Brief Life History of Alfred Chenevix
When Alfred Chenevix Trench was born on 4 November 1849, in Itchen Stoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Archbishop of Dublin Richard Chenevix Trench, was 42 and his mother, Frances Mary Trench, was 41. He married Ella Moore on 27 November 1873. He died on 13 March 1938, in Ireland, at the age of 88.
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Sources (4)
- Alfred C Trench in household of Richard C Trench, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Alfred Chenevix Trench, "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958"
- Alfred Chenevix Trench, "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
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1849–1938 Male
1850–1934 Female
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1807–1886 Male
1808–1890 Female
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1833–1841 Male
1834–1918 Female
1836–1861 Male
1837–1894 Male
1839–1933 Male
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World Events (8)
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
Age 3
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 5
1877 · Trial of Detectives
Age 28
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English trench ‘path cut through woods; cutting or ditch’ (Old French trenche, a derivative of trenchier ‘to cut, hack, slice’). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by a path or ditch, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Trench Lane in Huddington (Worcestershire), Trench in Ellesmere (Shropshire), or The Trench in Hildenborough (Kent). It may perhaps also be a nickname for someone who cut ditches.
Irish (of French origin): habitational name from La Tranche (Poitou).
History: The Trench family that hold the Irish earldom of Clancarty trace their descent from Frederic de la Tranche, who settled in Northumbria from France c. 1575. They became established in Ireland in the 17th century, when Frederick Trench went there and purchased an estate in Galway in 1631.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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