Elizabeth "Betsy" TINSLEY

Abt 1815 - 1884  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Betsy" TINSLEY
  Nickname	Betsy
  Birth	Abt 1815	Richmond, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	7932BBCEEACE4CA8A319567053F5A5489798
  Death	16 Feb 1884	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	23 Apr 1884	Toronto Necropolis Cemetery and Crematorium   [2]
  Notes	September 2023: the significance of the following isn't clear: Volume 9, No. 1 (Jan 1924) of the Journal of Negro History discusses "Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830" and has a table which, under the City of Richmond, Virginia, shows that a Betsy Tinsley aged 24 - 36 owned 1 slave. The total number of people in Betsy's household was 2 ie herself and the slave. This table appears to have been based on the 1830 census. Given that 'our' Betsy would have been only about 15 in 1830, it's questionable whether the Betsy mentioned in the table refers to her. The burial record shows age at death as 77, which doesn't agree with her age at the time of the 1861 census.
  Person ID	I1894	North Suffolk, Suffolk
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John Merryweather TINSLEY,   b. 1 Jul 1783, Richmond, Virginia, USA d. 5 Oct 1892, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 109 years)
  Mother	Douglass DAILEY,   b. Jul 1796, Richmond, Virginia, USA d. 1844, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1811	Henrico County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William CUSTALOE,   b. 1812, USA d. 20 Nov 1881, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1832	Richmond, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S234] 1861 census of Canada. [S233] Ontario, Canada, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989 at ancestry.com. [S231] Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 at ancestry.com.