Ray L. Tillinghast's Birthday Book  |
Ray L. Tillinghast was the husband of Delores (Gruber) Tillinghast. The Harpers Ferry Public Library (Deloras Tillinghast Memorial Library) is named for her. Ray was born February 16, 1909. Delores was born March 14, 1911 in Union Prairie twp. They married in 1940 & lived in Harpers Ferry for many years. The Tillinghast's are buried in Oakland cemetery.
 Inside cover |
 The book was presented to Ray by his parents on his confirmation day at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah on May 27th 1923. In the book are the birthdays of Ray's siblings & other family members. |
 Clark G. Tillinghast, born Jan 8, 1970 
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 Knut Thornon, born August 18, 1850, in Norway  Maybelle E. Tillinghast, born November 18, 1913 
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~The birthday book is in the possession of Angie Buchhop. Found in a flea market or antique shop, it was given to her daughter as a gift. Angie wrote: "In an effort to show my daughter how genealogy can be used to find out someone's family history, I collected information about Ray's family and would happily share. I also thought it would be a nice resource for the Allamakee county website." Angie has put the info. she's found about the Tillinghast family on World Connect and has found and posted the obits of some of Ray's sisters.
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