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Alexander W Trotter

Alexander W Trotter

Born
3 Jul 1822
Died
9 Mar 1908
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to New York/Born in Ireland

Alexander Trotter, son of Thomas Trotter, migrated to New York with his wife, Annie J. Collins, in 1851. It is still unclear where Alexander was born, but his father, Thomas Trotter, died in Gortacorka in 1864, having farmed in Altavra prior to his death. Alexander's brother, William Trotter (b 1811) remained in Ireland in Altavra for the rest of his life, as did most of his descendants.

Within a month of immigrating to New York in 1851, Annie Collins Trotter gave birth to their son, John Wesley Trotter, in the city of New York. Within a couple of years, Alexander and Annie moved to rural central New Jersey -- their daughter, Mary Catherine, was born in Marlboro, Monmouth County, NJ, in 1853.

In the 1860s, Alexander purchased a small farm in Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey (township of Manalapan), where he lived until about 1907, at which time he moved to Brielle, Monmouth County, NJ in order to live with his son, Alexander A. Trotter. The Trotter farm in Manalapan remained in the family until about 1917 when it was finally sold.

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Leitrim

County Leitrim, or Liatroim in Irish, is located in the north-western region of Ireland.  It is famous for its many beautiful lakes.  Carrick-on-Shannon is our county town and we have a population of approximately 31,972.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1960s

    John McGahern's Book 'The Dark' is banned

    1965-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland

    <p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>

    1832-09-13 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Leitrim in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00