William Alexander Tinker

William Alexander Tinker was the son of Phillip Walter Parks Tinker Jr and Rosetta Rosie Tinker nee Pope. William was born 9 May, 1892 in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri.

In 1915 in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri William married his first wife Alice Neal daughter of Louis Rye Neal Esquire and Emma D. Neal nee Baker.

William and Alice had three children born to their union a daughter Violet Tinker who married a man by the name of John Archie Neil. A son named Claude Leon Tinker and another son named Earl Tinker. Violet was born in 1916 and Claude in 1918. Shortly after the birth of Claude, William and Alice separated. In 1920 we find William living in Kansas City, Ward 2, Jackson County, Missouri. William was residing in the household of Melissa Keith and her daughter Naomi Josephine Keith. William was listed as still being married and a Lodger. Meanwhile back in Como, New Madrid County, Missouri Alice was living with her two children Violet and Claude and she was expecting her third child with her now estranged husband William.  The couple eventually divorced because William married Melissa Keith on 18 November, 1921 in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri. Alice went on to marry a man by the name of David A Kinney on 10 December, 1925 in Centerville, Reynolds County, Missouri.

In 1927 there is a directory listing for William Tinker in Flint, Gennessee, Michigan. By the time 1930 rolls around we find Alice living with her new husband David and her three children who are listed on the census with their last names being Kinney. One can assume that Mr. Kinney must have adopted the children. In 1930 we find William listed as an Inmate in the Michigan State Prison system in Blackman, Jackson, Michigan. His marital status is listed as widowed. So Melissa must have passed away by then.

On 10 December, 1932 William takes a third wife, Rosie Atterbury nee Little. William and Rosie were married in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri.
According to the 1940 Census William was living in Como, New Madrid, Missouri in 1935.
William and Rosie divorced and on 2 August, 1936 in Gideon, New Madrid, Missouri William took his fourth wife Anna Williams nee Headrick.

By 1940 William is living in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri with his wife Anna and his mother in law. On 23 April, 1952 William Alexander Tinker passed away. He was fifty-nine years of age at the time of his death.