Francis Tinneny was the son
of Thomas Tinneny. He was born about 1819. The name of his mother
is unknown as is his place of birth. However, he would have been
born on either Goladuff or in the nearby town of Belturbet, probably
the former.
On November 13, 1848,
Francis married Anne Elliott the daughter of John Elliott. (Record
found in the LDS IGI Index Source call No. 0101294) In that document
Francis name is spelled Tinnany. She was 23 and he was 29 years old
when they married as shown in the Civil Registry of Ireland. Anne,
according to her great grandaughter Mary Tinneny O'Kane, was of the
Protestant faith. The couple had at least four sons Robert, Thomas,
Francis and Patrick. The latter two were twins according to their
grandniece Mary O'Kane. They also had a son William who had
immigrated to New York. There are also church records showing that
they had daughters Alice and Elizabeth. According to Mary O'Kane
they also had a daughter named Margaret.
Francis was a carpenter as
were all three of his sons. Both Mary O'Kane and Phil Tinneny of
Goladuff independently stated that the Tinneny men of Belturbet were
all carpenters. Mary claimed that her grandfather Tommy always said
that “the Tinnenys got their excellent carpentry skills from their
boat building Viking ancestors who had come to Ireland many hundreds
of years ago.” Francis and Ann lived in the parish of Annagh in
Belturbet.
Ann died in her home at
barrack hill in Belturbet on October 27 1877. The original death
registry entry showed she was 51 years old and the wife of a
carpenter. It also showed that she had been ill for 4 days and that
the cause of death was enteritu. Robert Tinneny, probably her son,
was with her when she died.
Francis died in Belturbet
on December 29 1900. The death registry showed that he was 84 years
old, a widower and a carpenter by trade. He had suffered from
paralysis for four years preceding his death. His daughter Margaret
Tinneny Casey was present when he died.
Note:
Francis' descendants include:
All Tinnenys from Belturbet town (excluding Quivvy); Casey, Creig,
Davis, Duniece, Pepper, McQuillan, Donaldson, Harvey, Towler,
Williams, Stanley, Maloney, Tierney, Sansobrino, Bellary, Alford,
Larkin, Boyle, Farquhar, McElroy, Darcy, Joyce, Curran, Burke,
Thames, O'Kane, McArthur, Boyd, Barr, Norton, Masterson, McNeice,
Neison and Barton in New Zealand.
