Button-Fly Genes: Ellis Island: George William Tillison
Further research [and a number of assumptions]
I have a George William Tillison in my tree, born between March and June 1873, one year earlier than the George on this boat. Assumption #1: Could George's age have been miscalculated, either by him or the person writing the original document? The month appears correct.
I have located a marriage record containing four names, two of which are George Tillison and Ann Marshall. Assumption #2: These two of the four married each other. I've been unable to establish the other marriage combination in later Census records.
This would make it George's 2nd marriage, having been married earlier to Mary from Scotter, Lincs. They had a child; Frederick William Tillison in 1890 - my Great Grandfather.
Ann Marshall is present in the 1891 Census in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire. She was born in September 1881 in Mansfield, so missed the Census which took place in April 1881.
Circumstancial evidence is mounting that the George on the Carmania is my Great, Great Grandfather.
Oh, and:
Assumption #3 (The Biggest Assumption): Carmania George says he comes from Cleethorpes - that's way over on the East Coast of Lincolnshire. My ancestor hails from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Do I assume that they moved to Cleethorpes prior to departing for the USA, via Liverpool? I don't have any other George Tillison's to realistically consider!
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