When Benjamin Trout was born about 1814, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Trout, was 41 and his mother, Mary Rutter, was 39. He died about 1814, in his hometown, at the age of 2.
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English (mainly Devon): nickname from Middle English trout(e), trut(e), trought(e), trot ‘trout’ (Old English trūht), perhaps for someone who caught or sold trout, or who was thought to resemble the fish in some way.
Altered form of German Traut .
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