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Joseph Thomas Tonkinson

Male 1842 - 1887  (44 years)    Has 4 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Joseph Thomas Tonkinson 
    Birth 8 May 1842  Cressona, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 25 Jul 1860  Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Post Office: Minersville
    Sarah Watkins, 74, f, , , , , Pennsylvania, , , ,
    Joseph Tomkinson, 18, m, , mining labor, 700, , Pennsylvania, , , ,  
    Death 24 Feb 1887  Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William Tonkinson,   b. Abt 1810, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Father) 
    Sarah ???,   b. Abt 1786, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I100195  FeldmanTree
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2014 

    Father William Tonkinson,   b. Abt 1810, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rebecca Watkins,   b. Abt 1813, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0091  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Umpenhauer,   b. 20 Jan 1845, Cressona, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1918 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1865  Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harry Franklin Tonkinson,   b. 1 Dec 1867, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1901 (Age 33 years)
     2. Charles Thomas Tonkinson,   b. 7 Nov 1869, Lewiston, Fulton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1870, Lewiston, Fulton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Clara Belle Tonkinson,   b. 29 Mar 1871, Lewiston, Fulton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1944, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +4. Mary Martha Tonkinson,   b. 18 Aug 1872, Lewiston, Fulton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1942, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Charles E. Maiden  m. Abt 1888
    +5. Hattie Louise Tonkinson,   b. 18 Nov 1875   d. 8 Oct 1932, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Emil Werner  m. 12 Jan 1897;   Franklin P. Goza  m. Abt 1904;   ??? Knoch  m. Abt 1925
    Family ID F22089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • http://ranger95.com/civil_war_us/penna/infantry/rosters/101st_inf_rgt_rost_s_V_3yr.htm

      TONKINSON, Joseph Thomas - Private, Co. I. Born 8 May 1842 in Cressona, Schuylkill Co., PA; son of William & Rebecca (Watkins) Tonkinson. First enlisted 20 April `61 in Co. E, 5th PA Infantry. Mustered out 25 July `61 at Harrisburg, PA. Enlisted in the 101st PA at age 21, a Laborer from Minersville, Schuylkill Co., PA. Mustered in 30 Dec `61. Re-enlisted. Captured 20 April `64 at Plymouth, NC. Held captive at Andersonville, GA & Florence, SC. Paroled 27 Feb `65 from the Florence Stockade. Mustered out 25 June `65. Married Elizabeth Umpenhauer on 24 Dec 1865 in Schuylkill Co., PA. Died 24 Feb 1887 in Independence, KS. Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery Co., KS.

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