Henry Tisdell

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name
Henry Tisdell
sex
male
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summary
Irish-born homesteader who from 1870 farmed 160 acres in Birch Cooley Township, Renville County, Minnesota, until 1910. He married Elizabeth Connelly at St. Louis in 1860, was at Burnsville, Dakota County, by 1865, and had ten children, the eldest Martha, who married Cornelius Dwyer of the neighbouring family. He died at New Ulm in 1918.
born
date
c. 1836-1840
place
Ireland
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1880-birch-coolie-tisdell, census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell, index-minnesota-death-tisdell]
note
May 1840 (1900 census); about 1836 by his age at death. Find a Grave gives Laois, without a source; a Henry Tisdall was baptized at St Andrew's, Westland Row, Dublin, 25 Apr 1837, son of Thomas and Anne (possible).
died
date
29 Dec 1918
place
New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[index-minnesota-death-tisdell]
note
Certificate 2056.
buried
place
St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Morton, Renville County, Minnesota
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[index-find-a-grave-tisdell]
note
Find a Grave 68735404.
residences
date
1 Jul 1863
place
Burnsville, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[military-civil-war-draft-registrations-tisdell]
note
Where the federal register of civil service lists them. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
1869
place
Savage, Minnesota
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county]
note
After their marriage the couple lived for a while at Savage (then Hamilton), where a son Joseph was born on 23 Apr 1869, before taking up land at Birch Cooley in 1870.
date
29 Jun 1870
place
Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-selected-federal-non-population-schedules-tisdell, census-1870-birch-cooley-tisdell]
note
Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
1880
place
Birch Coolie, Renville, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1880-birch-coolie-dwyer]
note
Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
1900
place
Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell]
note
Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
16 Jun 1905
place
Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1849-minnesota-censuses-tisdell]
note
Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
1910
place
Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1910-birch-cooley-tisdell]
note
Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
1910
place
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county]
note
Retired from the Birch Cooley farm in 1910 and moved to Northfield, living there until May 1913.
date
May 1913
place
Lakeville Township, Dakota County, Minnesota
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county]
note
Moved from Northfield to Lakeville in May 1913, where his wife died on 10 July.
father
id
thomas-tisdall
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
The Dublin baptism of 1837 (son of Thomas and Anne Tisdall); nothing yet ties it to him.
mother
id
ann-tisdall
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
The Dublin baptism of 1837 (son of Thomas and Anne Tisdall); nothing yet ties it to him.
spouses
id
elizabeth-connelly-1839
basis
documented
confidence
proven
note
The St. Louis marriage record of 1860; the parents of Martha (Tisdell) Dwyer and her brothers and sisters.
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
married
date
22 May 1860
place
St Louis, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, record-missouri-marriage-tisdell, census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell]

Born in Ireland about 1836-1840; he came over in 1850, 1852, 1858 or 1863 (the censuses and the county history disagree) and married Elizabeth Connelly at St. Louis on 22 May 1860 ("Henry Eisdell" in the Missouri index). They lived for a while at Savage, then called Hamilton, in Scott County, and by 1865 at Burnsville, Dakota County, with her brother Mike Connelly in the household.

In 1870 they came to Birch Cooley Township, Renville County. The county history of 1916 tells it twice, from two sons (source): Edward's biography has him homesteading 160 acres on section 16, and Thomas's has him homesteading on section 10 and buying land on section 16, which, like every section 16 in Minnesota, was state school land, sold rather than homesteaded. Their first house "had the appearance of a roof set on the ground," built "with sloping walls, in the form of a letter A," and "with the years they prospered and became leading people in the community." The Dwyers were their neighbours in 1880. They retired in 1910, to Northfield and in May 1913 to Lakeville, where Elizabeth died that July; in 1916 Henry was living with his son Edward, who rented the home farm. He died at New Ulm on 29 December 1918.

Ten children, nine living in 1900: Martha Ann, Thomas Henry, Sarah Lucy, Joseph, James, Mary, William, Ella, Edward and Frank. The boy "George," 10, at the head of the children in 1870 (indexed under "Chisom") was probably an orphaned nephew, George Chisholm: the county history's biography of Joseph Chisholm, born at St. Paul in 1865, makes him the son of George Chisholm and Bessie (Tisdell) Chisholm, who both died young, raised by his mother's sister Mary A. Quill. Bessie and Mary would then be Henry's sisters. The Ancestry tree had George as Henry's son; he is left out here.

