Died
William: 17th April 1926
Mary: 23rd November 1940
Frank: 4th April 1909
William: 31st October 1918
Sources
Cumbria BMD
Ancestry
CWGC Website
Sarah Torsky
Place
Walks
Themes
William, Mary, Frank and William Trenouth
The story of the Trenouths was brought to my attention by a correspondent who alerted me to the true spelling of the last name Trenouth on the James Garden document. Many thanks are due to Sarah Torsky, and for sending me the Trenouth family photographs.
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM TRENOUTH
WHO DIED 17TH APRIL 1926,
AGED 67 YEARS
ALSO OF MARY HIS BELOVED WIFE
WHO DIED 23RD NOVEMBER 1940,
AGED 81 YEARS
ALSO OF FRANK, HIS SON,
WHO DIED 4TH APRIL 1909
AT BINGHAM. UTAH, U.S.A. AGED 30 YEARS
ALSO OF WILLIAM JAMES ECCLES, HIS SON
WHO WAS KILLED IN FRANCE,
WHILST SERVING HIS COUNTRY
ON OCT. 31ST 1918, AGED 20 YEARS.
1891 Census
In the 1891 Census there were three households of Trenouths living at Stainton. Francis Trenouth (73) Limestone Quarryman; Dorothy Trenouth (née Eccles) (66) and grandson John Trenouth (10), Scholar, lived at Crown Cottage. In adjacent households at Stainton Head lived Peter Trenouth (28) Stationary Engine Driver, born Dalton-in-Furness; wife Margaret Trenouth (23), born Frizington, Cumberland with sons John (3) and William (1), both born Urswick. Next door were the family on the headstone above, William Trenouth (32) Limestone Quarryman, born Dalton-in-Furness; wife Mary Trenouth (31), born Dalton, and sons Frank (12) and Edward (8), both Scholars, born Urswick.
William d 1926
Frank d 1909 in USA
Samuel, Wm, Mary & Mark (Grandchildren)
1901 Census
In the 1901 Census, living at 4 Longlands, Dalton-in-Furness were William Trenouth (42), Head, Foreman Limestone Quarryman, born Dalton-in-Furness; Mary Trenouth (41) Wife, born Dalton-in-Furness; Frank Trenouth (22) Son, Limestone Quarryman, born Urswick; Edward Trenouth (15), Son, Blacksmith’s Striker, born Urswick; William J. E. Trenouth (2) Son, born Urswick. William’s parents lived with them: Frank Trenouth (85) Retired Iron Ore Miner, born Lanlivery, Cornwall, and Dorothy Trenouth (76) born Over Kellet, Lancs.
1911 Census
The 1911 Census has most of the family still at Longlands, Dalton. William Trenouth (52), Head, Limestone Quarry Foreman, born Dalton-in-Furness; Mary Trenouth (51) Wife, born Newton, Dalton-in-Furness; Edward Trenouth (25) Single, Quarryman (Limestone), born Stainton, Dalton-in-Furness and William J. E. Eccles (12) Scholar, born Stainton, Dalton-m-Furness have a visitor, Jane Graham (21) Single, Confectioner, born Dalton-in-Furness.
Mark, Annie, Mary Jane and William George Trenouth
Son Frank Trenouth sailed to the USA from Liverpool on the SS Corsican on 19th February 1909, leaving behind wife Elizabeth (sic) Trenouth at 13 Cobden Street, Dalton-in-Furness. He was an iron ore miner heading for Salt Lake City, Utah. Six weeks later, he was dead. According to Cumbria BMD he had married Annie Chatwin in Barrow-in-Furness in 1901. His death certificate gives his address as Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, and the cause of death as scarlet fever. According to Cumbria BMD Frank and Annie had 3 children: Mary Jane Trenouth on 21 June 1902; William George Trenouth in 17 December 1903, and Mark Trenouth in 22 June 1905. (exact dates from a Family Tree on Ancestry)
1911 Census
In the 1911 Census Annie Trenouth (32) Widow, Charwoman, was living at 7 Stafford Street, Dalton with the three children, all scholars. Mark Trenouth (18) and his cousin Samuel Trenouth (21) of Seathwaite, both miners, emigrated to Canada on the SS Montclare on 6 June 1924. William George Trenouth and their mother Annie Trenouth both died in Canada.
William James Eccles Trenouth
1898-1918
William James Eccles Trenouth, commemorated on the gravestone, was killed less than a fortnight before the Armistice which effectively ended WW1. The CWGC website tells us that he was a Private (63891, formerly 49685 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment) serving with the 18th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, and he is buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium.
He is commemorated on a number of War Memorials: St. Mary’s Church, Dalton (pictured) ; Dalton War Memorial near the station; and Urswick War Memorial near the church gate.
