Trotman Family History

Last updated 30 July 2007

Henry T Trotman
b. 1807
Husbandman
c. 26 April 1807
Coln Rogers,
Gloucestershire

m.23 Feb 1833
Turkdean
Gloucestershire

Mary Freeman
b.1810


Turkdean
Gloucestershire

m.23 Feb 1833
Turkdean
Gloucestershire
Ann Trotman
b.abt.1833
Charles Trotman
b.abt.1836
Winson,
Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Trotman
b.abt.1839
Thomas Trotman
b.abt.1842/1843
Coln Rogers,
Gloucestershire
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Hannah Trotman
b.abt.1845
Coln Rogers,
Gloucestershire
Jane Trotman
b.abt.1848
Coln Rogers,
Gloucestershire


[tree of Patricia Aland]
John Trotman
Coal Miner
b.2? March 1853
c.15 May 1853
Coln Rogers,
Gloucestershire

m. 17 Oct 1874
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Henry Trotman
b.abt.1869
St.George's
Gloucestershire

There is a record from the Turkdean Parish Church of Henry Trotman and Mary Freeman marrying on the 23rd of Feburary 1833.

The record of an 8th child, Henry, born in 1869 when his mother Mary nee Freeman would have been 59, is taken from anchestry.co.uk's "one world tree".

1841

At the time of the 1841 British Census, Henry Trotman 30 (Ag.Lab) was living with his wife Mary 30 in in St. Denis Coln. Living with them are :-

1851

At the time of the 1851 British Census, Henry Trotman 44 (Ag.Lab)(born Coln Rogers) was living with his wife Mary 40+ (42?)(born Turkdean) in Coln Rogers. Living with them are :-

At the time of the 1861 British Census, Henry Trotman 53 was living with his wife Mary 43 in Coln Rogers, with them are :-

In the 1851 census there are the following Freeman's living in Aston Blank :-
FREEMAN

1861

At the time of the 1861 British Census, in Dursley, there is a William Trotman (timber dealer)(born Dursley) aged 43, with Mary (born in the parish of St. Mary de Cript) Gloucestershire, with them are :- Note that Jane Trotman at 14 in Dursley is a very close match for Jane Trotman at 13 in in Coln Rogers!

NOTE: St. MARY DE CRIPT [Saint Mary in the Crypt]:
ref 1: Thomas Stephens and his wife Mary had a Settlement Certificate with the Overseers of St Mary de Cript, Gloucester, reference P 328a OV 3/1/2 dated 24-May 1711
ref 2: Bishop Hooper's Visitation to Gloucester.
ref 3: Anglican Parish.

1871

At the time of the 1871 British Census, Henry Trotman 62 was living with his wife Mary 54 in Coln Rogers, with them are :-

1881

At the time of the 1881 British Census, Henry Trotman 74 was living with his wife Mary Trotman 71 in Coln Rogers.

John Trotman was living in Staffordshire working as a Coal Miner.

I have a copy of John Trotman's birth certificate. The date is hard to read but is the twenty something of March 1853 in Coln Rogers, his father is listed as Henry Trotman, Husbandman and his mother as Mary Trotman, formerly Freeman. Mary Trotman made her mark, the registration took place on the seventh of April (district of Northleach, sub-district of Chedworth).

There is a record of a John Trotman being christened on 15th May 1853 in Coln Rogers, Gloucestershire, England. His parents were Henry and Mary Trotman.

In 1881 Ellen Trotman is a "Farm Servant Indoors" in the houshold of John Walker 51 and his wife Hannah 54 (born in Aston Bank),at the Farm House, Hawling, Gloucestershire.

1891

In the 1891 census there is Charles Freeeman aged 47 Coachman and his wife Ann (Trotman) 57 Laundress, at 64 The Lodge, Downsend Road, Fishpond, Stapleton Parish,
  • Sarah 41
  • Daniel 23 Ag Lab
  • Henry 14 Ag Lab
  • Thomas 8 Scholar
  • George 3
  • Emily 1 All born in Turkdean

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