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John Trenholm was born at Welbury, Yorkshire in 1739. It is
said that John was a big man, over six feet tall, weighing almost 300
pounds (according to one of his pallbearers, a Mr. Tingley). John and
his wife, Isabella Coates, with four young children, came to Halifax,
possibly on the ship "Duke of York" and then on to Cumberland
County in the Colony of Nova Scotia about 1772 . They settled on
Inverma Farm, at a place now called Point de Bute, Westmorland
County, New Brunswick. Many of his descendants have moved away
to other parts of Canada and the USA. Other branches of this
family in Canada include:
- John's widowed father Robert, who with John's youngest brother
Matthew, settled at Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- John's brother Edward, who initially settled at Trenholm or
Kingsey, Quebec but returned to England; his son William later
returned to continue the family line in Quebec. All three Canadian
branches are included in an interactive tree format.
Due to space limitations, the detailed genealogy is limited to about
9,800 Trenholm descendants, relatives and their spouses,
**ONLY
THOSE PEOPLE BORN BEFORE 1911**.
These people are listed in an
alphabetical index and displayed in a linked tree format. Source
references are given, but WARNING!!: REFERENCE FILE IS 3 MB AND
COULD TAKE 20 MINUTES OR MORE TO OPEN THE FIRST TIME YOU
CLICK ON A REFERENCE NUMBER!!. To keep this file from growing,
the full details of some of the frequently-used references are given
in a separate Bibliography. In the Family Tree, these references are
replaced by short descriptions, beginning with: [Cem.] for Cemetery;
[Census] for Census; [Coll.] for other large collections; [FBible] for
Family Bible; [FGEN] for Family Genealogy; [I] for information from
an individual; [LHG] for Local History & Genealogy; [VS] for Vital
Statistics. A link to the Bibliography appears near the end of this
page.
WANTED ! - Information about stray Trenholms. See name index
under PEOPLE, Stray Trenholm
DISCLAIMER
This information presented here should be regarded as a guide only.
It is based on a wide variety of sources, sometimes conflicting, and
no claim can be made concerning accuracy. Some but not all of the
sources are shown in the detailed family tree. Changes will be made
from time to time; new information from readers is welcome,
provided the source of the information is also given to assist in
resolving differences.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acknowledgement is made of contributions by the following people:
- The following three people, now deceased, who began the
research into the New Brunswick Trenholms: my father, Melvin
Walter Trenholm of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (son of William Olsen
Trenholm); his cousins Percy Trenholm of Sackville, New Brunswick,
and Vaughn Trenholm of Montreal, Quebec.
- Bob Dickson of Kingston, Ontario, for information on the
Quebec branch of the Trenholme family.
- The late Mildred (Jordan) Ebersole of New Jersey, who
researched the Annapolis Valley Trenholms.
- Allin Kingsbury of San Jose, California, for information on the
Benjamin Allen family.
- Dr. Ian F. Paul of Sackville, New Brunswick, for information on
many of the local families.
- Audrey Czechowski of Perth, Australia, for additional
information concerning the Trenholm Yorkshire roots and one
branch leading to Australia.
- Ethel S. Nepveux of Charleston, South Carolina, for information
about the "South Carolina Trenholms".
- Many others, in particular, the late Dr. Albert Dobson of Abbotsford
B.C., Arthur Owen of Ottawa and Members of the "Dobson/Wells
Group" and "Yorkshire 2000".
- Many other specific contributions are listed in the source
references.
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