George Trimble

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George Trimble and his family lived at No. 7 for about ten years, between 1868 and 1879.1 He was a civil engineer, born about 1828 at Thursby and baptised at St Mary Carlisle on 19 August 1828.2 His parents’ names were not recorded, and he appears to have been raised in the household of his uncle George Trimble, a farmer and land-owner.3 Isabella Trimble, unmarried sister of the latter was also a member the household.

He was recorded in the 1851 census at Thursby, Cumberland aged 23, but no occupation was given.4 In 1861 he was a ‘civil engineer (assistant)’ living in Raeburn Place, Edinburgh.5 George Trimble was for many years an assistant to the civil engineer Sir Thomas Bouch, designer of the first Tay Bridge and a native of Thursby. Upon the latter’s death in 1880 he went into partnership with Thomas Peddie, who was also an assistant to Bouch. Trimble & Peddie were engaged on numerous railway projects, including the Edinburgh suburban line. About 1898 the partnership was dissolved6 and George Trimble retired to Grosmont, Herefordshire where he died on 17 January 1913.7

George Trimble married Frances Storey (1826-1904) in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 16 October 1854.8 Frances Storey was baptised at Thornton Steward, Yorkshire on 11 August 1822, daughter of school master John Arrowsmith Storey and Mary Thornbury.9 In 1851 she was a school mistress living with her grandmother at Heighington, Durham.10 She died in 1904.11

George Trimble and Frances Storey had seven children, the youngest born before the family moved to No. 7 Malta Terrace. Six children were living there at the time of the 1871 census:

    • Frances Mary Trimble was baptised at Darlington, Durham on 25 February 1855. She was unmarried and lived with her parents, remaining at Grosmont, Hereford until her death 10 June 1937.12
    • George Trimble was born in Edinburgh on 21 March 1856.13 In the 1871 census he was described as a scholar, living with his parents at No. 7 Malta Terrace.14 In 1881, living with his parents in Raeburn Place, his occupation was railway clerk.15 In 1891 he was living at Cathcart, Renfrewshire, occupation yarn agent.16 Ten years later he was a retired cotton spinner, living at Grosmont, Monmouthshire.17 He died at Churchdown, Gloucestershire on 22 October 1945.18 He married, first, Emmeline Robertson at Kilmarnock on 09 June 1887.19 She died in Glasgow on 11 December 1891.20 George Trimble married, secondly, Jennie Coombs Evans in 1902.21
    • William Trimble was born in Edinburgh on 25 February 1859. In 1881 he was an engineer’s assistant.22 He married Emma Alice Hutchings in 1892 in Edinburgh.23 He died of pneumonia in Glasgow on 05 August 1918.24
    • Isabella Trimble was born in Edinburgh on 21 March 1860.25 She died unmarried on 03 July 1899, at Didley, Herefordshire.26
    • Ann Trimble was born in Edinburgh on 15 September 1861.27 She was an unmarried elementary school teacher in 1911, living with her parents.28
    • Susan Rumney Trimble was born in Edinburgh on 25 November 1866. She was an unmarried teacher of music when living with her father at Grosmont, Hereford in 1911. She died at Cheltenham in 1956.29

References

  1. PO Directories 1868-69 to 1878-79.
  2. Baptisms (PR) England. St Mary Carlisle, Cumberland. 19 August 1828. TRIMBLE, George. Ancestry collection ‘England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 August 2023.
  3. Census records. England. Thursby, Cumberland. 06 June 1841. TRIMBLE, George. HO 107/ 165/ 24. Ancestry collection ‘1841 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 August 2023.
  4. Census records. England. Thursby, Cumberland. 30 March 1851. TRIMBLE, George. HO 107/ 2432/ 10. Ancestry collection ‘1851 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 August 2023.
  5. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 07 April 1861. TRIMBLE, George. 685/1 82/ 11. Ancestry collection ‘1861 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 August 2023.
  6. PO Directories 1897-98 and 1898-99.
  7. Death announcements. The Scotsman. 20 January 1913. TRIMBLE, George. p. 12, col. 8. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 2 August 2023.
  8. Marriages (CR) England. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. 16 October 1854. TRIMBLE, George and STOREY, Frances. vol. 10b, p. 165. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  9. Baptisms (PR) England. Thornton Steward, Yorkshire. 11 August 1822. STOREY, Frances. PR/TS 1/6. North Riding Record Office. Ancestry collection ‘North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 August 2023.
  10. Census records. England. Heighington, Durham. 30 March 1851. STOREY, Frances. HO 107/2382/7. Ancestry collection ‘1851 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 August 2023.
  11. Deaths index (CR) England. Hereford, Herefordshire. 1st Q, 1904. TRIMBLE, Frances (aged 81). vol. 6a, p. 386. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1827-1915.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 August 2023.
  12. Death announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 17 June 1937. TRIMBLE, Frances Mary. p. 18, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  13. Births (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 21 March 1856. TRIMBLE, George. 685/7 194. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  14. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. TRIMBLE, George. 685/1 88/ 11. Ancestry collection ‘1871 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  15. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. TRIMBLE, George. 685/1 115/ 10. Ancestry collection ‘1881 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  16. Census records. Scotland. Cathcart, Renfrewshire. 05 April 1891. TRIMBLE, George. 560/ 14/ 14. Ancestry collection ‘1891 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  17. Census records. England. Grosmont, Herefordshire. 31 March 1901. TRIMBLE, George (Head). RG 13/2824/ 5. Ancestry collection ‘1901 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  18. Death announcements. Gloucestershire Echo. 23 October 1945. TRIMBLE, George. p. 4, col. 1. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  19. Marriage announcements. Ayrshire Weekly News and Galloway Press. 17 June 1887. TRIMBLE-ROBERTSON. p. 8, col. 5. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 31 August 2023.
  20. Death announcements. Dundee Courier. 14 December 1891. TRIMBLE, Emmeline Constantine. p. 4, col. 9. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 31 August 2023.
  21. Marriages index (CR) England. Monmouth, Monmouthshire. 4th Q., 1902. TRIMBLE, George and EVANS, Jennie Coombs. vol. 11a, p. 51. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 31 August 2023.
  22. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. TRIMBLE, William. 685/1 115/ 10. Ancestry collection ‘1881 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  23. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1892. TRIMBLE, William and HUTCHINGS, Emma Alice. 685/2 286. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  24. Death announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 08 August 1918. TRIMBLE, William. p. 6, col. 8. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  25. Births (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 21 March 1860. TRIMBLE, Isabella. 685/1 350. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  26. Death announcements. Scotland. Hereford Times. 08 July 1899. TRIMBLE, Isabela. p. 2, col. 2. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  27. Births (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 15 September 1861. TRIMBLE, Ann. 685/1 989. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  28. Census records. England. Grosmont, Herefordshire. 02 April 1911. TRIMBLE, Annie. 337/ 15730. Ancestry collection ‘1911 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 01 September 2023.
  29. Deaths index (CR) England. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 4th Q, 1956. TRIMBLE, Susan Rumney. vol. 07B, p. 331. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 30 August 2023.

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