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WILLIAM PAUL TRUMBAUER
WILLIAM PAUL TRUMBAUER, a prosperous farmer and old resident of
Richland
township, Bucks county,
Pennsylvania
, was born in
Springfield
township,
December 17, 1865
, on the farm of his maternal grandfather, John Greup.
He is a son of Henry and Sarah (Greup)
Trumbauer, and grandson on the
paternal side of George and Elizabeth (Kinsey)
Trumbauer, and on the maternal
side of John and Mary (Nuspickle)
Greup. The Trumbauer family is one of the oldest in upper Bucks county, and has
always held itself as one of the most intelligent and respected of that
community.
Henry Trumbauer (father)
was born in
East Rockhill
township, Bucks county,
Pennsylvania
,
July 12, 1844
, on the farm of his mother's people, then being operated by his father,
and which consisted of seventy-five acres. He attended the district
schools of the county until he was fourteen years of age, after which he
worked on the home farm until he attained the age of twenty. The following
four years were spent in learning the trade of stone mason with Ezra Moore,
a contractor, who resided at what is now
South Perkasie
. For many years after the expiration of his apprenticeship he followed
farming, and in 1897 sold the farm to hs son, William Paul, who now
operates the place. He then removed to Quakertown, and there follows his
trade of stone mason, from which he derives a comfortable livelihood. In
September, 1866, he married Sarah Greup,
daughter of John and Mary (Nuspickle)
Greup, residents of
Springfield
township, Bucks county, where the former named is engaged in farming, and
had issue: William Paul, mentioned hereinafter; Elizabeth, who became the
wife of Milton Grout, and
resides at Quakertown; Peter and Annie. The mother of these children
having died, Mr. Trumbauer
married in March, 1884, for his second wife, Elizabeth Fry,
daughter of Joseph and Christiana (Campbell)
Fry, of
Springfield
township.
William Paul Trumbauer
acquired the education the common schools of that period afforded, and
during his spare time assisted his father with the farm work. In 1875 his
father purchased the farm of John Johnson,
in
Richland
township, near the Tohickon creek, where the townships of Haycock,
East Rockhill
and
Richland
meet, and it was on this farm that the early life of William P. was spent.
He attended school until his seventeenth year, when he commenced his first
regular employment, the quarrying of building stone, of which there were
large quantities on his father's farm. Previous to 1898 he worked his
father's farm on shares for three years, and in 1890 became a tenant
farmer, following this occupation in connection with the quarrying of
stone. Subsequently he became the owner of the paternal estate, which was
purchased by his father in 1875, and this he now operates as a dairy and
general farm, in addition to the extensive business he conducts in
stone-quarrying. Mr. Trumbauer is a Democrat in politics, and is now (1905) supervisor of
public roads of the southern part of
Richland
township. He is greatly interested in local affairs, and is an
industrious, useful citizen. September 20, 1890, Mr. Trumbauer
was united in marriage to Ida Christine Gross,
born November 24, 1866, daughter of Edwin and Lydia (Fluck) Gross, for many
years residents of Lower Saucon township, Lehigh county, from whence they
removed to and settled in Springfield township, Bucks county. Six children
were the issue of this marriage, as follows:
Pearl
, deceased; Stella, born
June 14, 1893
; Minnie Elizabeth,
November 8, 1894
; Laura Lydia,
March 12, 1898
; Mary Sarah,
March 13, 1901
; and Margaret,
July 12, 1903
. Mr. Trumbauer, realizing the
value of a good practical education, loses no opportunity to give his
children the very best possible advantages along this line. Mr. and Mrs. Trumbauer
are members of the
Springfield
Reformed church, at
Pleasant
Valley
.
Text taken from page
of
Davis, William W. H., A. M. History of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume
III
Transcribed 2003 as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early
Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html
Published December 2003 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb
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Page was last edited:
11/15/2008