On 18 May 1804 Thomas and Ann Trindell with 8 boxes, two trunks and one bed roll arrived in the Port of Philadelphia on the Cornelia. The ship master was Theodore Bliss and it had sailed from Bristol. Thomas and Ann settled in the Spring Garden area of Philadelphia where Thomas was a teacher. He died in 1839, aged 77, of chronic hepatitis. Ann was still alive in 1840, but not found in 1850.
Census records imply one son and one daughter, but direct connections haven't been found. There is a James Trindle in the same vicinity in 1824 who is also a teacher. There is a Joseph Trindle in Spring Garden in 1840. This may be the same Joseph that died in Philadelphia in 1841 (he was born in 1804). Adding to the difficulty of researching Thomas is the fact that every record found has a different spelling for Trindal.
Who is Thomas? Who were their children? Where in Ireland were they from?
Monday, December 2, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - An Irish Connection
On Oct 3, 1852 in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, Hellen Trindell, age 31, born in Scotland married William Dunlap, age 24, born in Ireland.
A search in the 1850 Census finds Hellen is not a Trindell by birth. She is married to Alexander Trindle who was born in Ireland about 1814. They have five living children who were all born in Kentucky, Jane 11, Alexander 8, Margaret 6, Jennetta 2 and Elizabeth 1.
Who is Alexander? What is Hellen's family name? What happened to the five children? To date I have only found one.
Jane Farmer Fraas bn 19 Aug 1838 in Newport, Campbell, KY a widow died 14 Jan 1923 in Dayton, Campbell, KY. Father's name Trandle, mother unknown. (KY Death Certificate - File# 470, Reg. #6, Reg Dist 202/2093). The 1920 census confirms her father is born in Ireland and her mother in Scotland. (Dayton Ward 4, Campbell,Kentucky; Roll: T625_564; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 48; Jane Frass Household).
According to the 1880 census Jane is already a widow with a 22 year old son with the last name Fraas. So where did the Farmer come from? Is it perhaps the name of her mother? (Dayton, Campbell, Kentucky; Roll: T-9_407; Page: 268D; Enumeration District: 044; Jane Fraas household)
A search in the 1850 Census finds Hellen is not a Trindell by birth. She is married to Alexander Trindle who was born in Ireland about 1814. They have five living children who were all born in Kentucky, Jane 11, Alexander 8, Margaret 6, Jennetta 2 and Elizabeth 1.
Who is Alexander? What is Hellen's family name? What happened to the five children? To date I have only found one.
Jane Farmer Fraas bn 19 Aug 1838 in Newport, Campbell, KY a widow died 14 Jan 1923 in Dayton, Campbell, KY. Father's name Trandle, mother unknown. (KY Death Certificate - File# 470, Reg. #6, Reg Dist 202/2093). The 1920 census confirms her father is born in Ireland and her mother in Scotland. (Dayton Ward 4, Campbell,Kentucky; Roll: T625_564; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 48; Jane Frass Household).
According to the 1880 census Jane is already a widow with a 22 year old son with the last name Fraas. So where did the Farmer come from? Is it perhaps the name of her mother? (Dayton, Campbell, Kentucky; Roll: T-9_407; Page: 268D; Enumeration District: 044; Jane Fraas household)
Monday, November 18, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - A Tribute to Helen Margaret Trindle
Well, not quite weekly this time, getting a library catalog online took precedence, but here is a Trindle update and instead of a puzzle a tribute.
Thirty plus years ago, as I started thinking about doing my father's genealogy, my father-in-law gave me a pile of Trindle newsletters thinking I might also be interested in reading about the Trindle families ancestors. After delving through those newsletters, the work of Helen Margaret Trindle, I was hooked.
On 10 Feb 1955, Helen started the Trindle Newsletter with a self introduction. "Perhaps I can take this opportunity to tell you a little about myself and my immediate family. I am the third child of George W. Trindle and Cora Farnsworth Trindle, born in Hansel, Iowa. My brothers are James Carl now living in Charles City, Iowa and John Ralph living in Madison, WI. When I was a year old we went to Kearney Nebraska for a year, then went to Mason City Iowa. There we children went to school. I took two years of college work there, then completed a BA degree at William Penn College in Oskaloosa Iowa. Then on to McCormick Seminary in Chicago for a MA degree in religious education. I have worked as a Director of Christian Education in Bethany Union Church, Chicago; Presbyterian Churches in St. Cloud, MN and Salina, KS. In 1940 I went to the Board of Christian Education working four years in the youth department. From 1944-52 I served the synod of Indiana as a Director of Christian Education, traveling around the state, and doing a great deal of summer camp work. Since October 1952 I have been at the Crerar Memorial Presbyterian Church in Chicago. My mother now makes her home with me, and we have a small apartment near the church. What time I can find for hobbies is spent on photography, sewing and now this genealogy."
