Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Troyer or Frazer was born in 1842, in Indiana, United States, her father, Daniel Troyer, was 43 and her mother, Catherine Reep, was 39. She married Ziba Winget on 26 April 1860, in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Liberty Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1880.
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Sources (12)
- Mary E Snyder in household of Simon Snyder, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Troyer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Mary Troyer in entry for William Henry Winget, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1846– Male
1842– Female
Children (2)
1872–1964 Male
1879– Male
Parents and Siblings
1799–1856 Male
1803–1870 Female
Siblings (10)
1819–1872 Male
1822–1877 Male
1824– Male
1828–1902 Male
1832–1915 Female
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World Events (8)
1842
Age 0
1846
Age 4
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 33
Name Meaning
Altered form of Swiss German Treyer, a cognate of 2 below and 3 below or a variant of Dreyer .
German: variant of Treuer (and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this), in the south a topographic name for someone who lived by a cattle track (Treyen, from Latin trivium ‘trail’), in the north an occupational name derived from Middle Low German troye ‘jerkin’ (compare 5 below). The surname Troyer is very rare in Germany.
Americanized form of Austrian German Trojer: topographic name derived from South German dialect troi ‘cattle track’, a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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