Nancy M Tinsley

Brief Life History of Nancy M

When Nancy M Tinsley was born in October 1859, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William F. Tinsley, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth M. Camfield, was 21. She married Andrew J Camfield on 27 February 1884, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died in Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew J Camfield
1862–1912
Nancy M Tinsley
1859–
Marriage: 27 February 1884
Bertha Campfield
1886–
Eva Camfield
1887–1969
Roscoe Rowland Campfield
1888–
Ina Campfield
1895–1915
Ida Leslie Campfield
1896–1926
Carrie Cathleen Camfield
1899–

Sources (14)

  • Nancy M Tinsley in household of W M Tinsley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nannie Teisley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Mattie Linsley in entry for Jessie Turner and Kathleen Campfield, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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