This is the oldest photograph of the Tiner Hendrick House that I have been able to find. I am guessing that the photo was taken around 1900. Here is a list of the children of Jesse Lane and Connally Findlay Tiner. I think the baby in the wagon must be Mayme Althea Tiner, who was born just the year before. Connie is barely in the photo on the left. You can just see Jesse's head further to the left. Some of the children must have been standing in the torn off section. Is the little boy standing next to the baby in the wagon, George?
Connally Lane Tiner (1880-1949) “Lane”
Jesse Elnora Tiner (1882-1957) “Nora”
Bertha Clethia Tiner (1884-1887) Her death is recorded in the 1887 Journal, p.152, May 3, 1887. The Journal indicated that she was buried in Sutherland Springs Cemetery, but there doesn’t seem to be a marker.
Susan Frances Tiner (1885-1967) “Frances”
Walter Vinton Tiner (1886-1948) “Vinton”
Pauline King Tiner (1889-1985)
Alanson Brown Tiner (1890-1951) “Lanson”
Mary Adele Tiner (1893-1978) “Adele”
Joie Kenner Tiner (1895-1990) She is sick in the 1899 journal.
George Tiner (1898-deceased) The 1899 Journal tells about his poor health, but I don't know when he passed.
Mayme Althea Tiner (1899-1989) The 1899 Journal tells about her birth on 31 August 1899. An African-American friend of the family, Aunt Patsy Turbin, has come to stay at the house and take care of Connie and the baby.
Wayne Darwin Tiner (1902-1951)
Are you related to any of these folks? Can you add to their stories? I think Jesse must have kept other journals. The Sutherland Springs Historical Museum has a few photocopied pages from a Journal for 1882, a copy of the transcription of journals from 1886-1889, 1905-1906, and 1918. I am currently transcribing the journal from 1898-1900. It is 300 pages long. I am about half-way through. It's full of amazing details about the family living and working in Wilson County. Those young boys, Lane, Vinton, and Alanson are working at the grist mill, running the cotton gin, cutting cord wood, working on the family farm, an making trip alone to LaVernia for supplies. We want to be able to tell their stories more fully. If you do have journals, I would love to transcribe them for you.
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