Person:John Truax (3)

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John Truax
b.4 Nov 1808
d.1888
  1. John Truax1808 - 1888
  2. Richard Truax1812 - 1892
  3. Abram Truax1814 - 1886
m. 30 Dec 1830
  1. Jane Truax1838 - 1891
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Name John Truax
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Nov 1808
Christening[1] 1 Jan 1809 Dunham, Missisquoi, Québec, Canada
Marriage 30 Dec 1830 Farnham, Brome, Québec, Canadato Catherine Truax
Marriage to Louisa Schoolcraft
Death? 1888

1851 Census: Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Canada East, page 13, line 47, farmer, born Canada, episcopalian, age 44.

1870 Census: Hopkins, Allegan, MI, page 2, line 22, age 64, farmer born Canada East.

Military Records: 19th Century, Inscriptions of Civil War soldiers, Roll #46 at Herrick Library in Holland, MI: Truax, John- Nov. 4, 1808- July 18, 1888 Co. B 17th Michigan.

Michigan: Death Record, Allegan Co. Deaths 1882-1901 LDS US/CAN 1017873, pp. 91 rn 890 John Truax Sr., 18-Jul-1888, Hopkins, Allegan, MI, age 79 yrs. 8 mos. 4 days, Catarrh & consumption, born Canada, Male, White, Married, Farmer, Father: Abram Truax resided & died in Canada, Mother: Jane Truax resided & died in Canada.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Dunham Anglican Church, in Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Registres de l'état civil du Québec des origines à 1915
    CE502S38, page 6A, 1809.

    folio 6: On this first day of January, eighteen hundred and nine, John, son of Abraham Truax of Farnham, farmer and Jane Scott, his wife, born the fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and eight, was baptized in the presence of the following persons, Charles Cotton, Minster. <signed>: parents, Abraham Truax & Jane Scott. Sponsors, John Read x his mark, Isaac Truax, x his mark & Eleanor Truax, x her mark.

    John Truax baptism.