John Tinsley

27 July 1838–20 October 1915 (Age 77)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of John

When John Tinsley was born on 27 July 1838, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Tindsley, was 35 and his mother, Mary Hesketh, was 32. He married Elizabeth Ridgeway on 16 November 1857, in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pemberton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 20 October 1915, in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Tinsley
1838–1915
Elizabeth Ridgeway
1833–1868
Marriage: 16 November 1857
Mary Hannah Tinsley
1859–1932
Elizabeth Ellen Tinsley
1861–1869
Edwin Tinsley
1863–1931
John Thomas Tinsley
1865–1865
Richard Hasket Tinsley
1868–1937

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 November 1857St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
    Age 4
    The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
    1846
    Age 8
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
    Age 21
    The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

    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.

    Story Highlight

    John Tinsley and Elizabeth Ridgway

    John Tinsley and Elizabeth Ridgway John was born on June 28, 1838, in Blackburn, Lance, England. At 19 he married 24 year old Elizabeth Ridgeway on November 16, 1857 at St. Helens, England. Eliz …

    Sources (31)

    • John Tinsley in entry for Cornelius Tinsley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • John Tinsley, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
    • John Tinsley in entry for Edwin Tinsley, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

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