Eliza Rebecca (Scott) Tinney (1872 - abt. 1941)

Born 19 Mar 1872 in Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died about 1941 at about age 68 in Thamesville, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Eliza Rebecca Scott was born on 19 March 1872^[1]. She was the only daughter of Henry Scott and Rebecca Blunden.

In the 1881 Census of Canada, Eliza Scott (aged 9) was recorded living with her father Henry Scott (61, a Farmer), her mother Rebecca Scott (38) and her three siblings William Scott (14), John Scott (11) and George Scott (7) at Plympton, Lambton, Ontario^[2].

Sadly her mother Rebecca passed away on 15 January 1889 at the age of about 49.

Eliza Scott (aged 39) was recorded in the household of her younger brother George Scott (31) in Lambton West Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario in the 1911 Census of Canada. Also in the household was her widowed father Henry Scott (91 and a Farmer) and two other individuals^[3].

Her father Henry passed away on 25 April 1918 at the age of 98.

On 29 August 1936, aged 63, she married 66 year old widower James Tinney (the son of John Tinney and Mary Cruickshank) at Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Her occupation was recorded as Practical Nurse^[4].

Elizabeth Scott (the wife of James Tinney) probably passed away in 1941 and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Thamesville, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLX-VZC : 10 February 2018), Eliza Scott, 19 Mar 1872; citing Birth, Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,844,889.
2. ↑ Canada Census, 1881: Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVD5-SKF : 11 March 2018), DEFAULT RECORD TITLE - CHANGE ME, Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 58; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13278, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,914.
3. ↑ Recensement du Canada de 1911: Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-24QC : 16 March 2018), Eliza Scott in entry for Scott, 1911; citing Census, Lambton West Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,505.
4. ↑ Marriage: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages 1936; Reel: 14-666; Reference Number: RG 80-05-0-2380. Source Information: Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. ↑ Find a Grave: Database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199201656/elizabeth-tinney: accessed May 19, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Scott Tinney (1872–1941), Find A Grave: Memorial #199201656, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Thamesville, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Dean Weckman (contributor 47729726).

See also:

• Canada Census, 1901: Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHLC-V1H : 18 March 2018), Eina Scott, Lambton (west/ouest), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.