Martha TIBBETTS

1882 - 1976  (93 years)

• Name	Martha TIBBETTS
  Born	18 May 1882	Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	School teacher & Curio Shop Manager
  Died	12 Feb 1976	Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
  Buried	17 Feb 1976	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Person ID	I32446	Main
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Albert Melvin TIBBETTS,   b. 8 Jun 1850, Brownville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 13 May 1930, Sitka, Alaska  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Nellie RINES,   b. 2 Jun 1859, Battle Brook, Sherburne, Minnesota ,   d. 4 Aug 1944, Retsil, Kitsap, Washington  (Age 85 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1875	Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota
  Divorced	15 Nov 1894	Princeton, Minnesota
  Family ID	F11042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 17 Feb 1976 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Some time after finishing high school she became a school teacher and went to Spokane, WA. There were other folks from Princeton that had gone out to Washington state so she must have thought it was a good idea. She met and married Aaron Church there. She lied about her age on the marriage license as she was older than Aaron. Martha “Mattie” went to Calgary, Canada to become a night long distance clerk at the Telephone Company about 1909. Met Frank Farndell who worked at the Hotel across the street. He would come over to the telephone office to have coffee. Married in 1911. Re-entered the US at Blaine, WA on May 2, 1914 with baby Jean. She often signed her name Mattie when she was younger but went by Martha in later life. Her first teacher in Princeton was Ida Fogg. Ida is a cousin. When her daughter Margaret started school there at age 6 she had the same teacher. However Margaret was there with her Aunt Rose Patterson after Uncle Aulger Rines died. Nana turned white in her 20’s but she always had her hair done at the beauty parlor. She was a very vain person. Maybe it had to do with the times. She lived near Hollywood and tried to emulate the movie stars. When nana became old she started to get a few black strands in her hair and was very upset. She pulled them till she couldn’t see to do it anymore. She had glaucoma and for many years used eye drops for control. However, she lost her peripheral vision and cataracts made her essentially blind by her death.