Daniel Trainer
Posted: January 20, 2008Daniel Trainer
Born: 29 Feb 1868 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Mother: Ann Dunn
Father: Patrick Trainer
Death: 5 Jun 1942 in Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Immigration
Arrived 22 Aug 1892 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States from Liverpool, Lancashire, England on the ship Samaria
Naturalized: 16 December 1916 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage
Alice Winstanley on 20 Dec 1890 in Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Children
Richard Trainer on 2 Mar 1891
Walter Trainer on 23 Mar 1892
Minerva Trainer on 18 May 1894
Sarah Trainer on 1 Feb 1898
Alice Trainer on 9 Jun 1902
Harold Trainer on 19 Sep 1907
Clayton Trainer on 16 Aug 1911
Census
1881: West Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1891: Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1900: Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1910: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1920: Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey, United States
1930: Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Miscellaneous
- Daniel and his wife Alice came to the US in 1892, separately. Before my mother and I had access to certain records, it was a long-held family belief that they came from England to make a fresh start after the death of their first son Richard. Nothing was known about Richard except that he had died as a baby. This belief changed when Ancestry.com released their US Passport Application database. I found the date of Daniel’s arrival and the name of the ship from Alice’s application and used that information to look up his passenger info. We discovered the following information as a result:
- Daniel arrived separately from Alice. He arrived in August 1892 with Richard, listed as being just over a year old. We had had no idea that Richard had ever arrived in the US!
- Alice arrived in November of the same year with their second son Walter.
- I searched the Massachusetts death records and found an entry for Richard Trainor in Worcester, MA in 1893. I sent for that record and am still waiting for it.
- I found actual images online free at New England Ancestors and from there, I was able to determine that Richard was born on 2 Mar 1891 and passed away on 5 Mar 1893 of bronchitis.
This has changed our entire theory of why Daniel and Alice came to the US. It was not to make a fresh start, but more likely to find better jobs. We may never know.
Research Goals
- Obtain a readable copy of Daniel’s naturalization records. Our copy is very difficult to read.
- Do more research into Daniel’s family. We have very little about his parents and siblings.
Daniel Trainer’s Relationship to Me
Daniel Trainer
s. Harold Trainer
gd. Beatrice Marie Trainer
ggd. Kathleen Patricia Hammell
gggd. Melissa Susan McHugh
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