Helen ‘Nellie’ Buckley

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Francis Dayton Tift (son of Stephen Tefft and Susan Wilcox)

Sources

1. Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950, Deaths (1901-1943) and index of deaths (1901-1920) [Rhode Island], Helen Tift, died: 7 October 1924 in Palace Gardens [sic, Palace Garden, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island]; born: 9 January 1854, age 70 years, 7 months, 29 days; widowed; husband: Francis D. Tift; birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island; father: William Buckley; mother: Margaret Long; where buried: St. Ann’s Cemetery, Cranston. Informant: John Hughes, nephew.
2. Rhode Island State Census 1905, Kent County, Warwick, MALE: Tift, Fansis [sic, Francis], 67, born: 16 February 1838 in Jewett City, Connecticut, married, 12 years in Rhode Island; place of birth of father: Conn.; place of birth of mother: Conn.; Union soldier, Civil War; Presbyterian. FEMALE: Nellie B. Tift, wife, born: 29 January 1854 in Prov. [Providence], RI, mother of zero children, place of birth of father: Ireland; place of birth of mother: Ireland.
3. Rhode Island State Census 1915, Kent County, Warwick, E.D. 23, Francis D. Tift, 77, born in U.S., machinist, retired; wife Nellie Tift, 60, born in U.S.
4. Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916. 22 November 1892 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, Frank Dayton Tift, age 54, son of Stephen Tift and Susan Wilcox; and Nellie Buckley, age 54, daughter of Edward Buckley and Ann Lonyan.
5. Find a Grave (website). Pawtuxet Memorial Park, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, Nellie Buckley Tift, born: 1854; died: unknown [the gravestone shows a blank for the date] (from record, which indicates parents Edward Buckley and Ann Lougan, and provides the names and links for her parents and spouse).