In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):

  • 1849. Naturalization; 1849-1931 (record)
  • 1850. Arrival (record)
  • 1860. MARR; 22 May 1860; St. Louis, Missouri (record) (record)
  • 1861. MARR; St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1863. Arrival (record)
  • 1863. 1 Jul 1863; Burnsville, Minnesota; marital status: Married (record)
  • 1870. 29 Jun 1870; Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota (record) (record)
  • 1880. Birch Coolie, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Farmer; marital status: Married; relation: Self (record)
  • 1900. Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Farmer; marital status: Married; relation: Head (record)
  • 1905. 16 Jun 1905; Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota (record)
  • 1910. Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Farmer; marital status: Married; relation: Head (record)
  • Ramsey, Minnesota (record)
  • Ramsey, Minnesota (record)

Other records the tree attaches: Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.

Open questions

  • Which section was the homestead: section 16 (Edward's biography) or section 10, with section 16 bought (Thomas's)? The 1868 tract-book entry, the homestead file and the state's school-land certificate would settle it.
  • His birthplace in Ireland, and his parents; the 1860 St. Louis marriage record may name witnesses.
  • His obituary (New Ulm Review, January 1919) and death certificate.
  • The 1870 census image, to read the "George Chisom" entry.
  1. ---
  2. name: Henry Tisdell
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Irish-born homesteader who from 1870 farmed 160 acres in Birch Cooley Township, Renville County,
  7. Minnesota, until 1910. He married Elizabeth Connelly at St. Louis in 1860, was at Burnsville,
  8. Dakota County, by 1865, and had ten children, the eldest Martha, who married Cornelius Dwyer of
  9. the neighbouring family. He died at New Ulm in 1918.
  10. born:
  11. date: c. 1836-1840
  12. place: Ireland
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [census-1880-birch-coolie-tisdell, census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell, index-minnesota-death-tisdell]
  16. note: May 1840 (1900 census); about 1836 by his age at death. Find a Grave gives Laois, without a source; a Henry Tisdall was baptized at St Andrew's, Westland Row, Dublin, 25 Apr 1837, son of Thomas and Anne (possible).
  17. died:
  18. date: 29 Dec 1918
  19. place: New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: proven
  22. sources: [index-minnesota-death-tisdell]
  23. note: Certificate 2056.
  24. buried:
  25. place: St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Morton, Renville County, Minnesota
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [index-find-a-grave-tisdell]
  29. note: Find a Grave 68735404.
  30. residences:
  31. - date: "1 Jul 1863"
  32. place: Burnsville, Minnesota
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [military-civil-war-draft-registrations-tisdell]
  36. note: Where the federal register of civil service lists them. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  37. - date: "1869"
  38. place: Savage, Minnesota
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county]
  42. note: "After their marriage the couple lived for a while at Savage (then Hamilton), where a son Joseph was born on 23 Apr 1869, before taking up land at Birch Cooley in 1870."
  43. - date: "29 Jun 1870"
  44. place: Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
  45. basis: documented
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [census-1850-selected-federal-non-population-schedules-tisdell, census-1870-birch-cooley-tisdell]
  48. note: Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  49. - date: "1880"
  50. place: Birch Coolie, Renville, Minnesota
  51. basis: documented
  52. confidence: probable
  53. sources: [census-1880-birch-coolie-dwyer]
  54. note: Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  55. - date: "1900"
  56. place: Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
  57. basis: documented
  58. confidence: probable
  59. sources: [census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell]
  60. note: Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  61. - date: "16 Jun 1905"
  62. place: Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
  63. basis: documented
  64. confidence: probable
  65. sources: [census-1849-minnesota-censuses-tisdell]
  66. note: Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  67. - date: "1910"
  68. place: Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota
  69. basis: documented
  70. confidence: probable
  71. sources: [census-1910-birch-cooley-tisdell]
  72. note: Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  73. - date: "1910"
  74. place: Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
  75. basis: compiled
  76. confidence: probable
  77. sources: [book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county]
  78. note: "Retired from the Birch Cooley farm in 1910 and moved to Northfield, living there until May 1913."
  79. - date: "May 1913"
  80. place: Lakeville Township, Dakota County, Minnesota
  81. basis: compiled
  82. confidence: probable
  83. sources: [book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county]
  84. note: "Moved from Northfield to Lakeville in May 1913, where his wife died on 10 July."
  85. father:
  86. id: thomas-tisdall
  87. basis: compiled
  88. confidence: possible
