Thursday, May 14, 2020

1864/1865 Payments on Behalf of Family in Robbinston, Maine, of Civil War Soldier Thomas Trimble; in 1860s/1870s Ledger of Financial Transactions of Robbinston


Thomas Trimble, age 19; then serving in Company A of the 31st Regiment; payments made in 1864 and 1865 on behalf of his family in Robbinston, Maine.  "enlisted Feb 26/64"

Found on numbered page 43 in a ledger of Robbinston, Maine, financial transactions from the mid 1860s to the 1870s.

Payments were made on behalf of:
  • William Trimble, age 54; father
  • Elizabeth Trimble, age 50; mother
  • Matilda Trimble, age 13; sister
  • William Henry Trimble, age 11; brother
  • Laura Trimble, age 9; sister
  • Lydia Trimble, age 6; sister

Thomas M. Trimble (1846-1914), son of William Trimble and Elizabeth (McCready) Trimble

1850 US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Thomas Trimble in home of his parents

1860 US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Thomas Trimble in home of his parents

1864-1865  Thomas' FindaGrave memorial notes that he enlisted January 13, 1864 and left service on 15 July 1865; was serving in Missouri at the time of discharge.

1870 US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Thomas Trimble, a mariner, in home of his parents

1872 - Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 - Intention to Marry:
  • Thomas Trimble and Miss Effie Robinson, both of Robbinston, Maine
  • notification of intention to marry on 1 October 1872
  • certificate given on 5 October 1872 by Cyrus Balkam, Town Clerk of Robbinston, Maine
1872 - Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 - Marriage
  • Thomas Trimble and Miss Effie Robinson, both of Robbinston, Maine
  • conducted by E. A. Turner on 5 October 1872 at Robbinston, Maine
  • registered by Town Clerk A. G. Buck

1880  US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Thomas Trimble and wife Effie in household of Thomas' parents

1890 - US Veterans Schedules - Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • living at 1 Lopez Street
  • "Salt [?] rheum from war"

1900  US Census of Cambridge, Massachusetts

1910  US Census of Cambridge, Massachusetts

1914 - Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 
  • living at time of death at 46 Kinnaird Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • date of death: 4 September 1914
  • cause of death: myocarditis, arterio sclerosis
  • age 68, 6 months, 9 days
  • born 26 February 1846 at Robbinston, Maine
  • married; a box maker
  • father: William Trimble, born in Ireland
  • mother: Elizabeth (McCready) Trimble, born in Ireland
  • informant: Jessie Trimble, 46 Kinnaird Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • buried 7 September 1914 in Cambridge Cemetery

1914  United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
  • address: 62 River Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

If you have information on the family of Thomas Trimble, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Did Thomas' wife Effie later go by the name Jessie or was Jessie a sister of Effie?

The ledger measures about 13" by 8" by 1/2" and contains entries for almost 50 families and many pages of other financial transactions. About half of the 178 numbered pages have entries. The ledger is missing its covers; the first page of what remains is shown below.


Soldiers and sailors listed in the ledger
  • The numbers in parentheses indicate specific pages in the ledger.
  • Many of the men listed below were born in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and may have returned to Canada after the War.  See the map below to see how close New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were, particularly in the Age of Sail.
  • If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The List, Alphabetized

Note: Robbinston is a town in Maine. St. Andrews Parish is across the mouth of the St. Croix River in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.  Google error.

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