TOMLINSON - cemetery?

TOMLINSON, ANDERSON, CARLSTROM, SCHAFFER, TANNER, KARR

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/3/2018 at 02:50:13

I'm trying to find the grave of my Great-Great-Grandfather and Great-Great Grandmother....George Malanton Tomlinson 1847-1931 approx.... Matilda Anderson Tomlinson 1847-1931 approx. I believe she died in Prairie City, Iowa... and he died in Iowa City. I've tried findagrave.com with no success so I don't know WHERE to go for help....please help me!!

Posted on Iowa County GenWeb site by Bev:
http://iagenweb.org/boards/iowa/queries/index.cgi?read=674255

Since this query refers instead to Jasper and Webster Counties, I am reposting the query and my answer to Bev.

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Well, I located some interesting records for you. It appears Matilda and George Tomlinson were "Divorced" at the time of her death in Jasper County according to her death certificate on May 28, 1923. George’s death certificate listed him as "Widowed" when he died in 1931. Her death certificate says she is interred in Westview Cemetery, Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa. George’s death certificate does not list an undertaker nor a cemetery.

Interesting that George M. Tomlinson died at University Hospital in Iowa City on May 25, 1931 at 3:12 am. His son, George F. Tomlinson died at Mercy Hospital in Fort Dodge, Iowa on the very same day, May 25, 1931 at 10:00 pm.

What I located:

George M. Tomlinson’s Death Certificate:
Age 85 years, no birth date listed; died May 25, 1931 at 3:12 am in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa; widowed; resident of Harcourt [Webster County], Iowa;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ7-BS2B-N?i=1649&cc=2531337

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George F. Tomlinson’s Death Certificate:
Born November 10, 1874 in Iowa; died May 25, 1931 at 10 pm in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa; widowed; buried in Dayton;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ7-YS6V-G?i=4664&cc=2531337

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Tillie Ann (Anderson) Tomlinson’s Death Certificate:
Born June 4, 1850 in New York; Died May 28, 1923 in Mound Prairie township, Jasper County, Iowa; divorced; Father's Name: John Anderson (born Scotland); Spouse's Name: George M. Tomlinson;
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQQ-QQLR-G?i=672&cc=2531337

Tombstone in Westview Cemetery, Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76773619/tillie-m-tomlinson
Tillie M Anderson Tomlinson
1850 – 1923
Burial -- Westview Cemetery, Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa
Plot North Side Row 11

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Abstracted obituary -- Prairie City News, Prairie City, Iowa
Tillie Anderson was born in Argyle, New York June 4, 1850 and died May 28, 1923. She was married to George M. Tomlinson March 15, 1868. Moved with her parents to Iowa in 1859 at the age of nine. She leaves to mourn her death one sister, Mrs. Lina Tanner at Mitchellville and seven children, Anna Carlstrom of Washington, Ella Schaffer of Colorado, Bessie Carlstrom of California, Charlie Tomlinson of Garry, Iowa, Walter and Fred Tomlinson with whom she stayed at the time of her death.

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Name George M Tomlinson
Gender Male
Race White
Age in 1930 85
Birthplace New York
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Father
Home in 1930 Lost Grove, Webster, Iowa
Dwelling Number 153
Family Number 153
Attended School No
Able to Read and Write Yes
Father's Birthplace Ireland
Mother's Birthplace New York
Able to Speak English Yes

Source: 1930 Census: Lost Grove, Webster, Iowa;

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Name George M Tomlinson
Age 77
Birth Place New York
Residence Date 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head Father
Marital Status Widowed
Father Daniel Tomlinson
Father Birth Place Ireland
Mother Eliza Karr
Mother Birth Place New York
Parents' Marriage Place New York

Source: 1925 Iowa State Census: Mount Prairie, Jasper, Iowa

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I hope this information helps your research.