Ralph Chauncey Tillotson (abt. 1872 - 1953)

Born about 1872 in Ottowa, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Philomena (Andreu) Tillotson — married 1899 in Duval Co., FL USA

Died 22 Jun 1953 at about age 81 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States

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Biography

• First Name: Ralph ^[1][2][3][4]

• Middle Name: Chauncey ^[1][2][3]
• Alternate Middle Name: Chancey ^[3]
• Alternate Middle Name: Chencey ^[4]

• Last Name: TILLOTSON ^[1][2][4][3]
• Alternate Last Name: TELLOTSON ^[3]
• Alternate Last Name: TILLITSON ^[3]

• Birth Date: 10 AUG 1872 ^[4][3]
• Alternate Birth Date: 1869 (being 11 yrs as of 1880 Census) ^[5]
• Alternate Birth Date: 17 Aug 1862 NOTE: Date in question as too near the birth date of Marion Frances) ^[6][1][2]
• Birth Place: Port Clinton, Ottowa, Ohio, USA ^[1][3]
• Alternate Birth Place: Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio ^[4][2]

• Father: Ephraim Todd TILLOTSON ^[1][4][2][3]
• Mother: Susannah Elizabeth WILBUR (TILLOTSON) ^[1][2][3] (or Susan WILBOR ^[4])

• 1878: Moves to Florida, (at age 6), due to mother's health. Eventually to a 100 acre farm in Mt Pleasant, Fl., (Girvin Rd., Jacksonville) ^[7]

• 1880: LIved in Mayport, Fl at age 11, of Ohio, with: ^[5]
  1. Father, Ephraim TILLOTSON, age 50, of Ohio, works as a farmer
  2. Mother, Susan TILLOTSON, age 44, of Ohio, housekeeper
  3. Sister, Marian F TILLOTSON, age 17, of Ohio
  4. Brother, John TILLOTSON, age 15, of Ohio, fisherman
  5. Sister, Jessie TILLOTSON (THOMPSON), age 13, of Ohio
  6. Sister, Nellie (Helen Mae) TILLOTSON, age 10, of Ohio
  7. Brother, Willie TILLOTSON, age 6, of Ohio
  8. Sister, Annie TILLOTSON, new born, of FL

• Marriage: to Rebecca Philomena ANDREU, (15 Aug 1879—23 Ap 1975) ^[1][2][3][6]
• Marriage Date: 1900 ^[1][3]
• Alternate Marriage Date: 1899 ^[2]
• Marriage Place: Duval Co., FL, USA ^[2][3]

• Children: 7. ^[1][3]
  1. Son, Ralph N. TILLOTSON, (10 Dec 1901—17 July 1988)
  2. Son, James H. TILLOTSON (1903—1904)
  3. Son, Francis Marion TILLOTSON (1905—1915)
  4. Son, William Eldridge TILLOTSON (12 Oct 1906—13 Jan 1950)
  5. Daughter, Lesley Butts TILLOTSON (JOINES) (20 Mr 1909, or '10—21 Jan 1933)
  6. Daughter, Louisa TILLOTSON (POWELL) (18 Sept 1915—3 May 1999)
  7. Daughter, Rebecca TILLOTSON

• Death Date: 22 June 1953 (age 54) ^[1][2][3]
• Death Cause: Areoral hemorrhage due to generalized arterio sclerosis. ^[1]
• Death Place: Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, USA ^[1][2][3]
• Burial Place: Tillotson Family Cemetery, Girvin Rd, Jacksonville FL ^[7][2]

• Descendents:
  1. TILLOTSON family
  1.1. POWELL family
  1.1.1. LAUNIERE family

