Cora Ella (Austin) Tibbetts (1864 - 1921)

Born 7 Jul 1864 in Addison, Washington, Maine

Ancestors

Wife of Burton Luther Tibbetts — married 2 Jan 1892 in Addison, Washington, Maine

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1921 at age 56 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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Biography

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Burial

Burial:

Place: Indian River Cemetery, Indian River, Washington, Maine

Reference

Reference: 15

User ID

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Note

Note: A schoolteacher for many years, notably at Harrington, Maine, Cora's ability to teach was, no doubt, aided by her remarkable history of world travel.

Her father being away at sea for great stretches of time, Cora was left on the 1867 death of her mother to be raised by her uncle and aunt, John and Amanda (Wass) Austin. In the 1880s, she met and became romantically involved with Burt Tibbetts. Her adoptive parents did not approve of her choice, as Burt was not sufficiently educated in any trade to provide for a family.

Rather than risk having Cora disobey and be doomed to a life of poverty, John and Amanda Austin arranged for her to go to sea with two or more of her uncles, who were sea captains. One may have been her father's brother-in-law, William S. Nickels, the Master of the bark Mary E. Russell.

Cora remained at sea, travelling to distant and exotic ports, for seven years. She later reported to her children that she had "sailed 'round the Horn", and had visited China and South America. She had many souvenirs of her journeys, some of which survive.

The father of Cora's children, John and Amanda's objections aside, was Burt Tibbetts, whom she married in 1892 upon her return from the sea. In her absence, he had apprenticed himself to a stone mason and became successful in that trade. They shared but fifteen years of married life before a sudden illness caused his death. Cora turned to a teaching career to support her five living children.

Springfield, Massachusetts newspaper clipping from January of 1921:

Mrs. Cora Tibbetts, 56, widow of Burton Tibbetts, died this morning in her home, 525 Main street. She was born in Addison, Me., and had lived three years in this city. She leaves two sons, Austin Tibbetts of this city and Luther Tibbetts in Texas with the United States army, three daughters, Mrs. Henry F. McLeod and Misses Grace E. and Lena M. Tibbetts of this city, and two half brothers, Millard Austin of Kittery, Me., and Carl M. Austin of Brockton. The body will be taken to Addison for burial in Indian River cemetery.

Springfield, Massachusetts newspaper clipping from January of 1921:

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Tibbetts were held in Byron's parlors at 8:15 last night, Rev. Francis W. Brett officiating. Mrs. H. Sutcliffe sang. The body was taken on the 1:30 train this morning to Columbia Falls, Me., for burial.

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Austin-1101 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.