TRAPNELL, Mary Herbert

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• Education: University of North Carolina

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• Birth: 10 Dec 1900
• Residence: 1910, Elizabeth Ward 10, Union, New Jersey
• Death: 21 Jan 1953, Richmond, Virginia

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Worked for C&O railroad

Nicholas married KIRKPATRICK, Fortunata on 15 Jun 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelplhia, Pennsylvania, USA. Fortunata (daughter of KIRKPATRICK, Col Thomas Jellis and BRYANT, Mary) was born on 2 Jun 1900 in Ft Myer, Arlington VA USA; died on 9 Mar 1945 in Richmond, VA, USA; was buried on 11 Mar 1945 in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Fortune
• Obituary: From findagrave memorial: Wife of Nicholas McLean Trapnell and a resident of Richmond for 16 year,died at her home on Roselawn Road. Daughter of Mary Bryant Kirkpatrick and Col.Thomas J.Kirkpatrick of the United States Army she was born at Fort Myer.Mother of Mary Hebert and Fortunata Sydnor Trapnell both of Richmond and Nicholas McLean Trapnell at Princeton University,sister of Major Herbert Bryant Kirkpatrick at West Point Military Academy

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From United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces:

Col. Thomas Jellis Kirkpatrick, U.S.A., retired, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, announce the marriage of their daughter, Fortunata, to Mr. Nicholas McLean Trapnell on June 15, 1921, at Philadelphia, Pa. After a brief wedding trip at Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Trapnell visited the home of the bridegroom's father, Mr. Benjamin Trapnell. Their permanent address for the next few months will be 120 Walnut street, Alexandria, Va. Both Mr. and Mrs. Trapnell belong to old and distinguished Virginia families and they both have numerous friends and relatives in Army and Navy circles. Mr. Trapnell has completed a course in mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he made a specialty of IDiesel engines. He is at present engaged in the installation of marine Diesel engines for one of the large shipbuilding companies.



From Alexandria Gazette: Col and Mrs. Thomas J Kirkpatrick, announce the marriage of their daughter, Fortunata, to Mr. Nicholas McLean Trapnell, in Philadelphia, yesterday afternoon.

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• Military: 31 Aug 1883, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD, USA
• Residence: 1910, Elizabeth Ward 10, Union, New Jersey

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Court-Martial for hazing

Benjamin married PROBASCO, Ada on 25 Oct 1899 in Washington, DC. Ada was born on 29 May 1874 in Urbana, Champaign, OH, USA; died in Oct 1941 in Richmond, VA, USA; was buried in Zion Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, WV, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Never worked
• Residence: 1910, Elizabeth Ward 10, Union, New Jersey
• Residence: 8 Jul 1924, 545 Westminster Ave, Elizabeth, Union, NJ, USA
• Residence: 22 Oct 1931, Essex Falls, Essex, NJ, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Rural, Essex, NJ, USA
• Census: 29 Apr 1940, Rural, Essex, NY, USA

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Rents / Rent=$20 / Not a farm / Trapnell Ada P / Head / Female / White / Age=65 / Widow / Attended 4 yrs HS / Birthplc = Ohio / 1935 Lived in Rural, Essex New Jersey / Not working - never worked / Has other income

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• Residence: 1921, North Rosemont, Fairfax, VA USA

