Elizabeth Ellen Trimmell

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ellen

When Elizabeth Ellen Trimmell was born on 13 December 1827, in Newtown, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, her father, William O Trimmell, was 26 and her mother, Sarah "Sally" Gilliland, was 24. She married John E Vinson I on 12 June 1844, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Georgetown Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 7 August 1912, in Pilot Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hope, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John E Vinson I
1823–1893
Elizabeth Ellen Trimmell
1827–1912
Marriage: 12 June 1844
Mary Ann Vinson
1845–1922
John E Vinson II
1852–
Mary Francis Vinson
1846–1889
Sarah Abigail Vinson
1848–1932
William Henson Vinson
1851–1924
Francis Levin Vinson
1857–1913
George Paris Vinson
1860–1936
Elizabeth Ellen Jane Vinson
1863–1938
Carrie Belle Vinson
1866–1943
Charles Wesley Vinson
1869–1941

Sources (24)

  • Elizabeth Vinson in household of John E Vinson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elizabeth Ellen Trimmell Vinson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Trimmel in entry for Charles W Vinson and Joni Davis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1838

Historical Boundaries: 1838: Vermilion, Illinois, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Altered form of German Tremmel , Tremel or Treml , nicknames for a rude man, from tremel ‘boor, ruffian’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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