Charles James Tranter

12 August 1852–3 March 1937 (Age 84)
Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

The Life Summary of Charles James

When Charles James Tranter was born on 12 August 1852, in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Charles Henton Trenter, was 29 and his mother, Marie Sarah Robichaud, was 34. He married Christina McLAUGHLIN about 1874, in Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Washington, Minnesota, United States in 1900. He died on 3 March 1937, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles James Tranter
1852–1937
Christina McLAUGHLIN
1858–1912
Marriage: about 1874
Margaret Tranter
1875–1937
Bernice Anne Tranter
1880–1971
Charles Alexander Tranter
1882–1950
Olivia Tranter
1884–1902
Robina Tranter
1887–1959
Tranter
1889–1889
Sarah Isabell Tranter
1891–1938
Hazel F. Tranter
1896–1934

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1874Canada
  • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1858
    Age 6
    Minnesota is the 32nd state.
    1863
    Age 11
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
    Age 23
    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English (West Midlands): occupational name for a peddler or hawker, especially one equipped with a horse and cart, Middle English traunter, traventer (from Late Latin travetarius).

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

    Story Highlight

    Stillwater Gazette, Thursday March 4, 1937

    Charles J. Tranter passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred T. Jackson in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday March 3, 1937. He was born August 12, 1851 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canad …

    Sources (36)

    • Charles Trautes, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Charles Tranter, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
    • Charles A Trantor in entry for Margaret Kottka, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"

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