Thomas married BRYANT, Mary. Mary was born in Alexandria, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From Spirit of Jefferson, March 19, 1912 Mr Joseph Trapnell a prominent member of the Jefferson County Bar, died at his home in this place on Saturday last. He was a native of Maryland, but had lived here since 1865. Living in Maryland at the beginning of the War Between the States, he was arrested because he refused to take the oath to the U. S. Government, but escaped and came to Virginia and joined Company G, 7th Virginia Cavalry, in which he served as a faithful soldier to the end of the war. He had studied law with Judge Maulsby in Frederick, Maryland, and continued his studies after he came here in 1865.After getting his license to practice he formed a partnership with Nathan S. White Esq., whose daughter he married in the fall of 1866. The firm had a large and lucrative practice for a number of years. For several years prior to Mr. Trapnell's death was so impaired that he unable to give the attention to his practice to which he had been accustomed since he came to the Bar. Mr. Trapnell was highly esteemed by the community in which he lived and by his brethren of the Bar with whom he was associated. He was a vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal Church and was frequently sent as a delegate to the conventions of that denomination. He is survived by his widow, seven sons and two daughters. Benjamin, Joseph, White and Thomas, of New York, William, of Romney: Rev. Richard Trapnell of Bluefield, West Virginia; John M. of this vicinity: Mrs H. F. Kloman, of Portland Me., and Miss Rebecca at home. Service will be conducted at Zion Episcopal Church, by Rev. J. S. Alfriend, assisted by Rev. J. H. Blake of Georgetown, D. C. Members of the Jefferson County Camp, U. C. V. and the members of the Bar will attend. Pallbearers are J. William Brown, Forrest W. Brown, W. O. Norris, S. W. Washington, John M. Daniel, Thomas R. Moore, W. L. Saunders and John Porterfield,
• Obituary: From Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Joseph Trapnell Church Paper Pays Tribute to Deceased Father of Bluefield Rector The following on the death of Joseph Trapnell, father of Rev. R. W. Trapnell, of this city, is taken from the Southern Churchman: Joseph Trapnell, of Charles Town, W. Va., died Saturday, a.m. March 16, 1912. Born in the city of Annapolis, Md., Sept 1, 1842. A grandson of Rev. Joseph Trapnell, who was born at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England, November 8, 1775. Oldest son of Rev. Joseph Trapnell, D. D., who was born at Bemerton, Wiltshire, England, June 19, 1814. Our subject’s boyhood days Baltimore, Bristol, R.I., and Keokuk, Iowa, where his father was rector of churches in these places. He commenced the study of law in the office of Belknap & Lomax, at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1859. In 1861 (his father having moved to St. Marks parish, Frederick Co, Md.) he continued his legal studies with Joseph Palmer, esq., a noted attorney of Frederick, Md., until Sept, 1862, when he entered the confederate army on the 12th, Company G, 7th Va. Cavalry, where he remained until the late fall of 1864, when he joined the Maryland Battalion, which had the honor of being the last army of northern Virginia to surrender. In the summer of 1865 he continued his interrupted studies in the offices of the late N. S. White esq., at Charles Town, W. Va.. In Oct, 1866, he was admitted to the bar at Frederick, Md., and commenced the practice of his profession with his late preceptor, N. S. White, making the firm of White & Trapnell. On Nov. 20, 1866, he was united in marriage in Zion church, Charles Town, with Miss Rebecca Holmes White, only child of his preceptor and partner. The Rev. Joseph Trapnell officiated. His long useful life in the practice of his profession was spent in this ancient and beautiful town. He was the chancellor of the diocese of West Virginia, a lay deputy to the general convention of the church, which meets every three years, since 1889; a vestryman, of Zion Church, Charles Town, or warden, for upwards of forty years. Throughout the whole valley of Virginia, especially, and in all parts of the state and adjoining states of Virginia and Maryland, in many parts his professional ability makes him much sought after — especially in the intricacies of the great science, he was known to be a master of the law. Respected, honored, loved by the whole community, after a life spent there of nearly 47 years, he will be missed in the church and state. He leaves a widow and one sister. His brother is Dr. R. Watkins Trapnell, of Point of Rocks, and his sister, Miss Ella Trapnell, of Middletown, Md.
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Military: 12 Sep 1862, Knoxville, Frederick, MD, USA
• Residence: Apr 1870, S. George Street, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
• Residence: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1900, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
• Residence: 1910, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia

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Enlisted in Company G, Virginia 7th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Sep 1862.

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“A dwelling house was completed in Charles Town for Joseph Trapnell, S. George St.” (Ultimately was 416 S. George Street, Charles Town, WV)

Joseph married WHITE, Rebecca Holmes on 20 Nov 1866 in Charlestown, WV. Rebecca (daughter of WHITE, Nathan Smith and MACKY, Frederica) was born on 4 May 1845 in Charlestown WV; died on 3 May 1931 in Charles Town, WV; was buried on 5 May 1931 in Zion Church yard, Charles Town, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From The Morning News, Wilmington, DE Mrs. Rebecca H. Trapnell Mrs. Rebecca H. Trapnell, 85 years old. widow of Joseph Trapnell, of Charlestown. West Virginia, died in that town on Sunday, according to news received here yesterday. Mrs. Trapnell was the mother of the Rev. Richard W. Trapnell, now cf Norfolk, Va. Mr. Trapnell was rector of St. Andrew's P. E. Church, in this city, and was well known here, leaving for Norfolk last year. Mrs. Trapnell was a daughter' Of Nathan S. White, a member of the Charlestown bar. for many years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. H. F. Kloman, wife of the Rev. H. F. Kloman, rector of the Episcopal Church at Cumberland, Md., and Miss Rebecca R. Trapnell, of Charlestown, and four sons, William Trapnell, superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Western; Captain Thomas T. Trapnell, U. S. A.; the Rev. Richard W. Trapnell, Norfolk, Va., and J. M. Trapnell, of Charlestown. Funeral services will be held in Zion Episcopal Church this afternoon.
• Residence: 1910, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia

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Married:
Officiated by his father, Rev. Joseph Trapnell