Frederick L. Twining (1865)

Born 30 Sep 1865 in West Winterport, Waldo, Maine

Husband of Lilly Mae (Hill) Twining — married 10 Sep 1888 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan

Died [date unknown] in Twining, Arenac, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Frederick Twining was born in 1865, in the state of Maine. He was a son of Harrison Twining (1814-1887) and Mary Jane Cole (1829-1896).

Between 1870 and 1880, he relocated to Michigan.

In 1888, he married Lillie M. Hill (1870- ). The couple had the following children:

1. Hubert Hill (1900-1990)
2. Herbert Hill (1901- ) m1 Ruth May King , m2 Rosella M Klein (1915- )

Research Notes

He founded the village of Twining, Aranac Co., Mich. in 1897. It was a flourishing town of 500 inhabitants, built in a solid forest, incorporated in 1903. Mr. Twining was the proprietor of the general store, furniture store, carriage and farm machinery, elevator and feed mill, three lumber camps, 200 acre farm on which he raised Durham cattle, editor and publisher of the Twining Siftings; President of the village and owned Tom Thumb a 2:19 pacer.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9F77-KFJ
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66S-9MR : 19 March 2020), Elvira C Twirmy in entry for Harrison Twirmy, 1870.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWM-RMB : 2 April 2020), Frederick L. Twining and Lillie M. Hill, 10 Sep 1888; citing Marriage, Bay City, Arenac, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207677.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPZ-H7J : accessed 9 August 2020), Fred L Twining, Turner, Arenac, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 635; FHL microfilm 1,374,648.