Alena Celetta Tanner

1874 - 1955  (81 years)

• Name	Alena Celetta Tanner
  Birth	28 Jan 1874	Lee Center, Oneida, New York, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Feb 1955	Pulaski, Oswego, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I28734	Stewartsny
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Reuben Tanner,   b. 28 Sep 1836   d. 12 Jun 1912 (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Amelia B. Burt,   b. 18 Aug 1847   d. 21 Feb 1927 (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Franklin Bailey Ivens,   b. 24 Dec 1869, Pulaski, Oswego, New York d. 26 Dec 1959, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F9670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	John Franklyn Tilkins,   b. 21 Apr 1858, Port Ontario, Oswego, New York, United States d. 10 Aug 1933, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1891
  Children	1. Carl Tilkins,   b. Sep 1893, New York, USA d. Feb 1911, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Unnamed Tilkins,   b. 7 Nov 1895, Richland, New York  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Louis Earl Tilkins,   b. 29 Jun 1898, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States d. 13 Oct 1982, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Grace Elizabeth Tilkins,   b. 15 Jun 1902, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, USA d. 3 Oct 1980, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lawrence Keith Tilkins,   b. 11 Oct 1904, Port Ontario, Oswego, New York, USA d. 9 Oct 1986, Fremont, Alameda, California, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Lester Leroy Tilkins,   b. 29 Mar 1910, Pulaski, Oswego, New York d. 5 May 1918, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 8 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper Obituary - February 10, 1955 Pulaski Democrat - Mrs. John Ivens Taken by Death - Mrs. Lettie Tilkins Ivens, 85, died Saturday afternoon following a long illness. Services were held at the Foster funeral home Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. James N. Pauley, officiating. Burial was in Sandy Creek. Surviving are her husband, John Ivens; a daughter, Mrs. Grace Gerdon of Richland; two sons, Lawrence Tilkins of Auburn and Lewis Tilkins of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a brother; Harvey Tanny of Mannsville; several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Ivens was born at Lee Center, Jan. 28, 1870, the daughter of Reuben and Amelia Burt Tanner. She married John Tilkins in Sandy Creek in 1884 who died in 1934. She had lived in this vicinity most of her life. Newspaper Obituary - February 10, 1955 Sandy Creek News - Mrs. John Ivens, 85 Dies February 5 - Mrs. Nettie Tilkins Ivens, 85, wife of John Ivens, died Saturday night, February 5, 1955 in a Utica hospital following a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Pulaski at the Foster funeral home, with Rev. James N. Pauley, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Burial was made in Sandy Creek. Besides her husband, Mrs. Ivens is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Grace Gerdon of Richland; two sons, Lawrence Tilkins of Auburn, and Lewis Tilkins of Fort Wayne, Ind., a brother, Harvey Tanner of Mannsville, and several grandchildren. Mrs. Ivens was born, Jan. 28, 1870, at Lee Center, the daughter of Reuben and Amelia Burt Tanner. She was married to John Tilkins of Sandy Creek in 1884. He died in 1934. Later she was married to John Ivens. She had lived most of her life in this vicinity.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for Reuben Tanner