George TRUNKEY

1846 - 1883  (37 years)

• Name	George TRUNKEY  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	21 Jun 1846	West Salem twp, Mercer, PA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Oct 1883	West Salem twp, Mercer, PA   [5, 6, 7]
  Buried	Giddings Cem, Vernon, Trumbull, OH   [5]
  Notes	Bogue and Allied Families, pg 414 indicates George died 28 Oct 1893, at age 37 yrs, 4 mos. What I read from headstone indicated date of death of 28 Oct 1886, yielding 40 yrs, 4 mos. Census records seem to indicate date of birth 1846. I'm inclined to believe that either the arithmetic was wrong on the headstone or that I misread the stone. Ron Hayward 10/30/2004
  Person ID	I1383	Hayward Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Francis TRUNKEY,   b. 1 Dec 1803, Hartland, Connecticut ,   d. 1 Aug 1875, West Salem twp, Mercer, PA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Rachell FELL,   b. 6 Jul 1807, East Vernon, OH ,   d. 15 Feb 1892, Vernon, Trumbull, OH  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1828	Mercer Co, PA   [8]
  Family ID	F388	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gertrude WALDORF,   b. 1849,   d. 1921  (Age 72 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1872	Vernon, OH   [2, 9]
  Children	1. Gertrude Nina TRUNKEY,   b. 25 Jan 1874, West Salem twp, Mercer, PA ,   d. 1934  (Age 59 years)   2. George Orvil TRUNKEY,   b. 20 Apr 1875, West Salem twp, Mercer, PA   3. Bertha Flora TRUNKEY,   b. 24 Mar 1877, West Salem twp, Mercer, PA ,   d. 29 Oct 1883, West Salem twp, Mercer, PA  (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones » Slide Show		Family burial marker for George TRUNKEY and daughter Bertha TRUNKEY Gravestone for George Trunkey and Bertha Flora Trunkey: “George Trunkey died Oct 28, 1886, aged 87 yrs; Bertha Flora Trunkey, died, Oct. 29, 1883, aged 6 yrs, 7 mo, 5 ds” . Note added 10/30/2004: Other sources indicate George died in 1893, though the tens digit on the year of death seems certainly to be an 8, the last digit may in fact be a 3 for a death date of Oct 28, 1883. Bogue and Allied Families, pg 422, record of tombstones in Giddings cemetery from 1932 indicates George’s death as Oct 28, 1883, age 37 yrs, 4 mos. This is first record where arithmetic agrees with birth date.
  		George TRUNKEY burial marker Gravestone for George Trunkey and Bertha Flora Trunkey: “George Trunkey died Oct 28, 1886, aged 87 yrs; Bertha Flora Trunkey, died, Oct. 29, 1883, aged 6 yrs, 7 mo, 5 ds” . Note added 10/30/2004: Other sources indicate George died in 1893, though the tens digit on the year of death seems certainly to be an 8, the last digit may in fact be a 3 for a death date of Oct 28, 1883. Bogue and Allied Families, pg 422, record of tombstones in Giddings cemetery from 1932 indicates George’s death as Oct 28, 1883, age 37 yrs, 4 mos. This is first record where arithmetic agrees with birth date.
  		TRUNKEY family headstones at Giddings Cemetery Trunkey headstones in foreground, left to right: Rachel Trunkey, Francis Trunkey, George and Bertha Trunkey; background, in shadows is Charles, Ursula, Cyrus, Francis and Jennette Trunkey

  
  

• Sources

  [S13643] Bogue and Allied Families, Virgil T Bogue, et al, (pub'd after summer 1932), 414, 418. s/o Francis TRUNKEY and Rachell FELL [S16597] Bible of Francis and Rachel Fell Trunkey, (transcribed records in Bogue and Allied Families, p423). [S04453] Census, 1850, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, West Salemt, Schdl 34, Frm 788. [S13643] Bogue and Allied Families, Virgil T Bogue, et al, (pub'd after summer 1932), 414, 418. date and place of birth [S03657] Headstone. photo by Ron Hayward [S13643] Bogue and Allied Families, Virgil T Bogue, et al, (pub'd after summer 1932), 414, 418. death location; date given is 28 Oct 1893 [S16554] Bogue tombstone record, Giddings Cemetery, Virgil T Bogue, et al, (recorded pgs 422-3 of Bogue and Allied Families). d. Oct 28, 1883, age 37 yrs, 4 mo; this is first record where death date and age yield correct birth date. This date of death will be used after 10/31/2004 [S13643] Bogue and Allied Families, Virgil T Bogue, et al, (pub'd after summer 1932), 411, 413. date and place of marriage [S13643] Bogue and Allied Families, Virgil T Bogue, et al, (pub'd after summer 1932), 414. marriage date and place