Rev. William Truss

[Lesden]

Trying to find any information about William Nicholas Truss.  He was born in Reading approximately 1835. He went on to become the chaplain of Knutsford prison, Cheshire. I am trying to find a connection between him and the Truss family already living in Chester. I have been given some old family papers that seem to suggest they are related but I am at a loss at the moment.
Thank you
Les

[keyboard86]

Hi is he this William?

Thomas Truss 50 occ Plumber
Mary 35 Not born in county
William 6
Cathrine 5
Jane King 15
Residing at London Street. St Giles, Reading
Census ref HO107/34/ 4/10 / 15
Keyboard86

[chempat]

Have you tried to find a possible birth for William, and, if so, where have you looked?

Father's name from marriage certificate?

[chempat]

He is in a private tree on ancestry, as having been born in 1834 in St Giles, Reading, Berkshire.

Contact the tree owner, if they are willing to share?

?
http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/

[lizdb]

He was a Cambridge Alumni
The write up attached to that says he was born Reading, 1834, son of Thomas Nicholas Truss.

So the 1841 census in first reply looks likely. He can be found on other censuses too, plus probate index.

[lizdb]

In 1851 William himself is a pupil at a school in Somerset.

And the Catherine from 1841 is also at a school locally.

There is only one Truss family I can see back in Reading , so it looks as if this is father, Thomas, probably with a second wife, unless Mary is known as Elizabeth or vice versa. Change of occupation too, so a few questions

Merrit Street Reading
Thomas 50 shoemaker bn Falmouth Cornwall
Elizabeth 48 bn Bucks
Maria 21
Charles 17
Betsy 15
Ann 12
Thomas 8
Susan 5
Emma Dalworth26 married daughter bn Abingdon

All other children bn Reading

[lizdb]

No - that is a different Thomas!!! (Who dies in 1870 in Reading)

Thomas Nicholas Truss died 1850 in Reading.  Thus not on 1851.

[Lesden]

Thanks to you all. I am going to send for his marriage certificate.  He married in 1856 at Chepstow.
Shall carry on looking for the connection to my Truss family in Chester.
Thanks
Les

[lizdb]

From familysearch.org

Thomas Nicholas Truss of Reading married Mary Ann Young at St Sepulchre London 26 Jan 1831

Thomas Nicholas Truss was chr 23 Oct 1789 at St Giles, Reading,  parents William and Mary