 1906 - 1981 (74 years)
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| Name |
Donald Alfred TRUSS |
| Born |
14 Oct 1906 |
Worcester, Worcestershire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| OCCU |
Shipyard owner |
| Died |
22 Jul 1981 |
| Buried |
Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT |
| Person ID |
I186 |
The Turses |
| Last Modified |
31 Jul 2016 |
| 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 [1] |
| Notes |
Married:
- 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 2 |
Ruth Deming SCHAFFER, b. 1907, England , d. 23 Dec 1974 (Age 67 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Donald Deming TRUSS, b. 9 Nov 1933, New London, New London, CT , d. 1 Oct 1993, Ocala, FL (Age 59 years) |
| + | 2. David George TRUSS, b. 2 Oct 1937, New London, New London, CT , d. 13 Dec 2008, Ledyard, CT (Age 71 years) |
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| Last Modified |
28 Jun 2018 |
| Family ID |
F132 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 14 Oct 1906 - Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
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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. |
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| Notes |
- Donald Alfred Truss was partner with John R. Rincicotti and Major William Smyth in Mystic Shipyard. In 1939 Smyth came to Mystic Shipyard (formerly the Sea Sled Corporation), and by 1960 was president and general manager of the yard corporation. The yard was originally founded in 1843 under the name of Maxson, Fish and Co., however by the time the partners sold out their interest in 1971, Mystic Shipyard was essentially a yacht storage and repair facility.
He owned a Reo Touring car.
Alfred John Goodman was named, in part, after Donald. He owned a .22 caliber rifle that we now own. He had the rifle since he was a boy, and it was a hand-me-down to him.
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| Sources |
- [S8] Truss Family Genealogy, Beverly Lathrop.
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