William J Tift (abt. 1854 - 1927)

Born about May 1854 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Matilda Ann (Tryon) Tift — married 3 May 1878 in Tuscola, Michigan, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1927 at about age 72 in Taymouth, Saginaw, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Son of Alonzo and Mary Tift.

He married Matilda Tryon on 20 Aug 1878 in Millington, Tuscola, Michigan.^[1]

Name

Name is regularly misspelled or mis-transcribed as Tifft, Tafft, Tiff and even Fist.

Birth year and place

The 1860 census gives age as 9, birth date about 1851, place Michigan. 1870 census gives age as 18 birth year about 1852, place New York. 1880 census gives age as 26, birth year about 1854, place New York. 1900 census age is given as 44, birth date May 1866, place Ohio. 1910 census gives age as 55, birth date about 1855, place as Ohio. 1920 census gives age as 66 birth year about 1854, place as New York.

Burial: Clio, Genesee County, Michigan, USA

William was born about 1854. He passed away in 1927. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Record Number: 41; Film: 16; Film Description: 1878 Hillsdale - 1878 Van Buren (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Michael Ball J.D. as remembered 5 Jun 2019.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11234141/william-tift

• 1860 US Federal Census; Census Place: Birch Run, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: M653_558; Page: 789; Family History Library Film: 803558 (Ancestry.com)

• 1870 US Federal Census; Census Place: Thetford, Genesee, Michigan; Roll: M593_671; Page: 383B; Image: 31886; Family History Library Film: 552170 (Ancestry.com)

• 1880 US Federal Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3N-SVB), William J Tift in household of John Tryon, Arbela, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; enumeration district ED 396, sheet 35A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0607; FHL microfilm 1,254,607.

• 1900 US Federal Census; Census Place: Taymouth, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: 740; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1240740 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: birth date given as May 1866.

• 1910; Census Place: Taymouth, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: T624_671; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1374684 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: with daughter and two granddaughters in household.

• 1920 US Federal Census; Census Place: Taymouth, Saginaw, Michigan; Roll: T625_794; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 219; Image: 968 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: with two granddaughters in household.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11234141

• Michigan, County Marriage Records, 1822-1940

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61374&h=726039&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Ytn26622&_phstart=successSource

Name: William G. Tift Gender: Male Age: 25 Birth Date: abt 1853 Marriage Date: 3 May 1878 Marriage Place: Tuscola, Michigan, USA Spouse: Matilda Tryon Film Number: 000983816