Gray's Hill: Jane (Tildsley) Griffiths, mother of Desire; Smith 1918 Jane Watters Tildsley of Spuyten Duyvil; daughter of John Lee Tildsley and Bertha Alice Watters. Family spelling Tildesley.
Cemetery maiden Tildsley; family spelling Tildesley. Smith College uses Tildsley (class of 1918). Full Smith name Jane Watters Tildsley (Watters = mother's maiden). Class of 1918 plus parents' 24 Jun 1896 marriage implies birth roughly 1896-1900, but that year is inferred, not a vital record. Kathleen Tildsley Griffiths Anderson '57 is Desire's sister (confirmed). Portrait from Smith 1918 class book saved under images/jane-tildsley-griffiths/.
Facts
- Name
- Jane Tildsley Griffiths
- Maiden name
- Tildsley
- Generation
- 3
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Female
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Children
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Sources
- Named as mother of Hazel (maiden Gardner) on cemetery entry. No independent year, place, or parent record found this pass.
Reynolds, Desire “Dizzy” ... d/o Hugh Budington & Jane (Tildsley) Griffiths
- Smith College Libraries 2014–15 donor report: Kathleen Griffiths Anderson '57 gave in memory of Jane Tildsley Griffiths 1918 — tying the Smith 1918 student to the married name Griffiths.
Anonymous Kathleen Griffiths Anderson '57 in memory of Jane Tildsley Griffiths 1918
- Same class book lists Jane Tildsley among Phi Beta Kappa (Iota Chapter) members of 1918.
Jane Watters Tildsley / Spuyten Duyvil / New York City
- Same class book lists Jane Tildsley among Phi Beta Kappa (Iota Chapter) members of 1918.
Phi Beta Kappa / Iota Chapter / ... Jane Tildsley ...
- Jane Tildsley acted as Messenger in Smith College Department of Greek production of Iphigenia in Tauris, 1916 — consistent with class of 1918.
Iphigenia in Tauris (1916) | Actor | Messenger | 1916 | Department of Greek, Smith College
- Named as mother of John Lee Tildsley (maiden Withington) in Who's Who 1934.
from Who's Who in America, 1934 ... Married Bertha Alice Watters, of New York City, June 24, 1896; Children—Jane, John Lee, Margaret, Kathleen (deceased). ... Home: [2741 Edgehill Ave.] Spuyten Duyvil, [Bronx] New York.
- Smith College Libraries 2014–15 donor report: Kathleen Griffiths Anderson '57 gave in memory of Jane Tildsley Griffiths 1918 — tying the Smith 1918 student to the married name Griffiths.
Anonymous Kathleen Griffiths Anderson '57 in memory of Jane Tildsley Griffiths 1918
- Named among five grandchildren of Sherwood L. Anderson III × Kathleen Tildsley Griffiths; Laura Martineau is the only Martineau-surnamed child in the same survivor block (parallel to Genevieve Anderson-Krengel → Sarah). Listed as Sherwood Martineau.
In 1957, Sherwood married Kathleen Tildsley Griffiths, “Kate”, of Riverdale, the Bronx. They were married for more than 67 years, had three children, and moved to Bristol, Connecticut in 1958, then to Burlington in 1972.
- Bristol Press 3 Mar 2025 quotes Laura Martineau as Sherwood’s daughter (identity cross-check; no nested grandchildren).
He spent each summer on Little Deer Isle, Maine, for more than 70 years.
- NYC birth index: Margaret Tildsley born 27 Dec 1900 (recorded 1901), Manhattan cert 1856. Only Tildsley birth in the 1855–1909 NYC index; date fits this family after the 1896 marriage.
1 records found ... Tildsley Margaret Dec 27'00 1901 1856 Manhattan
- NYC bride index has 0 Tildsley brides. Jane did not marry in the five boroughs under maiden Tildsley (index to 1937).
0 records found for query. Surname Tildsley
- Smith College Class of 1918 book printed page 76: portrait labeled Jane Watters Tildsley, Spuyten Duyvil, New York City. Image saved locally.
Jane Watters Tildsley / Spuyten Duyvil / New York City