Timothy Worsley (1812 - 1881)

Born 5 Dec 1812 in Burrsville

Died 26 Oct 1881 at age 68 in Millington, Kendall, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Timothy was born in 1812. He passed away in 1881. He came to Illinois in May, 1840, married Elsa Hastings, and had two children. After his first wife died in May 1840, he married a second time Feb 7 1875.^[1] Described as a successful businessman, in 1871 he has built a store/hotel named the Worsley Hotel in Millington, Kendall, Illinois.^[2] Elsa died in 1873, and he remarried Abigail Parker.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Biographical directory of the voters and tax-payers of Kendall County, Illinois, by Fisher, George, & Co., Chicago, p48. https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire00fish/page/48/mode/2up/search/worsley
2. ↑ Kendall County ILGenWeb, History of Worsley Hotel, a. k. a. Bartlett House, https://kendall.illinoisgenweb.org/history/hotels/history-of-worsley-hotel.html
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF23-T2D : 27 September 2017), Timothy Worsley and Abigail Parker, 07 Feb 1875; citing Kane, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,477,041.

• Information passed down from Marguerite Finnegan Worsley to John Worsley, in his possession in 2020.
• Kendall County ILGenWeb, Burial Records, http://kendallkin.org/databases/945/A,W/69.html
• Archive of Elmer Dickson's "Kendall County, Illinois Genealogy Home Page", The Old Settlers' Picnic 9-22-1886, http://kendallkin.org/county-history/old-settlers-picnic/old-settlers-picnic-9-22-1886.html
• "Illinois State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61Z3-X6Z : 11 March 2018), Timothy Worsley, Batavia, Kane, Illinois; citing Batavia, Kane, Illinois, 12, p. 600, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WH-PZ2 : 19 March 2020), Timothy Worsley, 1870.
• "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGBY-MVZM : 14 February 2020), Timothy Worsley, 1881.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 April 2020), memorial page for Timothy Worsley (15 Dec 1811–23 Oct 1881), Find a Grave Memorial no. 75072122, citing East Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by DESchuett (contributor 46884478) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75072122/timothy-worsley