Brief Life History of William
When William Trotter was born on 1 October 1857, in Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Trotter, was 23 and his mother, Janet Hopper, was 23. He married Hilda Lilge on 10 February 1897, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1901. He died on 8 May 1906, in Lacombe, Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 48, and was buried in Lacombe, Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.
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Sources (7)
- William Trotter, "Canada Census, 1901"
- William Trotter, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- William W Trotter in entry for Agnes M Enos, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1857–1906 Male
1875–1906 Female
Children (3)
1896–1988 Female
1898–1993 Female
1903–1926 Male
Parents and Siblings
1834–1902 Male
1834–1900 Female
Siblings (5)
1857–1906 Male
1859– Male
1862– Male
1865– Female
1870–1932 Male
World Events (8)
1868 · The Representation of the people (Scotland) Act 1868
Age 11
1869
Age 12
1871
Age 14
Name Meaning
English (northern; also found in southern Scotland): perhaps from an unrecorded sense of Middle English trotter ‘one who rides a trotting horse’, a derivative of Middle English trotten ‘to ride at a trot, at a fast pace’. It may have been given to a messenger (see Trotman ). Alternatively, perhaps from a shortened form of an unrecorded Middle English trotterer ‘dealer in trotting horses’, a derivative of Middle English trotter (Old French trotier) ‘horse that trots’.
German: occupational name for a vintner, from a derivative of Middle High German trot(t)e ‘winepress’ (a loan translation from Latin calcatura). The word and the surname are confined largely to Alsace, Lorraine, Switzerland, and Swabia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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