Bertha Alice Watters Tildsley

Life and records

Who's Who: Bertha Alice Watters of New York City married John Lee Tildsley 24 Jun 1896; mother of Jane. Smith College class of 1894 as Bertha (Watters) Tildsley.

Birth, death, and parents not found. NYC death index to 1948 has 0 Bertha Tildsley. Smith 1894. Parents of Bertha not found this pass (Jane's maternal grandparents remain a hole). Smith 1894 catalog may name her home/father; not retrieved beyond the married-name register line. Married John Lee Tildsley in Newburgh, Orange County, NY (NYS index 25 Jun 1896 cert 11774; Who’s Who/Smith say 24 Jun 1896).

Family

Sources

1. USER-STATED 2026-09-25 (Will Reynolds): Millen Griffith VI is Charles Lord Griffith III’s brother.

   NYS marriage index: John L. Tildsley × Bertha A. Watters, 25 Jun 1896, Newburgh, cert 11774

2. Who's Who lists Margaret among John Lee Tildsley's four children.

   Married Bertha Alice Watters, of New York City, June 24, 1896; Children—Jane, John Lee, Margaret, Kathleen (deceased).

3. Smith College alumnae registers list Bertha (Watters) Tildsley, class of 1894 — Jane (Smith 1918) is a second-generation Smith daughter.

   1894 Bertha (Watters) Tildsley

4. NYC death index: Kathleen Tildsley, 28 years, 7 Jun 1933, Manhattan cert 13422. Age 28 in 1933 implies birth ~1905; death in 1933 matches 'deceased' in the 1934 Who's Who. Different person from niece Kathleen Tildsley Griffiths Anderson (Smith 1957).

   0 records found for query. Surname Tildsley GivenName Bertha

5. FamilySearch NYC birth: John Lee Tildsley Jr. (indexed Fildsley) b. 2 Jan 1899 Manhattan; father age 31 b. Pittsburgh; mother Bertha Alice Watters 27 b. New York.

   FamilySearch NYC birth of John Lee Tildsley Jr. (2 Jan 1899): mother Bertha Alice Watters, age 27, b. New York.

6. FamilySearch Illinois death record of John L. Tildsley Jr.; father b. Pittsburgh, mother Bertha Watter b. Hartsdale NY.

   FamilySearch Illinois death of John L. Tildsley Jr.: mother Bertha Watter b. Hartsdale, New York.