Category Archives: TRAUTMAN/TROUTMAN

Some of Those Who Built Me

Posted on 26 July 2016 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

These are images that I have of my ancestors. Without these, I would not know their features. I do not know their voices

Posted in ANTON, BLUE, COON/KOON/KUHN, CORMACK, General, HAAS, JOHNSON, RENFRO, TRAUTMAN/TROUTMAN, VAN DUYN, VIRKLER/WURGLER, WILSON | Tagged ANTON, BLUE, COON/KUHN/KOON/KOONS, CORMACK, HAAS, JOHNSON, Musings, RENFRO, Retrospect, TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN, VAN DUYN, VIRKLER, WILSON/WILLSON, Women | 2 Comments

Earl Lawrence TRAUTMAN (1893-1964) : “Auto Salesman Arraigned in Hit and Run” or How my Grandfather Got into the 1940 Census Twice – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 4)

Posted on 28 November 2015 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

So today, I’m out and about to get groceries and such, and I’m backing up in this big, red SUV I’m sharing.1 I look in my rear view mirror and see what appears to be this huge metal light pole. … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors, Dad's Side, TRAUTMAN/TROUTMAN | Tagged #52ancestors, Alcoholism, ANTON, Autosomal DNA, BYRNES, COTTER, LOOMIS, New Jersey, New York, O'NEILL, Ohio, PHILP, RENFRO, SHANAHAN, TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN, VIRKLER | 5 Comments

TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN – New Family Tree DNA Surname Project

Posted on 1 October 2015 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

I started a surname project at Family Tree DNA! 🙂

Posted in Dad's Side, DNA, TRAUTMAN/TROUTMAN, Y | Tagged Family Tree DNA, TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN | Leave a comment

James Joseph WILSON (19 January 1929 – 21 March 1985) – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 2)

Posted on 19 January 2015 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

James Joseph WILSON was born James Joseph TRAUTMAN on 19 January 1929, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA.1 He died James Joseph WILSON on 21 March 1985, in Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA.2 He was 56. James Joseph … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors, Dad's Side, TRAUTMAN/TROUTMAN | Tagged #52ancestors, Alcoholism, ANTON, Bigamy/Polygamy, PAXTON, TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN | 4 Comments

Charles TROUTMAN, Take 4 – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 8)

Posted on 21 December 2014 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

In the days before genetic genealogy, I would probably think that I had enough evidence to say that my Charles TROUTMAN of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Charles William TROUTMAN of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Ohio, were one in the same. … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors, Dad's Side, TRAUTMAN/TROUTMAN | Tagged #52ancestors, SAUSSER/SAUSER/SOUSSER, TROUTMAN/TRAUTMAN | 4 Comments