She received her education in the schools of this vicinity and taught school in Iowa and Nebraska.
On Feb. 29, 1888, she was united in marriage to Kester L. Tyrrel and they established their home in the vicinity of Hilton, Iowa, where they lived until 1925 when they moved to Albia, their present home.
To this union was born twelve children, six boys and six girls, ten of whom are living, Mrs. Laura May Cloyd of Swan, Ia., Clarence of Woodward, Ia., Charles and Louis of Detroit, Mich., Paul and Mary at home. Ruth Baird and Mrs. Florence Baird, Sylvan F. and Dewey of Albia. Two daughters preceded her in death, Mrs. Elsie Woodcock on Dec. 22, 1924, and Mrs. Bertha Hilton on Jan. 31, 1934.
Mrs. Tyrrel also cared for three of her grandchildren as tenderly as for her own.
Mrs. Tyrrel has always been a faithful worker in the church uniting with the Methodist church in 1894, at Hilton, Iowa, at the time of the dedication of that church, transferring her membership to the Albia Methodist Church in 1925.
She lived a faithful Christian life, reading her Bible many times a day and memorizing many verses from which she received great comfort. It could be truly said of this mother "God could not be everywhere, so he made mothers."
Source is a newspaper clipping that is not identified; the date of Oct 26, 1935 is written at the top of the clipping.
She received her education in the schools of this vicinity and taught school in Iowa and Nebraska.
On Feb. 29, 1888, she was united in marriage to Kester L. Tyrrel and they established their home in the vicinity of Hilton, Iowa, where they lived until 1925 when they moved to Albia, their present home.
To this union was born twelve children, six boys and six girls, ten of whom are living, Mrs. Laura May Cloyd of Swan, Ia., Clarence of Woodward, Ia., Charles and Louis of Detroit, Mich., Paul and Mary at home. Ruth Baird and Mrs. Florence Baird, Sylvan F. and Dewey of Albia. Two daughters preceded her in death, Mrs. Elsie Woodcock on Dec. 22, 1924, and Mrs. Bertha Hilton on Jan. 31, 1934.
Mrs. Tyrrel also cared for three of her grandchildren as tenderly as for her own.
Mrs. Tyrrel has always been a faithful worker in the church uniting with the Methodist church in 1894, at Hilton, Iowa, at the time of the dedication of that church, transferring her membership to the Albia Methodist Church in 1925.
She lived a faithful Christian life, reading her Bible many times a day and memorizing many verses from which she received great comfort. It could be truly said of this mother "God could not be everywhere, so he made mothers."
Source is a newspaper clipping that is not identified; the date of Oct 26, 1935 is written at the top of the clipping.
Family Members
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Bertha Tyrrel Hilton
1888–1934
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Elsie Woodcock
1890–1924
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Sylvan Francis Tyrrel
1892–1946
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Laura May Tyrrel Cloyed
1894–1964
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Clarence Elbert Tyrrel
1896–1970
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A. Dewey Tyrrel
1898–1972
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Charles Hamilton Tyrrel
1900–1971
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Mary M. Tyrrel
1902–1950
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Louis Kester Tyrrel
1904–1972
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Florence Gail Tyrrel Baird
1906–1988
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Ruth VanGordon Tyrrel Baird
1907–1960
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Paul E. Tyrrel
1916–1958
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