Bridget Tinnian

TINNIAN, SCHNEIDER, ROSEBERRY

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/5/2014 at 09:34:41

OBITUARY

Tinnian

At her home 730 Kay street at 12:30 o'clock last night occurred the death of Bridget Tinnian in the 84th year of her life after a four days' illness with pneumonia. The deceased was born in county Galway, Ireland, in 1813 and in 1849 came to America and settled in Vermont. In 1855 the family came to Iowa and settled on a farm at Big Rock where the son still resides. In 1864 she with her husband and daughter removed to Davenport where she has resided ever since. Her husband died in 1874. Mrs. Tinnian is survived by four children, one son Jerome, who is still living on the farm in Big Rock and three daughters Mrs. L.H. Schneider, Mrs. P. Roseberry and Katie Tinnian, all of this city.

The funeral will be held from the family residence, 730 Kay street, tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock with services at St. Anthony's church at 9 o'clock and interment in the St. Marguerite's cemetery.

Source: Source: Davenport Daily Leader; Davenport, Ia.,25 Jan 1897.

*Additional details provided by William Bonville:

Her maiden name was Dolphin, born and raised in Killeenadeema Parish, County Galway.

Her husband's name was Nicholas.Other source (burial permit) says she lived at730 Case St.I suspect obit may be wrong in that regard.Also, the daughter identified as Mrs. P. Roseberry, was Tavasa, aka Teresa, who had married Caleb Engle, was widowed, and who at that time was married to a Peter Prosperi.The other daughter's given name was Mary.Katie died a few months later of consumption.

I believe Nicholas was a first cousin to the Tannian brothers who settled in Brandon and Pittsford, VT, in 1834, and who took in Nicholas and his family at the time of the famine when they migrated --- Nicholas and the older children first, then Bridget and the youngest in 1849.

You will be interested to see the following name records: Nicholas Tannian was Tennien on 1850 Pittsford, VT, census; Tinnian is spelling used in son's obit and by family today, Tanian was used in the biographical sketch of his son, Jerome,in 1879; and in Killeenadeema church records we find Tannahan in marriage record; Tennahan in Jerome's birth record.