  89. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  90. note: The Dublin baptism of 1837 (son of Thomas and Anne Tisdall); nothing yet ties it to him.
  91. mother:
  92. id: ann-tisdall
  93. basis: compiled
  94. confidence: possible
  95. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  96. note: The Dublin baptism of 1837 (son of Thomas and Anne Tisdall); nothing yet ties it to him.
  97. spouses:
  98. - id: elizabeth-connelly-1839
  99. basis: documented
  100. confidence: proven
  101. note: The St. Louis marriage record of 1860; the parents of Martha (Tisdell) Dwyer and her brothers and sisters.
  102. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  103. married:
  104. date: 22 May 1860
  105. place: St Louis, Missouri
  106. basis: documented
  107. confidence: probable
  108. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, record-missouri-marriage-tisdell, census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell]
  109. ---
  111. Born in Ireland about 1836-1840; he came over in 1850, 1852, 1858 or 1863 (the censuses and the
  112. county history disagree) and married Elizabeth Connelly at St. Louis on 22 May 1860 ("Henry Eisdell"
  113. in the Missouri index). They lived for a while at Savage, then called Hamilton, in Scott County, and
  114. by 1865 at Burnsville, Dakota County, with her brother Mike Connelly in the household.
  116. In 1870 they came to Birch Cooley Township, Renville County. The county history of 1916 tells it
  117. twice, from two sons ([source](/files/sources/book-curtiss-wedge-1916-renville-county/)): Edward's biography
  118. has him homesteading 160 acres on section 16, and Thomas's has him homesteading on section 10 and
  119. buying land on section 16, which, like every section 16 in Minnesota, was state school land, sold
  120. rather than homesteaded. Their first house "had the appearance of a roof set on the ground," built
  121. "with sloping walls, in the form of a letter A," and "with the years they prospered and became
  122. leading people in the community." The Dwyers were their neighbours in 1880. They retired in 1910,
  123. to Northfield and in May 1913 to Lakeville, where Elizabeth died that July; in 1916 Henry was living
  124. with his son Edward, who rented the home farm. He died at New Ulm on 29 December 1918.
  126. Ten children, nine living in 1900: Martha Ann, Thomas Henry, Sarah Lucy, Joseph, James, Mary, William,
  127. Ella, Edward and Frank. The boy "George," 10, at the head of the children in 1870 (indexed under
  128. "Chisom") was probably an orphaned nephew, **George Chisholm**: the county history's biography of
  129. Joseph Chisholm, born at St. Paul in 1865, makes him the son of George Chisholm and Bessie (Tisdell)
  130. Chisholm, who both died young, raised by his mother's sister Mary A. Quill. Bessie and Mary would then
  131. be Henry's sisters. The Ancestry tree had George as Henry's son; he is left out here.
  133. In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):
  135. - **1849.** Naturalization; 1849-1931 ([record](/files/sources/index-minnesota-naturalization-tisdell/))
  136. - **1850.** Arrival ([record](/files/sources/census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell/))
  137. - **1860.** MARR; 22 May 1860; St. Louis, Missouri ([record](/files/sources/index-st-louis-missouri-marriage-tisdell/)) ([record](/files/sources/index-missouri-compiled-marriage-tisdell/))
  138. - **1861.** MARR; St. Louis, Missouri
  139. - **1863.** Arrival ([record](/files/sources/census-1910-birch-cooley-tisdell/))
  140. - **1863.** 1 Jul 1863; Burnsville, Minnesota; marital status: Married ([record](/files/sources/military-civil-war-draft-registrations-tisdell/))
  141. - **1870.** 29 Jun 1870; Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota ([record](/files/sources/census-1850-selected-federal-non-population-schedules-tisdell/)) ([record](/files/sources/census-1870-birch-cooley-tisdell/))
  142. - **1880.** Birch Coolie, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Farmer; marital status: Married; relation: Self ([record](/files/sources/census-1880-birch-coolie-dwyer/))
  143. - **1900.** Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Farmer; marital status: Married; relation: Head ([record](/files/sources/census-1900-birch-cooley-tisdell/))
  144. - **1905.** 16 Jun 1905; Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota ([record](/files/sources/census-1849-minnesota-censuses-tisdell/))
  145. - **1910.** Birch Cooley, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Farmer; marital status: Married; relation: Head ([record](/files/sources/census-1910-birch-cooley-tisdell/))
  146. - Ramsey, Minnesota ([record](/files/sources/index-minnesota-naturalization-tisdell-2/))
  147. - Ramsey, Minnesota ([record](/files/sources/index-minnesota-naturalization-tisdell/))
  149. Other records the tree attaches: [Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002](/files/sources/record-missouri-marriage-tisdell/).
  151. ## Open questions
  153. - Which section was the homestead: section 16 (Edward's biography) or section 10, with section 16
  154. bought (Thomas's)? The 1868 tract-book entry, the homestead file and the state's school-land
  155. certificate would settle it.
  156. - His birthplace in Ireland, and his parents; the 1860 St. Louis marriage record may name witnesses.
  157. - His obituary (New Ulm Review, January 1919) and death certificate.
  158. - The 1870 census image, to read the "George Chisom" entry.
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