James Charles Tirney was born in Canada (likely Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) to parents also born in English Canada (versus French, as colonial administration was still split then, not just culturally).
*TIRNEY: "Some of the family preferred this spelling" - as stated in his first wife Annie's granddaughter's narrative. "Tirney/Tierney" - both variations of spelling are used throughout the family members.
James Tirney came to the United States in 1870 and became a Naturalized US Citizen, as he replied to those questions on the 1910 census in Denver.
James Charles Tirney's first wife was married once before him.
Annie MacDonald (sometimes recorded McDonald) of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (1849-1904), of parents both born in Ireland, was wed first to Patrick Eden (1845-1877) (m.abt 1868) also of Charlottetown, P E I, until his death in 1877. They had five children.
Annie went on to marry James Charles Tirney (1855-1921), most likely also of PEI, both of whom had arrived in America in 1870, (m.abt 1883). After having three children together, they divorced in the early 1890s.
Social convention being what it was for women's reputations in particular, Annie self-listed as Widow on the 1900 census, living in Kansas City, Kansas, when Annie declared she had (8) children, & all (8) were still alive as of that enumeration.
The Eden & Tirney full & half-sibling children were raised at times together. All (8) were:
John Alexander Eden
b.1869, Boston, Mass, USA
"Sadie" Sarah Christiana née Eden Updegraff
b.1871, Boston, Mass, USA
Frederick Herbert Eden
b.1872, Boston, Mass, USA
Ellen Eulalia née Eden Gillis
b.1874, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Annie Amelia née Eden Rush
b.1875, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Edward Alexander Tierney*
b.1885, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Fred Herbert Tirney
b.1887, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
(Yes, Annie named two sons by two different fathers, 15yrs apart, still living, nearly identical first & middle names. Must've had strong sentimental reason.)
Clara Vera née Tierney* Hilts
b.1889, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
*As mentioned earlier how some family members preferred alternate spellings of the surname Tirney, two of James' three kids used "Tierney." (The more traditional Irish spelling.)
When Annie died four years after the 1900 census, she was laid to rest in Saint John's Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. She was 55.
James Charles Tirney wed for a second time (m.1895) to a once-widow, once-annulled/divorcée. Mrs. Laura Virginia née Brown Sanders Burkhead Tirney (1849-1915) was from Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, outside St Louis, but had been living in St Louis with her widowed mother since about 1875, along with her son, a nephew, and a younger sister Katie.
James Tirney never met Laura's one child from her first marriage, James B Sanders (b.1868, Perry County, Missouri). Because sadly, James had died of typhoid fever in 1890, only age 21.
James & Laura lived in Denver, Colorado, according to her obituary & the 1910 census of them together on Washington Street, where he was in Real Estate, and they were both very successful. They were happily married twenty years, until her death at home there in 1915.
Laura was brought home to St Louis to be laid to rest on the Brown Family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery. She was 65.
A year after Laura's death, in Denver, James wed a third time that didn't last (m.1916). Mrs. Agnes Olive née Sanford Dugan Tharp Tirney (1864-1952) divorced him in 1920, and became Mrs. Bauer in 1921. (The marriage announcement on her page & Mr. Bauer's shows their union had been a secret & eventual genuine surprise to just about everyone.) She was 88 when she died, and was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri, as Agnes O Bauer. On the dual headstone is her granddaughter who never married with whom she was particularly close & helped raise. (Her last husband with whom she had 11 years till his death, Mr Bauer died 20yrs prior Agnes, in 1932, & was buried alongside his waiting first wife, the mother of his children, who had d.1918.)
James Tirney had written a will that same year that Agnes divorced him (surprised him perhaps), and the will with Agnes as wife was not revised before his death the next year. He died 9-March-1921 in Denver. While James' will provided amply for his three children, it was clear on his new third wife Agnes -- "unto my son Fred H Tirney of Ranger, Texas one third of my estate, next to my son Edward Tirney of Kansas City, Kansas one third of my estate, and unto my daughter Clara V Tirney (now married) one third of my estate, my wife Agnes O Tirney has been taken care of by property deeded to her under an anti-nuptial agreement." (One oughtn't think that sounds harsh. "Anti-nuptial" means the same thing as "prenuptial." They both agreed, marrying that late in life to begin with, and children from previous marriages to consider (James had his three, Agnes had a son and a surviving daughter, and was very close with two granddaughters she helped raise), property inherited from prior spouses, etc, to agree beforehand on a prenup.)
