Joseph Tinkham (1845 - 1886)

Born 30 Jun 1845 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Hunt) Sibley — married about 1866 in Totnes, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1886 at age 41 in Maine, United States

Biography

Joseph was born in 1845, probably in Devonshire, England.

Joseph married Elizabeth Hunt in 1866 in Totnes, Devon, England.^[1]

In the 1881 Census of Canada in Egremont township of Grey County, Ontario, Joseph and Elizabeth were living with five children and John Tinkham, farmer age 28, who was probably Joseph's brother. The name was miss-indexed as Linkham, but it is definitely the same family and has been corrected in Family Search, and submitted to the BAC.LAC.gc.ca site. ^[2]

He passed away in 1886 and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery Old Town, Maine.^[3] There is a cemetery document that lists his date of death, along with that of his wife Elizabeth and their son Ernest Richard Tinkham. ^[4]

Research on Offspring

Joseph Tinkham and Elizabeth Hunt had three children, at least, whose births were registered in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Tinkham was not a common name in Ontario, and there was only a John Tinkham (son of Peter Tinkham and Annie Hunt) and his family in the Canadian censuses for Grey County after 1881. Based on the birth dates and places for the children, it is likely that Joseph and Elizabeth Tinkham lived in Canada after the 1871 census and left for Maine just after the 1881 census.

• Emma Jane Tinkham, born 1874 in the town of Durham, Ontario, Canada in Grey County. Her father was a teamster. ^[5]
• Anna Tinkham, born 26 April 1876 in Brant township, Bruce County -- which is next to Grey County -- Ontario, Canada. Anna is NOT in the 1881 census with the family. ^[6]
• Robert James Tinkham, born 1880, Egremont township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. His father Joseph was a farmer in Egremont township. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DCQ-D47 : 13 December 2014), Joseph Tinkham, 1866; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1866, quarter 2, vol. 5B, p. 351, Totnes, Devon, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFG-19L : 15 December 2020), Joseph Linkham, Egremont, Grey, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Joseph Linkham, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 59313584
4. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MXBS : 1 March 2021), Joseph Tinkham, 1886; citing Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Forest Hill Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,315.
5. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMCW-N5C : 19 December 2020), Joseph Tinkham in entry for Emma Jane Tinkham, 20 Feb 1874; citing Birth, Durham, Grey, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,043.
6. ↑ "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL55-WJ6 : 13 February 2020), Joseph Tinkham in entry for Anna Tinkham, 1876.
7. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLR-M5P : 16 July 2017), Joseph Tinkham in entry for Robert James Tinkham, 20 Feb 1880; citing Birth, Egremont, Grey, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,398.