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Canada / Re: Treanor/Trainor - Newfoundland
« on: Thursday 01 May 25 20:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello again Sandra
There seems to be conflicting information about the birth of William jnr (1838-1900).  Return of death gives PoB as Fermeuse; Find a Grave says Co. Armagh.  There are records of William suing people in Fermeuse in 1826 & he is elected Constable there in 1831.  Can’t find a marriage record for William s r & Hester in Ireland or NFL. 🤔

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Canada / Re: Treanor/Trainor - Newfoundland
« on: Thursday 01 May 25 19:40 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Sandra.  Yes, there were sons - Denis & William - who were also granted land in 1871 (I think) & were described as fishermen so the ‘planter’ would make sense.  I will check out the Dublin birth record for son William (potentially).  Son Denis was born 1831 in Admirals Cove NFL so looks like the family arrived some time between the two.  Will double check the other children’s DoBs.
Thanks again

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Canada / Treanor/Trainor - Newfoundland
« on: Thursday 01 May 25 16:58 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to confirm whether William Treanor(Trainor)  of Admirals Cove/Fermeuse was the first of his line to immigrate from Ireland or whether he was born in Newfoundland.

-  Find a Grave shows him buried in Port Kirwan Cemetery - DOB 1796, DoD 1869.  Wife Ester (Hester) Brothers 1807-1875. 
- Numerous family trees on Ancestry have him born in Ireland but with no documentary back-up.
- Hutchinsons Newfoundland Directory lists him in 1865 as ‘planter’ in Fermeuse.  (Not sure what a planter actually is.)
- Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland (EL Seary) mention a William Treanor/Trainor granted land at Clears Cove, Fermeuse, 1848 (Nfld Archives Registry of Crownlands)

Any ideas?
Thank you

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Australia / Re: Trayner - Gosnells, WA
« on: Friday 11 April 25 07:23 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Warncoot.  The original info I was given was taken from Landgate.  Think I’m going to have to admit defeat on this one 🙁

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Australia / Re: Trayner - Gosnells, WA
« on: Thursday 20 March 25 08:35 GMT (UK)  »
Warncoot : the Heritage Dept was them.  Maybe I should try a different department.

Sue: hmmm, what is he up to?🤣. At least I’ve gone from ‘P’ to Patrick.

Thank you both.

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Australia / Trayner - Gosnells, WA
« on: Wednesday 19 March 25 13:05 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find out who the Trayner was for whom Trayner Close in Gosnells, WA was named.  This may of course be a relatively recent naming but I have drawn a blank, other than that according to the Landgate Database there was a P Trayner resident in Gosnells in 1906.  (This was info kindly given to me by Heritage Queries dept.). Ancestry shows a P Trayner at Cumberland St & later at Little Gloucester St.  I can find no newspaper reports either (but may have missed something).  Any suggestions for further research please?  Any pointers gratefully received!

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Australia / Re: TRAINOR James, Explorer/Prospector active 1896-1903
« on: Monday 17 March 25 07:26 GMT (UK)  »
Cupoflife & shume

Thank you both so much.  The death reference in particular is going to be a great help as I now have some dates to narrow him down!  Appreciate your input.


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Australia / TRAINOR James, Explorer/Prospector active 1896-1903
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 20:23 GMT (UK)  »
Struggling to find any personal information on James Trainor.  He was a member (cook) of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (leader Lawrence Wells) of 1896, mapping central & northern Western Australia & searching for minerals & a camel handler on a further expedition with Wells in 1903.  I found one mention of his being English but I have no idea of place/date of birth or death.  There are lots of reports of the expeditions & plenty about Wells but nothing more about James. 

Long shot I know, but does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can find out more?  Thank you.

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US Lookup Requests / Re: McCreanor - Pulaski/Prairie, Arkansas
« on: Saturday 01 March 25 20:53 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to learn more about the Civil War to get more of an insight into what was happening during this period & to put Charles’ actions into context.  The contracts with the freedmen (I assume that term is a literal description of former slaves?) makes sense because in 1866 he got the contract for the railway line between Memphis & Little Rock & would presumably have needed labour.  I couldn’t open the link re the lumber as I don’t have fold3 but it is interesting that Charles did this.  He was conscripted into the confederate army but I know Arkansas was pretty divided at that time & often people didn’t have a choice so I wasn’t sure of his leanings, although in the 1870s Charles appears as a witness in several cases in support of land owners trying to obtain recompense for property requisitioned by the Union army during the war, backing their claims of being loyal to the Union cause throughout.  Such an intense period in American history & I’m thinking Charles is in fact quite a good case study as someone who made it through.  Would enjoy a Q&A session with him 🤣

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