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^[1] RALPH CHAUNCEY2 TILLOTSON (Ephraim Todd1) was born on 17 Aug 1862 in Port Clinton, Ohio. He died on 22 Jun 1953 in Jacksonville, Fl.. He married Rebecca Philomena Andreu in 1900. She was born on 15 Aug 1879 in Mayport, Fl.. She died on 23 Apr 1975. Notes for Ralph Chauncey Tillotson: The cause of death was Areoral hemorrhage due to generalized arterio sclerosis. Ralph Chauncey Tillotson and Rebecca Philomena Andreu had the following children: i. RALPH N.3 TILLOTSON was born on 10 Dec 1901. He died on 17 Jul 1988. He married Lois Jeanette Johnson in 1932. She was born on 29 Jun 1908 in Blackshear, Ga.. She died on 21 Dec 2003. ii. LESLEY BUTTS TILLOTSON was born on 20 Mar 1909 in Ga.. She died on 21 Jan 1933. She married Percy Dahlman Joines in 1928. He was born on 19 Nov 1907 in Dunlin, Ga.. He died on 15 Oct 1980 in Brunswick, Glynn Co., Georgia. iii. FRANCIS MARION TILLOTSON was born in 1905. He died in 1915. iv. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE TILLOTSON was born on 12 Oct 1906. He died on 13 Jan 1950. He married REBECCA ?. Notes for William Eldridge Tillotson: Tillotson Paid Tribute by City Jax Beach Council Deplores His Death At the Monday night meeting this week of the mayor and city council of Jacksonville Beach, tribute was paid to the late William E. Tillotson an employee of the electric department of Jacksonville Beach who was accidentally killed last Saturday, when a resolution in memorial was introduced and adopted. A page of the minutes was authorized to be set aside to commemorate in reverent appreciation and esteem the memory of the deceased city employee. The resolution follows: “WHEREAS, William Eldridge Tillotson was accidentally electrocuted while actively serving the city in line of his duty on January 13, 1950, leaving behind him a record of more than ten years of faithful service to the city of Jacksonville Beach in the capacity of electric lineman and the Chief of Police; and “WHEREAS, his sincere and conscientious interest in discharging his duties and responsibilities so as to at all times advance the welfare of the public and render his community a more enjoyable place in which to live, won for him a well deserved admiration and respect throughout the community to the extent that his passing will be mourned by a wide and devoted circle of friends. “NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA: “Section 1. That in recognition of this valued service and contribution to the Generation 2 (con't) official activities of the City and the sadness caused by the departure from this life of the city’s loyal and faithful employee William Eldridge Tillotson, it is the will of this Council that a special page be set aside among the minutes of this Council to commemorate in reverent appreciation and esteem the memory of William Eldridge Tillotson. “Section 2. That heartfelt sympathies of the members of the Council are extended to his widow and children, and that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to each of them by the City Clerk.” “T. Tillotson was the old Chief of Police with the City of Jacksonville Beach. But then he was replaced and it left him open for work. So he came to the Electric Department. He was a great big robust guy about 6 foot something. And he was a good lineman. His family was a pioneer family who settled in the Mount Pleasant area back in 1878. Mount Pleasant is just west of Mayport across the marsh up near Fort Caroline.” This quote is from page 300 of ‘As I remember It . . .’ a book by Sidney J. Mickler and Julie Mickler Bhatia. Published by High Pitched Hum Publishing. 25. v. LOUISA TILLOTSON was born on 18 Sep 1915 in Ga.. She died on 03 May 1999. She married SAMUAL CARL POWELL. He was born on 15 May 1915 in Brunswick, Glynn Co., Georgia. He died on 23 May 1987 in Bradenton Florida. vi. JAMES H. TILLOTSON was born in 1903. He died in 1904. vii. REBECCA TILLOTSON.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Descendants of Ephraim Todd Tillotson from Clancy Shannon, personal collection on FamilyTreeNow
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} SuzanneBland Poster/Ralph on facebook group: MAYPORT WHERE I COME FROM, on 19 Aug 2019. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1351300795034843&set=g.603233506411256
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15} familysearch/LH8P-D1C https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LH8P-D1C/details
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} BirthCert/Ralph "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNQQ-2D9 : 22 December 2016), Ephraim Tellotson in entry for Ralph Cheney Tellotson, 10 Aug 1872; citing Birth, Catawba Island, Ottawa, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 475,917. (Transcription has a number of errors from the original)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1880 US Census "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZ9-N3Z : 24 August 2017), Marian F Tillottson in household of Ephriam Tillottson, Mayport, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 635A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0126; FHL microfilm 1,254,126.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} family record sheet #001 of TILLOTSON line from OGRUM
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Personal information from interviews with family members

"Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXS8-PXW : 8 December 2014), Ralph Chaney Tellotson, 10 Aug 1872; citing OTTAWA,OHIO, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.