James Charles Tirney was 66 when he died. It is presumed he was buried in Denver.
*TIRNEY: "Some of the family preferred this spelling" - as stated in his first wife Annie's granddaughter's narrative. "Tirney/Tierney" - both variations of spelling are used throughout the family members.
James Tirney came to the United States in 1870 and became a Naturalized US Citizen, as he replied to those questions on the 1910 census in Denver.
James Charles Tirney's first wife was married once before him.
Annie MacDonald (sometimes recorded McDonald) of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (1849-1904), of parents both born in Ireland, was wed first to Patrick Eden (1845-1877) (m.abt 1868) also of Charlottetown, P E I, until his death in 1877. They had five children.
Annie went on to marry James Charles Tirney (1855-1921), most likely also of PEI, both of whom had arrived in America in 1870, (m.abt 1883). After having three children together, they divorced in the early 1890s.
Social convention being what it was for women's reputations in particular, Annie self-listed as Widow on the 1900 census, living in Kansas City, Kansas, when Annie declared she had (8) children, & all (8) were still alive as of that enumeration.
The Eden & Tirney full & half-sibling children were raised at times together. All (8) were:
John Alexander Eden
b.1869, Boston, Mass, USA
"Sadie" Sarah Christiana née Eden Updegraff
b.1871, Boston, Mass, USA
Frederick Herbert Eden
b.1872, Boston, Mass, USA
Ellen Eulalia née Eden Gillis
b.1874, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Annie Amelia née Eden Rush
b.1875, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Edward Alexander Tierney*
b.1885, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Fred Herbert Tirney
b.1887, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
(Yes, Annie named two sons by two different fathers, 15yrs apart, still living, nearly identical first & middle names. Must've had strong sentimental reason.)
Clara Vera née Tierney* Hilts
b.1889, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
*As mentioned earlier how some family members preferred alternate spellings of the surname Tirney, two of James' three kids used "Tierney." (The more traditional Irish spelling.)
When Annie died four years after the 1900 census, she was laid to rest in Saint John's Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. She was 55.
James Charles Tirney wed for a second time (m.1895) to a once-widow, once-annulled/divorcée. Mrs. Laura Virginia née Brown Sanders Burkhead Tirney (1849-1915) was from Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, outside St Louis, but had been living in St Louis with her widowed mother since about 1875, along with her son, a nephew, and a younger sister Katie.
James Tirney never met Laura's one child from her first marriage, James B Sanders (b.1868, Perry County, Missouri). Because sadly, James had died of typhoid fever in 1890, only age 21.
James & Laura lived in Denver, Colorado, according to her obituary & the 1910 census of them together on Washington Street, where he was in Real Estate, and they were both very successful. They were happily married twenty years, until her death at home there in 1915.
Laura was brought home to St Louis to be laid to rest on the Brown Family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery. She was 65.
A year after Laura's death, in Denver, James wed a third time that didn't last (m.1916). Mrs. Agnes Olive née Sanford Dugan Tharp Tirney (1864-1952) divorced him in 1920, and became Mrs. Bauer in 1921. (The marriage announcement on her page & Mr. Bauer's shows their union had been a secret & eventual genuine surprise to just about everyone.) She was 88 when she died, and was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri, as Agnes O Bauer. On the dual headstone is her granddaughter who never married with whom she was particularly close & helped raise. (Her last husband with whom she had 11 years till his death, Mr Bauer died 20yrs prior Agnes, in 1932, & was buried alongside his waiting first wife, the mother of his children, who had d.1918.)
James Tirney had written a will that same year that Agnes divorced him (surprised him perhaps), and the will with Agnes as wife was not revised before his death the next year. He died 9-March-1921 in Denver. While James' will provided amply for his three children, it was clear on his new third wife Agnes -- "unto my son Fred H Tirney of Ranger, Texas one third of my estate, next to my son Edward Tirney of Kansas City, Kansas one third of my estate, and unto my daughter Clara V Tirney (now married) one third of my estate, my wife Agnes O Tirney has been taken care of by property deeded to her under an anti-nuptial agreement." (One oughtn't think that sounds harsh. "Anti-nuptial" means the same thing as "prenuptial." They both agreed, marrying that late in life to begin with, and children from previous marriages to consider (James had his three, Agnes had a son and a surviving daughter, and was very close with two granddaughters she helped raise), property inherited from prior spouses, etc, to agree beforehand on a prenup.)
James Charles Tirney was 66 when he died. It is presumed he was buried in Denver.
