Martha Ann Tisdell
Eldest of the ten children of Henry Tisdell and Elizabeth Connelly; from 1870 she lived on her father's homestead at Birch Cooley, Renville County, Minnesota, where in 1880 the Dwyers were next door. About 1882, at eighteen, she married Cornelius Dwyer and bore at least eleven children, among them Edwin C. Dwyer; she went with him to Otter Tail County, Montana, Turlock and San Francisco, and died in Santa Clara County, California, in 1947.
Life
- 1863Born7 Jul 1863, Minnesota
Censuses give 1863-1864. The family was at Burnsville, Dakota County, in 1865, so Dakota County or St. Paul is likely; the Ancestry tree has Renville, where the family moved in 1870.
- 1880Lived
- c. 1882Married Cornelius Sylvester DwyerRenville County, Minnesota
The 1930 census gives their ages at marriage as 20 and 18. The online trees' 2 Oct 1882 at Birch Cooley has no source.
documentedprobable - 1900Lived
- 1910Lived
- 1920Lived
- 1935LivedSan Francisco, California
Where the 1940 census says they lived in 1935. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
documentedprobable - 1940Lived
- 1947Died13 May 1947, Santa Clara County, California
"In Santa Clara, May 13, 1947," aged 83 (her death notice).
- —BuriedHoly Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, California
With Cornelius (Find a Grave 107436676).
documentedprobable
Family
- Father
- Henry Tisdell
In their household in 1865, 1870, 1875 and 1880; her maiden name Tisdell in the California death index.
- Mother
- Elizabeth Martha Connelly
In their household in 1865, 1870, 1875 and 1880; her maiden name Tisdell in the California death index.
Pedigree
Notes
Mother of Edwin C. Dwyer. Born in Minnesota on 7 July 1863, the eldest of Henry Tisdell and Elizabeth Connelly’s ten children; at Burnsville, Dakota County, in 1865 (“Martha A Tisdale”), then from 1870 on her father’s homestead at Birch Cooley, where she was at school in 1880, living next door to the Dwyers. She married Cornelius Dwyer about 1882, at eighteen, and bore at least eleven children; she went with him to Otter Tail County, Montana, Turlock and San Francisco, and died at Santa Clara on 13 May 1947, aged 83. Her death notice names her as “Martha A., beloved wife of the late Cornelius S. Dwyer,” mother of Henry V., Edwin C., Lawrence L., John F. and Raymond P. Dwyer, Mrs. E. J. Boudinot, Mrs. Ted Neuman and Mrs. Walter Golden; a Requiem High Mass was said for her at St. Clare’s Church, Santa Clara, and she was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (record). (Recorded as “Mary A.” in 1930.)
In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):
- 1880. Birch Coolie, Renville, Minnesota; Occupation: Student; marital status: Single; relation: Daughter (record)
- 1900. Newton, Otter Tail, Minnesota; marital status: Married; relation: Wife (record)
- 1910. Turlock, Stanislaus, California; marital status: Married; relation: Wife (record)
- 1920. Turlock, Stanislaus, California; Occupation: None; marital status: Married; relation: Wife (record)
- 1935. San Francisco, California (record)
- 1940. A D 21, San Francisco, California; marital status: Married; relation: Wife (record)
The tree also carries a “Cris S. Thyer” and three Thyer children, Henry, Agnes and Martha B. (1889-1895). “Cris S. Thyer” is very probably C. S. Dwyer misread: Henry and Agnes are his own children (the 1895 census and his 1941 death notice), and Martha B. is probably Martha Veronica. Edward Cornelius Dwyer is Edwin entered twice.
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Connections
- Famous kin
- Capt. Edgar J. Boudinot Jr., USN
Navy fighter pilot with two Distinguished Flying Crosses (1944, Korea 1952); captain of USS New Orleans as she prepared to recover Apollo 14
Capt. Edgar J. Boudinot Jr., USN is the first cousin of Jerome Edwin Dwyer.
- Capt. Edgar J. Boudinot Jr., USN
- In her ancestry
- 1 notable connection →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Martha's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.
- Small world