Harriet Mabel Tinker

Harriet Mabel Tinker

Harriet Mabel "Hattie" Tinker Keithley, 1868-1944

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

• Harriet Mabel Tinker was born on 6 January 1868 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• She was known as Hattie Mae.
• 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 Harriet Mabel Tinker, Lydia Madeline Tinker, Mary Eliza Tinker, George Vail Tinker, Florence Adella 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 Harriet Mabel Tinker, George Vail Tinker, Florence Adella 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 Herbert R. Keithley, son of Jacob Carter Keithley and Jane Neave Vawter, on 27 August 1896 in Manhattan, New York.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 219 Prospect Avenue. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley, Mary Madeline Keithley and Frank Tinker Keithley. Also in the household were two female domestic servants.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, at 322 Norton Avenue. Other members of the household included Herbert Rudolph Keithley, Mary Madeline Keithley, Frank Tinker Keithley, Edward Tinker Keithley and Jane Neave Keithley.
• Herbert R. Keithley and Harriet Mabel Tinker appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at 216 Earl Road. Other members of the household included Mary Madeline Keithley, Edward Tinker Keithley and Jane Neave Keithley. Herbert is also enumerated as a lodger in Detroit.
• Harriet Mabel Tinker became a widow at the 19 February 1921 death of her husband Herbert R. Keithley.
• Edward Tinker Keithley and Clara Matilda Schultz appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, at 206 Calumet Avenue. Other members of the household included Harriet Mabel Tinker.
• Frank Tinker Keithley and Myrtle Irene Tasker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, at 534 Highland. Other members of the household included Harriet Mabel Tinker, Robert D. Keithley and Shirley Irene Keithley. The family was living in Michigan City in 1935.
• Harriet Mabel Tinker died on 24 March 1944 at age 76 in Long Beach, LaPorte County, Indiana, at her residence.
• She was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana.
• The following appeared on 27 March 1944 in the Michigan City News Dispatch: Funeral services were held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Marvin Haas funeral home for Mrs. Hattie Mae Keithley, who died at her home in Long Beach Friday after an illness of two months. She was a member of the Methodist church at Plymouth, N. Y., and also affiliated with the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.
       Surviving are three sons, H. Rudolph Keithley, Edward Keithley, this city, Frank Keithley, LaFayette, and two daughters, Mrs. Jane Santell, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Mrs. Madeline Fitz, this city.
       Funeral services were in charge of Rev. H. V. Deale with burial in Greenwood cemetery.

• Last Edited: 9 Aug 2015