1920
Susanna Tye
1836–1898
Marriage: 1856
Charles Vincent Findley Jr.
1856–1933
Louis Timothy Findley
1857–1936
Reuben Findley
1859–1935
Eliza Findley
1862–1942
Nellie Findley
1867–
Clara Findley
1869–1944
Julia Findley
1873–
William H. Findley
1875–1956
Lydia Findley
1877–1877

Sources (44)

  • Susannah Findley, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Unknown, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Susannah Findley, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

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World Events (8)

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Kent): from Middle English tye, teghe, teye ‘enclosed piece of land; large area of common pasture’ (Old English tēag, tīege). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near such a piece of land, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Teigh (Rutland) or Great, Little, and Marks Tey (Essex).

North German: from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich .

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄭, probably representing its Teochew, Hokkien, or Taiwanese pronunciation. See Zheng 1.

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

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