Mary Matilda (Ribble) Hinton (1837 - 1871)

Born 12 Jun 1837 in Upper Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Hinton — married 17 May 1859 in Montcalm, Michigan, United States

Died 21 Dec 1871 at age 34 in Hinton Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States

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A Family Altercation - Family Mystery
The following appeared in the Halton Journal in December 1855:
"In 1855, Anne Ribble prosecuted Mary Ribble for assault and battery, the conviction coming on 12 Jul 1855, the fine 0-2-6, to be paid forthwith to the county treasurer."^[1] Teeple family researchers, who uncovered this, assumed that this represented a disagreement between Kent County's Nancy (Teeple) Ribble, who the contemporary Teeple's knew as Anne or Annie and her sister-in-law, Mary Nancy Ribble of Bayham Township, Elgin County. Although neither woman lived in Halton County at the time, the death of Elizabeth Ribble in 1854 had likely caused issues for the family in terms of elder care, as Elizabeth's now widower husband William was in his nineties, and this may have been enough to cause a family dispute.
What perhaps the Teeple researchers did not know, was that there was an additional sister-in-law named Annie (House) Ribble, the second wife of William's son John. And this Anne lived in Trafalgar at the time. So she could have been the one involved, rather than Nancy.
It must also be noted that Mary Nancy Ribble was not the only member of the family named Mary. Annie (House) Ribble had a stepdaughter, Mary Matilda Ribble who was about eighteen at this time. Mary Matilda would shortly after this date move to Michigan and marry her cousin. Mary Matilda was only a baby when her father John married Annie. Perhaps this assault was born out of a mother/daughter dispute.
More evidence is needed to determine which is the right interpretation.

Sources

1. ↑ “Schedule of Convictions returned to the Office of the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Halton during the Quarter ending with the November sessions A.D. 1855”, Halton Journal, Milton Ontario, page 3, 6 Dec 1855.

• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN21-XQV : 22 April 2016), George Hinton and Mary Matilda Ribbel, 17 May 1859, , Montcalm, Michigan, United States; citing reference ID , various archives, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,295,520.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDX-913 : 30 December 2015), Mary M Hinton in entry for George Hinton, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCW-FH9 : 17 October 2014), Mary M Hinton in household of George Hinton, Michigan, United States; citing p. 3, family 22, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,189.

• "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N367-BZR : 12 December 2014), Mary M. Hinton, 21 Dec 1871; citing p 64 rn 34, Hinton, Mecosta, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,450.