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I first learned about Robert tinker about the time he started doing workshops around the country. One of his stopping places was Portland, Oregon. I am a native born Oregonian, and have lived here much of my life.) By then, he was well established in his professional career and was making major contributions in the are of Microcomputer-Based Laboratory.
Looking for a day trip that offers history, a love story with a boy-gets-girl ending, and a self-made man who makes good n— along with some Lincoln lore? The Tinker Swiss Cottage has it all: the story of John Manny, who invented the Manny Reaper, was sued for patent infringement, died young, and left a beautiful, wealthy widow who married a company employee, Robert Tinker.
The year Manny died, 19-year-old Robert Tinker arrived in Rockford at the urging of William Knowlton, Mary Mannyh’s business manager. Two years later, Knowlton and Tinker became business partners. Tinkerp’s relationship with Mary, who was eight years older, would prove even closer: In 1870, the two married and embarked on a honeymoon to Hawaii, where Tinker had been born.
The Tinkers were a social force in Rockford. In addition to their business enterprises, they were active in the community. Robert Tinker served as mayor of Rockford for one year. Although Mary Dorr Manny Tinker never had children, she reared her nieces, Marcia and Jessie, after her sister died. In 1904, after Mary and Marcia were dead, Robert Tinker married Jessie; four years later they adopted a baby, and Robert Tinker became a father at the age of 72.
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