Nellie (Jarmala) Timm (1905 - 2011)

Born 15 Nov 1905 in Rumbonys, Lithuania, Russian Empire

Wife of Peter Galinis — married Dec 1927 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 2011 at age 106 in Allen, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Nellie was born in 1905. She passed away in 2011.

I made a comment on her in a historical site (which includes part of the obituary):

No relation, but she was a near-neighbor at one time. She may be one of the last living Americans to remember Tsar Nicholas II as her ruler (but probably with no affection).

As I once commented after watching Fiddler on the Roof, Imperial Russia was a horrible place in which to be a Jew. It was also a horrible place in which to be... a Russian! (She was neither Russian nor Jewish, by the way).

Allen, Mich. —

Nellie (Galinis) Timm, 106, of Coldwater, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Sandy’s Adult Foster Care Home in Allen. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Coldwater with Rev. Fr. Dan Doctor officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, Nov.29, 2011 from 4:00 - 6 :00 PM, with a Rosary to begin at 6:00 PM at Dutcher Funeral Home in Coldwater.

Nellie was born June 15, 1905 in Rumbones, Lithuania to Joseph & Berniece (Adrmavcule) Yarmala. She married Peter Galinis in Dec. of 1927 in Lithuania, he preceded her in death in 1968. She then married John Timm in May of 1971, he preceded her in death on April 3, 1983.

Nellie came to the Coldwater area in 1928. She spent many years helping on the family farm before going to work at the former Pants Factory and then the Shaw Shoe Factory where she worked for many years. Nellie was an active member of St. Charles Church, where she had belonged to the Altar Rosary Society. She was a gifted singer and dancer and had been the Cantor at her former parishes in both Detroit and Lithuania, where she had also performed. Nellie was a skilled seamstress and enjoyed crocheting.

Sources

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X79C-1HX : accessed 17 May 2020), Peter Galinis, Detroit (Districts 0251-0500), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 270, sheet 24A, line 44, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1041; FHL microfilm 2,340,776.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42X-HL2 : 29 February 2020), Peter S Galinis in household of Peter Galinis, Algansee Township, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-1A, sheet 2A, line 5, family 26, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1734.

"United States Census, 1950", Algansee Township, Branch County, Michigan, ED 12-5 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/174785576:62308

Coldwater (MI) Daily Reporter: obituary.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 May 2020), memorial page for Nellie Yarmala Timm (15 Jun 1905–27 Nov 2011), Find a Grave Memorial no. 112273648, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by The Last Ride (contributor 48293334) .