Peter Trounson

about September 1788–23 June 1836 (Age 47)
St Erth, Cornwall, England

The Life of Peter

When Peter Trounson was born about September 1788, in St Erth, Cornwall, England, his father, Peter Trounson, was 27 and his mother, Margaret James, was 26. He married Margaret Peters on 10 February 1811, in St Hilary, Cornwall, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 23 June 1836, in St Hilary, Cornwall, England, at the age of 47, and was buried in St Hilary, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Peter Trounson
1788–1836
Margaret Peters
1781–
Marriage: 10 February 1811
Mary Peters Trounson
1813–
Joel James Trounson
1815–1895
Elizabeth Trounson
1818–
Margaret Trounson
1821–
Jennifer Trounson
1823–1907
Peter Trounson
1826–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
10 February 1811
St Hilary, Cornwall, England
children

(6)

    Mary Peters Trounson

    Female1813–Female

    Joel James Trounson

    Male1815–1895Male

    Elizabeth Trounson

    Female1818–Female

    Margaret Trounson

    Female1821–Female

    Jennifer Trounson

    Female1823–1907Female

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

(9)

+4 More Children

World Events (7)

1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Age 1

"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
1801 · The Act of Union

Age 13

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

Age 20

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

Name Meaning

1 English: nickname for a short, fat man, from Middle English, Old French tronchon ‘piece broken off’ (Late Latin truncio, genitive truncionis, from truncus ‘lopped’, ‘cut short’). It is just possible that the nickname also denoted someone who carried a staff or cudgel as a symbol of office, but this sense of the word is not attested in English before the 16th century.2 French: from Old French tronson ‘block of wood’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter.

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

Sources (3)

  • Peter Trounson in entry for Joel James Trounson and Caroline Andrewartha, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"
  • Peter Trounson in entry for Joel James Trounson, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"
  • Peter Trounsor in entry for Elizth Trounsor, "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"

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