Phoebe-Morris-1805-1874


Pheobe-TiveyPhoebe Tivey nee Morris was born 1805 in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire  to parents James and Elizabeth Morris. In 1826 she married Isaac Tivey, a Tailor. They resided in Tutbury where their first child  William was born before moving on to Birmingham, Warwickshire  and later Bilston, Staffordshire. Mary Ann Tivey was their next born  (Mrs Henry Vickers Mayer 1829-1911 followed by Henry (1834-43) then Elizabeth Tivey (Mrs William Daniel Wright 1836-1906) , their son Francis  was born in 1838 and died in the USA.   Their second to youngest child was James Tivey (1841-1881) followed by the youngest Joseph Kingswood Tivey (1843-93) who is featured in the photograph with his mother Phoebe (also listed as Phebe).     Joseph Kingswood Tivey  was a tailor by trade as his father before him was,   in  1866 he married Janet Agnes Fisher in Dudley, they were blessed with 11 children, several of them being born in Glasgow, Scotland    bewteen 1876 and 1882. His mother Phoebe died in Dudley 1874. Joseph passed away in Wolverhampton in 1893. The photograph was taken around 1844 and is one of the earliest photographs in the Tivey collection. It belonged to Elizabeth May Tivey (1924-2014) and was kindly sent to me by Alison Tivey Kydyk of Canada, her neice.                                                                                                                                       Back to Group 20 Media