 1895 - 1988 (93 years)
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| Name |
George James TRUSS |
| Born |
8 Dec 1895 |
Bromsgrove, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| OCCU |
Seaman, Shipwright Painter, Cabinet Maker |
| Died |
16 Dec 1988 |
Mary Elizabeth Nursing Home, Stonington, CT [1] |
| Buried |
22 Dec 1988 |
Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT |
- Neilan & Sons Funeral Home, Mystic CT
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| Person ID |
I178 |
The Turses |
| Last Modified |
14 Dec 2008 |
| Father |
Walter George TRUSS, b. 26 Nov 1859, Barnwood, Gloucester, England , d. 5 Mar 1935, Mystic, CT (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Ada Mary JAMES, b. 25 Jan 1863, Worcester, Worcestershire, England , d. 8 Sep 1949, Mistuxet Ave, Mystic, CT (Age 86 years) |
| Married |
30 Apr 1882 |
Home of Rev D. L. Hughes, New York, NY [2] |
- Married by Rev. D. L. Hughes, father of Justice Charles Evans Hughes, at his home.
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| Family ID |
F118 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lydia Lemming HORTON, b. 13 Jul 1900, Washington, DC , d. 26 Jul 1986, Mystic, CT (Age 86 years) |
| Married |
26 Jun 1920 |
Mystic, CT [2] |
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| Children |
| + | 1. Beverly Esther TRUSS, b. 24 Dec 1924, New London, New London, CT , d. 29 Jul 2009, Wallingford, CT (Age 84 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Dec 2008 |
| Family ID |
F126 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Truss Family
Back row: Nellie, Walter, Elsie
Seated: Jessie with baby Donald
Ground: George, Harry, Clarie
Taken just prior to immigration to US at their home in Worcester, England |
 | Truss Family
Back: Walter, Jessie, Clarie, George, Seated: Elsie, Ada James, Walter George, Nellie, Ground: Harry, Donald.
Truss Family portrait taken at Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY not long after their arrival in 1912. |
| Histories |
 | World War I Draft Registration Cards
PDF file - Contains the draft registration cards of 41 Tuers/Turse men, Truss, Holliday, Goodman, and Grangers known to the website administrator as of Dec 2005. |
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| Notes |
- WW I Draft Registration Card June 5, 1917 lists him as living at Bordell Ave, Mystic, CT working as a gardner and jobbing around in Mystic. He is described as of medium stature, slender, with grey eyes and brown hair. He served in the Merchant Marine during WWI.
He came to the United States in 1907, living with family in Brooklyn prior to moving to Mystic in 1914. He worked at Seasled Corp (West Mystic Shipyard) for 35 years managing the Paint Shop, and after retirement in 1960 worked at Mystic Seaport for 12 years.
An avid woodworker, he and Lydia ran the Loft Antique Shop at their home 90 Mistuxet Avenue, and George refinished antiques and built unique specialty items for sale at the shop, for his own amusement, and for the Mystic Congregational Church gift shop.
He was a member of the Mystic Encampment, International Order of Odd Fellows, and the Quiambaug Volunteer Fire Department. [3]
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| Sources |
- [S281] Certificate of Death.
- [S8] Truss Family Genealogy, Beverly Lathrop.
- [S280] George J Truss Obit.
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