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Samuel Leonard Tilley had many brothers and sisters. The Tilley children were educated in the local school and could both read and write at early ages. This small Hymn Book belonged to Margaret Tilley, his youngest sister.15
Hymn Book belonging to Margaret Tilleyc. 1860
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
Credits:Gift of John Yorston, 1999
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
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This prayer book also belonged to Margaret Tilley.17
Book of Common Prayer belonging to Margaret Tilley6 September 1857
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
Credits:Gift of John Yorston, 1999
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
18
The Tilley children eventually grew up and married, starting families of their own. Most of the children did well for themselves, the boys in business and the girls married well and enjoyed comfortable and fulfilling lives as per the expectations of their time. This pair of salt cellars belonged to Frances Phebe Abigail Tilley who married Thomas Benjamin Hanington of Shediac Cape, New Brunswick, the son of Daniel Hanington and Margaret Ann Peters and a druggist/auctioneer.19
Salt cellars belonging to Tilley Familyafter 1860
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
Credits:Gift of Mrs. K.M. Willet, 1971
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
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This shoehorn and pair of glove stretchers also belong to Frances Phebe Abigail Tilley Hanington. The items were made by Adie & Lovekin, silversmiths of Birmingham, England, in 1889.21
Shoehorn and glove stretcher belonging to Frances Phebe Abigail Tilley1889
Birmingham, England
Credits:Gift of Mrs. K.M. Willet, 1973
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
22
At the age of thirteen, Samuel Leonard Tilley left Gagetown to apprentice as a pharmacist in Saint John, New Brunswick. This portrait was painted in the 1840s and features an apothecary chest in the background and various tins and jars. The prosperous young Tilley is rosy cheeked and well dressed as befitting a professional businessman of his time.23
Painting: Samuel Leonard Tilleyc. 1845
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Credits:Gift of Judith Tilley Moreira, 2003
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
24
Samuel Leonard Tilley was partnered with one of his cousins, Thomas W. Peters. The firm of Peters & Tilley advertised themselves as the "Cheap Drug Store". Tilley was certified as a pharmacist in May 1838 and worked with his cousin until Peters' retirement in 1848 when the business became Tilley's Drug Store. Tilley held on to the business until 1860 by which time politics consumed his time and career and he sold the business.25
Mortar and pestle used in apothecary's shop1850-1900
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
Credits:Gift of M. Patricia Jenkins, 1975
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
26
Samuel Leonard Tilley married Julia Ann Hanford of Portland, Saint John, New Brunswick, 6 May 1843. This daguerreotype shows the couple early in their marriage, some time in the late 1840s.27
Photograph: Samuel Leonard Tilley and Julia Hanford Tilleyc. 1843
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Credits:National Archives of Canada
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.
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