Bessie Jane Hornibrook Tinning was born in 1836 in Dunkareen, County Cork, Ireland, to Matthew Belsaigne Hornibrook (1805-1895) and Charlotte Mannix Greaves (1815-1888).
Charlotte, whose family of Greaves men were members of the British Army and Navy, was the disciplinarian of the family. Matthew was a loving, yet quick tempered father, who once shot off the finger of his best friend in Cork while practicing for a duel against a man who offended his honor. Even in his old age, he punched a young man in the face for trying to look up one of his daughter's skirts while she was standing on a ladder to watch a parade on a city center street.
The Hornibrooks were Protestants, who got along well with their Catholic neighbors without a hint of animosity. However, many years later, following Bloody Sunday on Nov. 21, 1920, the Irish Republican Army kidnapped a cousin, William Hornibrook, from his home suspecting that he was an informer and murdered him.
Matthew and Charlotte had five children. Three were born in Ireland. Thomas (1835-1874), Bessie and John (1838-?).
When British taxes on income and property became too much, the Hornibrooks left Ireland for Canada, arriving on June 8, 1840. Exactly one month later, on July 8, James Hudson (1840-1890) was born. The baby of the family, Mary Leicester (1850-1934), was born 10 years later.
Thomas would settle in Toronto. But John "Jack" became a wanderer and disappeared, only turning up occasionally to visit members of the family. Finally, he was never heard from again, although Bessie and Mary searched for him by putting private advertisements in Northwest American newspapers. Bessie's nephew, Rob Wagner, often helped in the search, writing letters to various "John Hornibrooks" asking if they were the missing brother.
James became a saloon owner in Little Rock, Arkansas, and became quite wealthy. Mary was a ceramic artist, earning a reputation for her work at studios in Detroit, New York and Santa Barbara.
Bessie married Richard Tinning, a Toronto businessman, and had five children. Richard Jr. Thomas, John Belsaigne, Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Duke. John was born in 1860 and would later become an automobile mechanic. He emigrated to the United States by crossing the St. Lawrence River in a row boat to Waddington, New York. He eventually settled in Huntington Park, Calif., and became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
Following Richard Tinning's death, Bessie moved in 1904 to Santa Barbara with her sister, Mary Wagner, the widow of a Detroit tobacco merchant, and Mary's daughter, Charlotte Wagner. There, Bessie remained until her death in 1933 at the age of 96.
Charlotte, whose family of Greaves men were members of the British Army and Navy, was the disciplinarian of the family. Matthew was a loving, yet quick tempered father, who once shot off the finger of his best friend in Cork while practicing for a duel against a man who offended his honor. Even in his old age, he punched a young man in the face for trying to look up one of his daughter's skirts while she was standing on a ladder to watch a parade on a city center street.
The Hornibrooks were Protestants, who got along well with their Catholic neighbors without a hint of animosity. However, many years later, following Bloody Sunday on Nov. 21, 1920, the Irish Republican Army kidnapped a cousin, William Hornibrook, from his home suspecting that he was an informer and murdered him.
Matthew and Charlotte had five children. Three were born in Ireland. Thomas (1835-1874), Bessie and John (1838-?).
When British taxes on income and property became too much, the Hornibrooks left Ireland for Canada, arriving on June 8, 1840. Exactly one month later, on July 8, James Hudson (1840-1890) was born. The baby of the family, Mary Leicester (1850-1934), was born 10 years later.
Thomas would settle in Toronto. But John "Jack" became a wanderer and disappeared, only turning up occasionally to visit members of the family. Finally, he was never heard from again, although Bessie and Mary searched for him by putting private advertisements in Northwest American newspapers. Bessie's nephew, Rob Wagner, often helped in the search, writing letters to various "John Hornibrooks" asking if they were the missing brother.
James became a saloon owner in Little Rock, Arkansas, and became quite wealthy. Mary was a ceramic artist, earning a reputation for her work at studios in Detroit, New York and Santa Barbara.
Bessie married Richard Tinning, a Toronto businessman, and had five children. Richard Jr. Thomas, John Belsaigne, Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Duke. John was born in 1860 and would later become an automobile mechanic. He emigrated to the United States by crossing the St. Lawrence River in a row boat to Waddington, New York. He eventually settled in Huntington Park, Calif., and became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
Following Richard Tinning's death, Bessie moved in 1904 to Santa Barbara with her sister, Mary Wagner, the widow of a Detroit tobacco merchant, and Mary's daughter, Charlotte Wagner. There, Bessie remained until her death in 1933 at the age of 96.
