I fully intended to keep this blog up weekly, but as you can see it has been a few weeks. Moving forward it is my hope to continue to post a puzzle here and there but also to start to add more pedigrees and documentation. Today I have added a page for the descendants of William Trindle. This is a work in progress, only spanning four generations so far. Where a daughter marries and there is genealogical material available elsewhere I have added links rather than include that family. This hopefully will allow the inclusion of further generations. I will continue to add story pages and document links for the descendants of William. I will also start adding pages for some of the families that have not been connected to William. Perhaps one day soon we will find links, in the meantime, many are well researched.
If you are researching a family and would like to either include a link to your own material or include information here let me know.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
A New Year's Letter 2014
In 1996 after a few years of corresponding with Trindle families throughout the country and putting together a book on the Trindle family, I took up Helen Trindle's idea of an annual newsletter. The newsletter went out to anyone that wanted it, plus a few new addresses that I would dig up each year. One unsolicited mailing found my husband's second cousin Bruce and the Civil War letters of Aaron Trindle. Unfortunately, time and energy waned and grandchildren intervened. The last one to go out was in 2006.
This blog is my attempt to do two things. First continue the connection to other Trindle researchers. Second, get my husband's Trindle genealogy out where others can find it. All my great finds can be read by millions of researchers. Well, okay, I'm happy if four people read it a week. I've been ecstatic that those weekly numbers are now always double digit!
My goal is to share research so that no one has to do it over. So I thought I'd give you a few statistics.
- My Trindle file now includes:
- 11,625 Individuals in
- 3870 families
- 18121 events in
- 2571 places (close to twenty countries and every state of the union)
- There are 9106 citations, which means there is still a lot of work to do to corroborate other events and family connections.
- I have 8629 digital images/ documents in 813 folders.
- This is only the Trindle families (of all spellings) and their descendants. All my husbands collateral families are in separate files. [Chapman, Naylor, Grant, Oakes.....etc]
I will happily share information with interested researchers.
Email me at Catht@aol.com
Have a wonderful new year!
Monday, December 16, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - Mary Jane Trindle Noffsinger
On 16 Jun 1847 Mary Jane Trindle married Andrew Nofsinger in Knox County, Ohio.
Andrew and Mary Jane were listed in Clay township, Knox County in the 1850 census with one son William age 2. (1)
On 5 Jan 1858 Andrew was married a second time to Helen Wood. (2)
In 1860 Andrew and Helen were living in English, Keokuk, Iowa. Five children are listed: Thornton (same as William above), James age 10, John age 8, Albert 2 and Mary A 2m. It would seem likely that the first three are all the children of Mary Jane which puts her death between 1852 and 1858. (3)
Further clarification comes from the 1856 Iowa census (English River, Keokuk). Andrew, William T, James and John are living with Lucy Nofsinger age 70 most likely Andrew's mother. Andrew is listed as a widower. (4)
So Mary Jane died sometime between John's birth in July 1852 and the date the census was taken in 1856.
Her tombstone is found in South English Cemetery listing both a birth and a death date of 1 Feb 1855. (5)
In 1850 William and Mary Trindle were living in Licking county (next door to Knox) Living with them is Matilda who was born in 1838. Other children that have been suggested for this family are William Alexander bn 1822 (moved to Indiana), Rebecca bn some time after 1823 and Samuel bn 1837 (died age 20 buried in same cemetery as father).
This family configuration definitely could accept Mary Jane bn 1827 and perhaps still unconnected individuals born in Ohio.
If this is the correct family, does anyone have source information to prove it? Does anyone have information to prove otherwise?
Andrew and Mary Jane were listed in Clay township, Knox County in the 1850 census with one son William age 2. (1)
On 5 Jan 1858 Andrew was married a second time to Helen Wood. (2)
In 1860 Andrew and Helen were living in English, Keokuk, Iowa. Five children are listed: Thornton (same as William above), James age 10, John age 8, Albert 2 and Mary A 2m. It would seem likely that the first three are all the children of Mary Jane which puts her death between 1852 and 1858. (3)
Further clarification comes from the 1856 Iowa census (English River, Keokuk). Andrew, William T, James and John are living with Lucy Nofsinger age 70 most likely Andrew's mother. Andrew is listed as a widower. (4)
So Mary Jane died sometime between John's birth in July 1852 and the date the census was taken in 1856.
Her tombstone is found in South English Cemetery listing both a birth and a death date of 1 Feb 1855. (5)
All well and good, but who is Mary Jane?
In 1850 William and Mary Trindle were living in Licking county (next door to Knox) Living with them is Matilda who was born in 1838. Other children that have been suggested for this family are William Alexander bn 1822 (moved to Indiana), Rebecca bn some time after 1823 and Samuel bn 1837 (died age 20 buried in same cemetery as father).
This family configuration definitely could accept Mary Jane bn 1827 and perhaps still unconnected individuals born in Ohio.
If this is the correct family, does anyone have source information to prove it? Does anyone have information to prove otherwise?
- (Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009; Clay, Knox, OH; M432_700; Page: 362B)
- (FamilySearch - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994 > Knox > Marriage records 1856-1860 vol H Image 81)
- (Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009; English, Keokuk, Iowa; M653_329; Page: 771; Image: 35)
- (Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.)
- (Find A Grave Memorial# 54815537)
Monday, December 9, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - German Roots
On 3 Jun 1857 Herman Trendel, age 19, a grocer, arrived in the Port of New York on the Orpheus. Having sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany. His stated destination was New York.
In 1870 Herman Trendel is residing in Chicago, Cook, Illinois working as a driver. Living with him are his wife, Caroline Mack and three sons: Herman, Theodore and Julius. In 1880 Caroline is listed as a widow and a daughter Caroline has been added to the family.
The likelyhood is that this is the same man. There is no Herman Trendel found living in New York in 1870. Herman may have made connections on the voyage with passengers destined for Chicago, there were some.
All four children were married and had children.
So the question is, who is Herman Trendel? Where in Germany did he come from? It appears that Caroline was from Baden and Catholic, was Herman Catholic as well?
While following German families is not going to add to my own genealogy, following these families does help in sorting through records that might be relevant.
In 1870 Herman Trendel is residing in Chicago, Cook, Illinois working as a driver. Living with him are his wife, Caroline Mack and three sons: Herman, Theodore and Julius. In 1880 Caroline is listed as a widow and a daughter Caroline has been added to the family.
The likelyhood is that this is the same man. There is no Herman Trendel found living in New York in 1870. Herman may have made connections on the voyage with passengers destined for Chicago, there were some.
All four children were married and had children.
So the question is, who is Herman Trendel? Where in Germany did he come from? It appears that Caroline was from Baden and Catholic, was Herman Catholic as well?
While following German families is not going to add to my own genealogy, following these families does help in sorting through records that might be relevant.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Weekly Puzzle - More Irish Connections
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?
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, 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.
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