James Charles Tirney was born in Canada (likely Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) to parents also born in English Canada (versus French, as colonial administration was still split then, not just culturally).
*TIRNEY: "Some of the family preferred this spelling" - as stated in his first wife Annie's granddaughter's narrative. "Tirney/Tierney" - both variations of spelling are used throughout the family members.
James Tirney came to the United States in 1870 and became a Naturalized US Citizen, as he replied to those questions on the 1910 census in Denver.
James Charles Tirney's first wife was married once before him.
Annie MacDonald (sometimes recorded McDonald) of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (1849-1904), of parents both born in Ireland, was wed first to Patrick Eden (1845-1877) (m.abt 1868) also of Charlottetown, P E I, until his death in 1877. They had five children.
Annie went on to marry James Charles Tirney (1855-1921), most likely also of PEI, both of whom had arrived in America in 1870, (m.abt 1883). After having three children together, they divorced in the early 1890s.
Social convention being what it was for women's reputations in particular, Annie self-listed as Widow on the 1900 census, living in Kansas City, Kansas, when Annie declared she had (8) children, & all (8) were still alive as of that enumeration.
The Eden & Tirney full & half-sibling children were raised at times together. All (8) were:
John Alexander Eden
b.1869, Boston, Mass, USA
"Sadie" Sarah Christiana née Eden Updegraff
b.1871, Boston, Mass, USA
Frederick Herbert Eden
b.1872, Boston, Mass, USA
Ellen Eulalia née Eden Gillis
b.1874, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Annie Amelia née Eden Rush
b.1875, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Edward Alexander Tierney*
b.1885, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Fred Herbert Tirney
b.1887, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
(Yes, Annie named two sons by two different fathers, 15yrs apart, still living, nearly identical first & middle names. Must've had strong sentimental reason.)
Clara Vera née Tierney* Hilts
b.1889, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
*As mentioned earlier how some family members preferred alternate spellings of the surname Tirney, two of James' three kids used "Tierney." (The more traditional Irish spelling.)
When Annie died four years after the 1900 census, she was laid to rest in Saint John's Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. She was 55.
James Charles Tirney wed for a second time (m.1895) to a once-widow, once-annulled/divorcée. Mrs. Laura Virginia née Brown Sanders Burkhead Tirney (1849-1915) was from Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, outside St Louis, but had been living in St Louis with her widowed mother since about 1875, along with her son, a nephew, and a younger sister Katie.
James Tirney never met Laura's one child from her first marriage, James B Sanders (b.1868, Perry County, Missouri). Because sadly, James had died of typhoid fever in 1890, only age 21.
James & Laura lived in Denver, Colorado, according to her obituary & the 1910 census of them together on Washington Street, where he was in Real Estate, and they were both very successful. They were happily married twenty years, until her death at home there in 1915.
Laura was brought home to St Louis to be laid to rest on the Brown Family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery. She was 65.
A year after Laura's death, in Denver, James wed a third time that didn't last (m.1916). Mrs. Agnes Olive née Sanford Dugan Tharp Tirney (1864-1952) divorced him in 1920, and became Mrs. Bauer in 1921. (The marriage announcement on her page & Mr. Bauer's shows their union had been a secret & eventual genuine surprise to just about everyone.) She was 88 when she died, and was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri, as Agnes O Bauer. On the dual headstone is her granddaughter who never married with whom she was particularly close & helped raise. (Her last husband with whom she had 11 years till his death, Mr Bauer died 20yrs prior Agnes, in 1932, & was buried alongside his waiting first wife, the mother of his children, who had d.1918.)
James Tirney had written a will that same year that Agnes divorced him (surprised him perhaps), and the will with Agnes as wife was not revised before his death the next year. He died 9-March-1921 in Denver. While James' will provided amply for his three children, it was clear on his new third wife Agnes -- "unto my son Fred H Tirney of Ranger, Texas one third of my estate, next to my son Edward Tirney of Kansas City, Kansas one third of my estate, and unto my daughter Clara V Tirney (now married) one third of my estate, my wife Agnes O Tirney has been taken care of by property deeded to her under an anti-nuptial agreement." (One oughtn't think that sounds harsh. "Anti-nuptial" means the same thing as "prenuptial." They both agreed, marrying that late in life to begin with, and children from previous marriages to consider (James had his three, Agnes had a son and a surviving daughter, and was very close with two granddaughters she helped raise), property inherited from prior spouses, etc, to agree beforehand on a prenup.)
