Donald Alfred TRUSS

1906 - 1981  (74 years)

• 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]
  	Married by Rev. D. L. Hughes, father of Justice Charles Evans Hughes, at his home.
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elisabeth Ruth Maynard SCUSSEL,   d. 13 Sep 1992
  Married	12 Mar 1976	Broward, FL
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F131	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)
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1906 - Worcester, Worcestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Notes

  Donald Alfred Truss was partner with John R. Rincicotti and Major William Smyth in Mystic Shipyard. In 1939 Smyth came to Mystic Shipyard , 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Truss Family Genealogy, Beverly Lathrop.