PHILADELPHIA TOMLINSON QUAKERS, My Focus Generation
My Tomlinson Trek started with something tangible.
Fortunately my Grandparents, William (Jr.) and Lucy (Phelps) Tomlinson saved their
1894 Marriage booklet and through my Father, handed it down to me. Their wish to
have the attending relatives sign the book provided my research with parents,
aunts, uncles and siblings to find in subsequent genealogy records. Lucy also used the booklet to record some
vital dates for her relatives. Thus my history ‘trek’ started with William
Tomlinson (1869-1940), born in Pennsylvania, and his father and grandparents
all from Philadelphia. My leads took me to the 1860 Census for Philadelphia[i]
for a Tomlinson family to include Cath. (Catherine) age 58, Jessie R. (age 30), Ruben (28), Bailey (24), Lydia (22), William
(21), Ezikel (18) and Eliza (16). Several
years of research and many source records later confirmed that this was my Tomlinson
family.
Catherine was found to be a Gaulbert, also a Philadelphia family,
a Quaker and married to a John Tomlinson, who presumably died before 1860.
Their religion meant being recorded in Quaker meetings over many years. These
records[ii]
revealed more children, who were out of the home for the 1860 Census. These
were George W. (b.1823), John S. (b.1825), and Susanna (b. 1829). Also a Daniel
is referenced elsewhere as a possible child for Catherine and John born c.1844.
This makes a total of 11 births.
My goal is to discover the individual histories of this
generation, discover their work, families, children, and where laid to rest. As
these biographies take shape, I will post to this Blog.
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| Marriage booklet for William B. Tomlinson and Lucy Phelps 1894 |
[i] Year:
1860; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 1 Precincts 6, 7, and 9, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1151; Page: 604; Image: 610; Family History Library
Film: 805151
[ii] Swarthmore
College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1827-1851; Collection: Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 539
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