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Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926)

Name:
Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926)
Other Names:
Tilney, Robert Fingland / "Roaring Bob"
Born:
03/09/1849
Birthplace:
Cincinnati, OH
Died:
08/03/1926
Death Location:
Rangeley, ME
Residence:
Cincinnati, OH
Brooklyn, NY
Wolfeboro, NH
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Lawyer
Judge, NH State Supreme Court
Father:
Tilney, Joseph, Jr.
Mother:
Fingland, Janet
Relations:
Sibling: Thomas Joseph Tilney
Decended from Sawyer family of Bath, NH
Spouse:
Married Mary Thompson Mason, October 30, 1877, Brooklyn, NY
Children:
John Mason, Born 1890
Janet Fingland, Born 1894
Jessie Mason, Born
Notes:
Mary Mason Tilney spent her summers from 1895 to 1913 on Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro purchasing antiques from New Hampshire homes. For details, see correspondence in Accession File

"The Tilney Collection of American Antiques," Historical New Hampshire, (October 1947), 7-16.

Tracy Tilney Grass, Tilney Genealogy. (Printed by the compiler, 1986), 48-51.

Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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