Florence Adella Tinker

Florence Adella Tinker

Florence Adella Tinker Browning, 1865-1921

• Father: John Barton Tinker b. 28 March 1830, d. 9 February 1887
• Mother: Frances Jane Mowry b. 3 April 1834, d. 18 February 1889

• Florence Adella Tinker was born on 13 November 1865 in New York.
• John Barton Tinker and Frances Jane Mowry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Florence Adella Tinker, Lydia Madeline Tinker, Mary Eliza Tinker, George Vail Tinker, Harriet Mabel Tinker and Henry Augustine Tinker.
• John Barton Tinker and Frances Jane Mowry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Plymouth, Chenango County, New York. Other members of the household included Florence Adella Tinker, George Vail Tinker, Harriet Mabel Tinker, Henry Augustine Tinker, Ella Isabelle Tinker and Simon Mowry. Also in the household was Frances' brother Simon Mowry Jr. (age 44).
• A photographic portrait was made of sisters Hattie, Kittie and Florence Tinker, about 1885 (by Hotchkiss, 234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, New York).
• She married John C. Browning circa 1885.
• John C. Browning and Florence Adella Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Plymouth Township, Chenango County, New York. Other members of the household included Florence Jessie Browning, Lynn Augustine Browning, Mary Madeline Browning and Ward John Browning.
• Florence Adella Tinker died on 18 January 1921 at age 55 in South Plymouth, Chenango County, New York, at her residence.
• Her husband John C. Browning became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Southside Cemetery, Plymouth, Chenango County, New York.
• The following appeared in the Chenango Union: Florence Tinker, wife of John Browning, died at her home at South Plymouth January 18, aged 55 years. She is survived by her husband, one son, Ward Browning, now in Texas, and three daughters, Mrs. Dever Simmons, of Norwich, and the Misses Madaline and Alice Browning of South Plymouth.

• Last Edited: 5 Jul 2015