James Charles Tirney was 66 when he died. It is presumed he was buried in Denver.
*TIRNEY: "Some of the family preferred this spelling" - as stated in his first wife Annie's granddaughter's narrative. "Tirney/Tierney" - both variations of spelling are used throughout the family members.
James Tirney came to the United States in 1870 and became a Naturalized US Citizen, as he replied to those questions on the 1910 census in Denver.
James Charles Tirney's first wife was married once before him.
Annie MacDonald (sometimes recorded McDonald) of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (1849-1904), of parents both born in Ireland, was wed first to Patrick Eden (1845-1877) (m.abt 1868) also of Charlottetown, P E I, until his death in 1877. They had five children.
Annie went on to marry James Charles Tirney (1855-1921), most likely also of PEI, both of whom had arrived in America in 1870, (m.abt 1883). After having three children together, they divorced in the early 1890s.
Social convention being what it was for women's reputations in particular, Annie self-listed as Widow on the 1900 census, living in Kansas City, Kansas, when Annie declared she had (8) children, & all (8) were still alive as of that enumeration.
The Eden & Tirney full & half-sibling children were raised at times together. All (8) were:
John Alexander Eden
b.1869, Boston, Mass, USA
"Sadie" Sarah Christiana née Eden Updegraff
b.1871, Boston, Mass, USA
Frederick Herbert Eden
b.1872, Boston, Mass, USA
Ellen Eulalia née Eden Gillis
b.1874, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Annie Amelia née Eden Rush
b.1875, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Edward Alexander Tierney*
b.1885, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Fred Herbert Tirney
b.1887, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
(Yes, Annie named two sons by two different fathers, 15yrs apart, still living, nearly identical first & middle names. Must've had strong sentimental reason.)
Clara Vera née Tierney* Hilts
b.1889, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
*As mentioned earlier how some family members preferred alternate spellings of the surname Tirney, two of James' three kids used "Tierney." (The more traditional Irish spelling.)
When Annie died four years after the 1900 census, she was laid to rest in Saint John's Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. She was 55.
James Charles Tirney wed for a second time (m.1895) to a once-widow, once-annulled/divorcée. Mrs. Laura Virginia née Brown Sanders Burkhead Tirney (1849-1915) was from Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, outside St Louis, but had been living in St Louis with her widowed mother since about 1875, along with her son, a nephew, and a younger sister Katie.
James Tirney never met Laura's one child from her first marriage, James B Sanders (b.1868, Perry County, Missouri). Because sadly, James had died of typhoid fever in 1890, only age 21.
James & Laura lived in Denver, Colorado, according to her obituary & the 1910 census of them together on Washington Street, where he was in Real Estate, and they were both very successful. They were happily married twenty years, until her death at home there in 1915.
Laura was brought home to St Louis to be laid to rest on the Brown Family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery. She was 65.
A year after Laura's death, in Denver, James wed a third time that didn't last (m.1916). Mrs. Agnes Olive née Sanford Dugan Tharp Tirney (1864-1952) divorced him in 1920, and became Mrs. Bauer in 1921. (The marriage announcement on her page & Mr. Bauer's shows their union had been a secret & eventual genuine surprise to just about everyone.) She was 88 when she died, and was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri, as Agnes O Bauer. On the dual headstone is her granddaughter who never married with whom she was particularly close & helped raise. (Her last husband with whom she had 11 years till his death, Mr Bauer died 20yrs prior Agnes, in 1932, & was buried alongside his waiting first wife, the mother of his children, who had d.1918.)
James Tirney had written a will that same year that Agnes divorced him (surprised him perhaps), and the will with Agnes as wife was not revised before his death the next year. He died 9-March-1921 in Denver. While James' will provided amply for his three children, it was clear on his new third wife Agnes -- "unto my son Fred H Tirney of Ranger, Texas one third of my estate, next to my son Edward Tirney of Kansas City, Kansas one third of my estate, and unto my daughter Clara V Tirney (now married) one third of my estate, my wife Agnes O Tirney has been taken care of by property deeded to her under an anti-nuptial agreement." (One oughtn't think that sounds harsh. "Anti-nuptial" means the same thing as "prenuptial." They both agreed, marrying that late in life to begin with, and children from previous marriages to consider (James had his three, Agnes had a son and a surviving daughter, and was very close with two granddaughters she helped raise), property inherited from prior spouses, etc, to agree beforehand on a prenup.)
James Charles Tirney was 66 when he died. It is presumed he was buried in Denver.
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