Susan Grant Russell

Brief Life History of Susan Grant

When Susan Grant Russell was born on 24 September 1827, in Shelby, Orleans, New York, United States, her father, Oliver Wolcott Russell, was 50 and her mother, Catherine Grant, was 31. She married Henry Augustus Trench on 4 December 1843, in Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Eaton, Michigan, United States in 1860 and East Middletown, Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America in 1870. She died on 8 April 1892, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Augustus Trench
1817–1895
Susan Grant Russell
1827–1892
Marriage: 4 December 1843
Caroline L Trench
1849–
Ira James Trench
1851–1932
George Trench
1853–
Ella M Trench
1857–
Anna L Trench
1863–1950

Sources (20)

  • Susan French in household of Henry A French, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Susan Russell, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Susan Grant Russell Trench, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.

English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.

Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.

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

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