Harry Garfield Tinkham (1881 - 1943)

Born 19 Mar 1881 in Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Gellett) Dwelly — married 24 May 1901 (to 1903) in Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Husband of Jennie Winona (Williams) Tinkham — married 14 Nov 1909 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1943 at about age 61 in Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Harry was born in 1881. He was the son of Andrew Tinkham and Susan Slocum.

Harry lived with his parents in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

At the age of 20 Harry married 19 year old Grace Gellett (daughter of John Gellett and Fanny Hammond) on 24 May 1901 at Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States.^[1]

Harry and Grace divorced.

He married, secondly, Jennie Winona Williams (daughter of John R Williams and Mayony Lorna Rosson) 14 November 1909 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States.^[2]

They had at least 3 children.

He was drafted into the 1st World War.^[3]

Harry was also drafted into the 2nd World War.^[4]

He passed away in 1943.

Burial

Ellis Cemetery, Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N44T-MQR : 17 February 2016), Harry G. Tinkham and Grace Gellett, 24 May 1901; citing , Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,533.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N482-KQ7 : 17 February 2016), Harry Garfield Tinkham and Jennie Winona Williams, 14 Nov 1909; citing Brockton, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,510.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNV-NWC : 12 December 2014), Harry Garfield Tinkham, 1917-1918; citing South Braintree no 36, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,751.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V128-SZF : 8 April 2016), Harry Garfield Tinkham, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106343735

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22Z-Z1J : accessed 10 April 2017), Harry G Tinkham, Boston Ward 24, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1L-S25 : accessed 10 April 2017), Harry G Tinkham, Avon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4N2-BT8 : accessed 10 April 2017), Harry Tinkham, Ward 7, Brockton, Brockton City, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States