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HE IS BURIED AT HOMEWOOD CEMETERY, PITTSBURGH.
On 24 Dec 1849 when WILLIAM TAMLIN was 19, he married CHARLOTTE CLOSE 20,6, daughter of
JOHN CLOSE & MARY, in ST. BOTOLPH, ALDERSGATE, LONDON ,ENGLAND. Born on 17 May 1821 in
SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSET, ENG. CHARLOTTE died in PITTSBURGH, PA, on 8 Nov 1895; she was
74.
BURIED AT HOMEWOOD CEMETERY, PITTSBURGH.
They had the following children:
191 i. WILLIAM RICHARD (1849-1926)
192 ii. ALBERT HENRY (1852-1887)
193 iii. JOHN GLYDE (1854-1930)
194 iv. EVA (1855-1855)
195 v. ORLAND TAMLIN (1857-1859)
196 vi. SUSAN MINNIE (1859-1903)
197 vii. SUSAN F. (1862-1888)
85. SARAH JANE CHISLETT (SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in 1826 in
BEAMINSTER, DORSET, ENGLAND. SARAH JANE died in PITTSBURGH, PA, on 7 Aug 1885; she was 59.
SARAH JANE AND HER HUSBAND GEORGE ARE BOTH BURIED IN THE ALLEGHENY CEMETARY IN
PITTSBURGH, PA
SARAH JANE married GEORGE T. VAN DOREN, in PITTSBURGH, PA. GEORGE T. died on 13 Aug 1897 in
PITTSBURGH, PA.
86. FREDRICK WILLIAM CHISLETT (SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in
1828 in BEAMINSTER, DORSET, ENGLAND. FREDRICK WILLIAM died in INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, in
1899; he was 71.
TAKEN FROM THE CHISLETT CHRONICLE, VOL.8, #2, DEC., 1999
“AS A YOUNG MAN, HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE BANK OF PITTSBURGH, LATER RELOCATING TO
BELOIT, WISCONSIN. FROM WISCONSIN, FREDRIDCK MOVED TO DUBUQUE, IOWA, WHERE HE
BECAME INVOLVED IN THE HARDWARE BUSINESS WITH A MR. BUCKLEY; THE BUSINESS WAS
CALLED CHISLETT AND BUCKLEY. IT WAS IN DUBUQUE THAT FREDRICK AND MARGARET SET UP
HOME AND WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN.---AFTER RETIRING FROM THE HARDWARE
BUSINESS, FREDRICK ENTERED THE GRAIN TRADE FOR A SHORT TIME. LEAVING THE GRAIN TRADE
THE FAMILY MOVED BACK TO PITTSBURGH.
CROWN HILL CEMETERY WAS A CORPORATION FORMED IN INDIANAPOLIS TO PROVIDE A MUCH
NEEDED CEMETERY FOR THE CITY. MR. JOHN CHISLETT, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
ALLEGEHENEY CEMETERY AND RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THAT FIELD, WAS ASKED TO ADVISE OF THE
PROJECT. HE SELECTED THE LOCATION AND RECOMMENDED HIS SON FREDRICK FOR THE POST OF
SUPERINTENDENT. FREDRICK TOOK UP THE APPOINTMENT IN 1863 AND CONTINUED IN THE POST
UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1899. HIS SON JOHN IN TURN THEN SUCEEDED HIM IN THE POST.”
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