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CATHERINE TINKHAM
MRS. (REV.) P.A. TINKHAM
[Welland Tribune, 26 March 1897]
The wife of the Rev. P.A. Tinkham died of consumption at her father’s residence, Carluke, Ont., on the morning of the 5th of February, 1897. She was the youngest daughter of Mr.and Mrs. John Christie. Born on 20th April, 1856, at Claysyke farm, parish of Fassoway, Kinross-shire, Scotland, she was little more than a year old when her family came to Canada, settling where her parents still reside. Her marriage to Mr. Tinkham took place on 22nd August, 1883, and five children were given to brighten and bless their home, four of whom, one son and three little girls, are alive.
Mrs. Tinkham was a devoted wife, a wise and loving mother, and a Christian whose conception of a Christian’s daily life was of a high order. During the last few weeks her only regret was that she had not been more active in the Master’s service, and that she could not be sure of having led one soul directly to Jesus. Towards the end she had a great longing to be “at rest,’ and to be with Christ, She was sick for about two years suffering very much towards the end, but died peacefully and without a struggle. Her funeral, which took place on the following Monday to the White church burying ground, was largely attended, the services being conducted by the Rev. E.B. Chesnut, pastor of St. Paul’s church, Carluke. There, within the shadow of the church in which her aged father has been an Elder for many years, and close by the graves of some of her kindred, all that is mortal of her sleeps until the heavens be no more. The deepest sympathy of the community is with the bereaved husband, who was truly devoted to her, and with the four young motherless children.
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