Bessie Jane Hornibrook Tinning was born in 1836 in Dunkareen, County Cork, Ireland, to Matthew Belsaigne Hornibrook (1805-1895) and Charlotte Mannix Greaves (1815-1888).
Charlotte, whose family of Greaves men were members of the British Army and Navy, was the disciplinarian of the family. Matthew was a loving, yet quick tempered father, who once shot off the finger of his best friend in Cork while practicing for a duel against a man who offended his honor. Even in his old age, he punched a young man in the face for trying to look up one of his daughter's skirts while she was standing on a ladder to watch a parade on a city center street.
The Hornibrooks were Protestants, who got along well with their Catholic neighbors without a hint of animosity. However, many years later, following Bloody Sunday on Nov. 21, 1920, the Irish Republican Army kidnapped a cousin, William Hornibrook, from his home suspecting that he was an informer and murdered him.
Matthew and Charlotte had five children. Three were born in Ireland. Thomas (1835-1874), Bessie and John (1838-?).
When British taxes on income and property became too much, the Hornibrooks left Ireland for Canada, arriving on June 8, 1840. Exactly one month later, on July 8, James Hudson (1840-1890) was born. The baby of the family, Mary Leicester (1850-1934), was born 10 years later.
Thomas would settle in Toronto. But John "Jack" became a wanderer and disappeared, only turning up occasionally to visit members of the family. Finally, he was never heard from again, although Bessie and Mary searched for him by putting private advertisements in Northwest American newspapers. Bessie's nephew, Rob Wagner, often helped in the search, writing letters to various "John Hornibrooks" asking if they were the missing brother.
James became a saloon owner in Little Rock, Arkansas, and became quite wealthy. Mary was a ceramic artist, earning a reputation for her work at studios in Detroit, New York and Santa Barbara.
Bessie married Richard Tinning, a Toronto businessman, and had five children. Richard Jr. Thomas, John Belsaigne, Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Duke. John was born in 1860 and would later become an automobile mechanic. He emigrated to the United States by crossing the St. Lawrence River in a row boat to Waddington, New York. He eventually settled in Huntington Park, Calif., and became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
Following Richard Tinning's death, Bessie moved in 1904 to Santa Barbara with her sister, Mary Wagner, the widow of a Detroit tobacco merchant, and Mary's daughter, Charlotte Wagner. There, Bessie remained until her death in 1933 at the age of 96.
Charlotte, whose family of Greaves men were members of the British Army and Navy, was the disciplinarian of the family. Matthew was a loving, yet quick tempered father, who once shot off the finger of his best friend in Cork while practicing for a duel against a man who offended his honor. Even in his old age, he punched a young man in the face for trying to look up one of his daughter's skirts while she was standing on a ladder to watch a parade on a city center street.
The Hornibrooks were Protestants, who got along well with their Catholic neighbors without a hint of animosity. However, many years later, following Bloody Sunday on Nov. 21, 1920, the Irish Republican Army kidnapped a cousin, William Hornibrook, from his home suspecting that he was an informer and murdered him.
Matthew and Charlotte had five children. Three were born in Ireland. Thomas (1835-1874), Bessie and John (1838-?).
When British taxes on income and property became too much, the Hornibrooks left Ireland for Canada, arriving on June 8, 1840. Exactly one month later, on July 8, James Hudson (1840-1890) was born. The baby of the family, Mary Leicester (1850-1934), was born 10 years later.
Thomas would settle in Toronto. But John "Jack" became a wanderer and disappeared, only turning up occasionally to visit members of the family. Finally, he was never heard from again, although Bessie and Mary searched for him by putting private advertisements in Northwest American newspapers. Bessie's nephew, Rob Wagner, often helped in the search, writing letters to various "John Hornibrooks" asking if they were the missing brother.
James became a saloon owner in Little Rock, Arkansas, and became quite wealthy. Mary was a ceramic artist, earning a reputation for her work at studios in Detroit, New York and Santa Barbara.
Bessie married Richard Tinning, a Toronto businessman, and had five children. Richard Jr. Thomas, John Belsaigne, Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Duke. John was born in 1860 and would later become an automobile mechanic. He emigrated to the United States by crossing the St. Lawrence River in a row boat to Waddington, New York. He eventually settled in Huntington Park, Calif., and became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
Following Richard Tinning's death, Bessie moved in 1904 to Santa Barbara with her sister, Mary Wagner, the widow of a Detroit tobacco merchant, and Mary's daughter, Charlotte Wagner. There, Bessie remained until her death in 1933 at the age of 96.
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