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George Trumble

George Trumble at Ewen, Ontonagon Co., Mich

Summary

  • b. 24 May 1878, Gagetown, Brookfield Twp., Huron Co., Mich.
  • son of Andrew Trumble and Nancy Farren.
  • m. 30 May 1944, Rosetta Elston
  • no children
  • d. 13 Sep 1951, Gagetown, Brookfield Twp., Huron Co., Mich.

Sources

  • Obituary from the Friday, September 21, 1951, Cass City Chronicle (Page One)

    Fire claimed another victim Thursday, Sept. 13, when George Trumble burned to death at his farm home, one and one-half, miles north of Gagetown where he had been living alone.

    Shortly before the fire claimed him, Mr. Trumble was seen by Miss Louise Meyers in her store in Gagetown.

    Neighbors discovered the fire and turned in the alarm to the Gagetown Fire Department who responded to the call as smoke and flames prevented neighbors from entering the house. When the firemen arrived, they soon beat back the flames and entered the building. They found the body on the kitchen floor burned beyond recognition. The house and contents were completely destroyed.

    Sheriff Merrit R. McBride and Coroner Colgan of Bad Axe investigated and said death was due to third degree burns and suffocation

    George Trumble was born in Brookfield Twp. in 1878 and later lived at Indian River and about seven years ago came to live on the old homestead in Brookfield Twp. His wife died about five years ago and surviving is a nephew, Ezra Mosher, Gagetown, and a niece, Mrs. Isabel [Maybell] Schenck of Detroit. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Hunter Funeral Home. Rev. Silas Parker officiated.

  • Item in the Friday, March 29, 1946 Cass City Chronicle

    Gagetown – Mr. and Mrs. George Trumble have moved here from Indian River and will live on the Vet Trumble farm. They are remodeling the house.

  • Item in the Friday, January 15, 1943 Cass City Chronicle

    George Trumble, a former resident here, who for nearly ten years lived in Northern Michigan, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Lewis Elston.

  • The U.S. Census 1910 for Superior Township, Chippewa County, Michigan, shows
    • Gorge Trumbull, head of household, aged 31
    • Nancy Trumble, female, aged 68, with father born in Vermont and mother born in Canada (English)

  • Item from the May 1, 1892, Cass City Enterprise,

    Gagetown – The Trumbell boys marketed their winter catch of furs and skins at Cass City Monday.

  • The U.S. Census 1880 for Brookfield Township (one mile north of Gagetown), Huron County, Michigan, shows

  • Official State of Michigan Record of Birth, 24 May 1878, of George Trumbel.

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Notes

  • According Maybell Elston, niece of George Trumble the family lost nearly all their moveable property in the fire that took his life. They had other homes, but the old family home was where most of the good things were kept. The family had been in the antiques busines since the 1920s and the best items they owned were all kept in that house.

  • On November 24, 1989, David Trumbull sat down with Kenneth Schenk, the second husband of Maybell Elston, daughter of Emma (Trumbule) Elston and put in writing some family stories passed down about Andrew Trumble and his family.

  • George Trumble worked in a saw mill and was a hunter and trapper.

  • George Trumble was a story teller and he would tell tall tales at the free outdoor moving picture show in Gagetown and other places. One of his stories was about the road between Seeney and Munising, Michigan, which used to be crooked until Paul Bunyon straightened it with his ox.

  • The officiant at Geroge's funeral, Silas Parker, also officiated at the funeral of Vet Trumble and is described in the obit as affiliated with the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Owendale. Elsewhere, in the "News from Owendale" section of the Cass City Chronicle of December 17, 1954 (pg. 11) he appears as "Elder Silas Parker was the speaker at the 11 o'clock hour at the RLDS [Reformed Latter Day Saints] Church Sunday."

  • Last updated 8 January 2010 by D. Trumbull.