Helen's newsletter continued on an annual basis until shortly before her death in 1976. What started as "this genealogy" became a collection of many Trindle lineage charts and pictures. Helen, collected information into books which were given to some of the major genealogical libraries in the country. Her work, William Trindle Family Data, is available online. Helen's work was a great example for me, a budding genealogist. While her goal was to find her early ancestors she never made a connection without adequate proof. She, herself, never connected her earliest known ancestor to William of Cumberland County.
One hope I've always had, was that the chest of information she had gathered over the years would surface. I was told at one point that it was sitting in the basement of a niece. Whether there is anything more than what I have managed to gather, I don't know, but I'd definitely like to look.
So, on to the solution of a weekly puzzle.
University of Wisconsin graduate posted 22 May 2013. Alice A. Trindle is the daughter of Helen's brother John Ralph. (answer supplied by her cousin once removed.
Thirty plus years ago, as I started thinking about doing my father's genealogy, my father-in-law gave me a pile of Trindle newsletters thinking I might also be interested in reading about the Trindle families ancestors. After delving through those newsletters, the work of Helen Margaret Trindle, I was hooked.
Helen's newsletter continued on an annual basis until shortly before her death in 1976. What started as "this genealogy" became a collection of many Trindle lineage charts and pictures. Helen, collected information into books which were given to some of the major genealogical libraries in the country. Her work, William Trindle Family Data, is available online. Helen's work was a great example for me, a budding genealogist. While her goal was to find her early ancestors she never made a connection without adequate proof. She, herself, never connected her earliest known ancestor to William of Cumberland County.
One hope I've always had, was that the chest of information she had gathered over the years would surface. I was told at one point that it was sitting in the basement of a niece. Whether there is anything more than what I have managed to gather, I don't know, but I'd definitely like to look.
So, on to the solution of a weekly puzzle.
University of Wisconsin graduate posted 22 May 2013. Alice A. Trindle is the daughter of Helen's brother John Ralph. (answer supplied by her cousin once removed.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Virginia (Maryland) to California
In 1870 Daniel Trindle age 50 was living in Cottonwood, Yolo, California. He is listed second so it is assumed it is the household of William Parker age 35. Daniel is a stock-raiser with person property worth $500. also living in the household are two 9 year old boys Charlie (Indian) and Charles Rice (w.) both were born in California.
In 1867 Daniel Hudson Trindle registered to vote in Cottonwood. His place of birth is listed as Maryland.
Daniel Trindle born about 1824 in Maryland is found in Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri in 1850. He is a private in Col. Briggs company of the US Artillery.
Does any one claim Daniel?
Monday, October 21, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - Found in Virginia
Listed a few lines later we find the household of Jno (Jonathon?) Trindle. Here we find another boy and girl under age 5, a male 30-40 and a female 40-50.
Who are these Trindles? Is the 40-50 year old female perhaps the mother rather than wife of Jno? She might also be another relative or nurse come to take care of the children.
I find no evidence of a Trindle family in Virginia before or after 1840, although an individual does pop up here and there who was born in Virginia.
Any clues are welcome
Monday, October 14, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - Miss Trindle (Nurse)
On 19 March 1920, Miss Trindle age 39, a nurse whose last residence was Rangoon in Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) , disembarked from the Lancashire (1) in London.
No first name is given. So Miss Trindle was born between 20 Mar 1880 and 19 Mar 1881. She was not an alien, but that means only that she was born within the British Commonwealth. Was she born in Burma or India? Was she born in England or some other country?
The assumption is that she probably went to Burma during the Great War as a nurse and was returning to England as the final troops were being recalled.
Can anyone give her a first name?
The 1921 census, which might help if we search for a female Trindle age 40 who is a nurse, will not be released until 2022. A search of the 1911 census yielded one 1881 birth, Eliza in Wales. There was also a Catherine born in 1883 in Surrey, but it seems unlikely that she would make herself older. The same is true for Edith bn 1883 in London in 1911. Dorothea bn 1883 also in London in 1911 appears to have died in 1919 so is out of the picture. Are one of these three woman Miss Trindle the nurse?
(1) Liverpoolships.org - Bibby Line
No first name is given. So Miss Trindle was born between 20 Mar 1880 and 19 Mar 1881. She was not an alien, but that means only that she was born within the British Commonwealth. Was she born in Burma or India? Was she born in England or some other country?
The assumption is that she probably went to Burma during the Great War as a nurse and was returning to England as the final troops were being recalled.
Can anyone give her a first name?
The 1921 census, which might help if we search for a female Trindle age 40 who is a nurse, will not be released until 2022. A search of the 1911 census yielded one 1881 birth, Eliza in Wales. There was also a Catherine born in 1883 in Surrey, but it seems unlikely that she would make herself older. The same is true for Edith bn 1883 in London in 1911. Dorothea bn 1883 also in London in 1911 appears to have died in 1919 so is out of the picture. Are one of these three woman Miss Trindle the nurse?
(1) Liverpoolships.org - Bibby Line
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