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DNA Project Update – May 2021 Part 1
This is the first of several posts giving an update on the Tickle/Tickell DNA project. I started the project hoping to find answers to these questions: Are the English Tickles and German Tickles related way back? Do all the Lancashire Tickles have a common ancestor? Is the Tickle family who went to Galveston related to…
U.S. Census 1900
This table contains information on Tickles, Tickels, Tickells, and Tickhills taken from the US census of 1900. It shows their names (or initials if the full name was not shown), year and place of birth, and place of residence. Those that are in family groups have a reference number. The prefix is for the state,…
Some Tickle & Tickell Families
Click on the reference number in the left-hand column to see the genealogical data on this site. Families in England Families in Ireland Families in the United States Families in Australia Families in Canada
Various Bryan Tickles
Many years ago, my Auntie Barbara, my father’s cousin, asked a professional genealogist to help her try to overcome a ‘brick wall’ in her family history research. She couldn’t find her g.g.grandfather. The genealogist reported back that he believed him to be called Bryan Tickle but Barbara did not accept this to be the case….
Second Generation Americans
Herbert, Alice, Joseph, and James Tickle were all born in Lancashire and emigrated to Galveston with their parents, James and Ann Maria. All four married and had children, born in the United States. Herbert and his family perished in the Great Storm. The other five grand-children survived, and a sixth grandchild, John Bennett Tickle, was…
Victims and Survivors
Galveston Tickles – Part 4 After the storm, the devastation and loss of life was terrible. This audio file by the Kitchen Sisters contains harrowing accounts of the storm and its aftermath by survivors. The Galveston Storm Death List includes these names: TICKLE, Herbert J. (SS Avenue S ½ between 59th & 60th) TICKLE, Mrs. Herbert…
The Turn of the Century and the Great Storm
Galveston Tickles – Part 3 Much of the 1890 US Federal Census was destroyed in a fire, so there is no complete record of the family until the 1900 census. James Tickle passed away on 29 Dec 1892 and was buried in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Galveston. Ann Maria, his widow, is shown on the…
Leaving for a Better Life
Galveston Tickles – Part 2 James and Ann Maria Tickle married in 1860. James was a bricklayer in St. Helens. No occupation was shown for Ann Maria on the marriage certificate, but she is listed in the census the following year, 1861, as a milliner. A milliner at this time did not only make hats….