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Benjamin Smith (Skiff) Tilton
(1788-1851)
Susanna Hilman
(1797-1849)
Edmund Cottle
(1805-1883)
Content Chase
(1809-1902)
Capt. Owen Hillman Tilton
(1836-1901)
Elizabeth Ridgeway Cottle
(1838-1913)
Ernest Ridgeway Tilton
(1875-1933)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catharine Fraser

Ernest Ridgeway Tilton

  • Born: 13 Jul 1875, Tisbury Dukes Co Martha's Vineyard Island Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Catharine Fraser on 3 Oct 1899 in Tisbury Dukes Co Massachusetts
  • Died: 11 Jun 1933, Vineyard Haven Dukes Co Martha's Vineyard Island Massachusetts at age 57
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bullet  General Notes:

Note for: Ernest R Tilton, 31 Jul 1875 - 11 Jun 1933 Index
Individual Note:
1880; Census Place: Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts; Roll T9_526; Family History Film: 1254526; Page: 565.1000; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 0500.
1900; Census Place: Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts; Roll T623_639; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 244.

The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 471 - 482
Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925. Transcribed by Karen Eddy, 1999. Prepared for the web by C. Baer, 1999 Encludes the following: 352. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Mch. 1788; m. SUSAN HILLMAN (400) 24 Oct. 1822. [Donna Griffiths writes that Benjamin S. Tilton and Susan Hillman had a son, whaler Capt. Owen Hillman Tilton. Owen m. Eliza R. Cottle, and they had a son Ernest R. Tilton, who owned the Tilton Hardware Store in Vineyard Haven until the Depression. He m. Catherine Frasier.]
Ancestors of the Tilton Family, Carl James Tilton Sr, http://www.tiltonbranches.com/.

Family Note: 1900; Census Place: Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts; Roll T623_639; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 244.

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Chilmark , M/Vineyard Island, Mass.


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Ernest married Catharine Fraser, daughter of Daniel Fraser and Janet (Unknown) Fraser, on 3 Oct 1899 in Tisbury Dukes Co Massachusetts. (Catharine Fraser was born on 5 Jan 1876 in New Glasgow Nova Scotia and died on 2 May 1961 in Vineyard Haven Dukes Co Massachusetts.)




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