Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Trumbauer, John
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Joe Patterson, Patricia Bastik & Susan Walters Dec 2009

Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township N-Z


   JOHN TRUMBAUER retired, P.O. Quakertown, was born in 
1808, in Rockhill township, this county.  Little is known of 
this aged man's parentage.  His grandfather lived to the age 
of 91 and he and his wife both died in the house which he 
built and where John Trumbauer now lives. Our subject's 
parents were John and Elizabeth (Baum), both deceased.  They 
were parents of five children, two of whom are deceased.  
In1843 our subject was married to Lydia, daughter of Michael 
and Lydia (Donahue) Sholl, of Montgomery county, Pa.  Their 
children were:  Henry S., born 1845; Milton S., 1848; 
Michael S., 1850; Levi S., 1853; Lydia A. S., 1855; Mary 
Elizabeth S., 1859; and Sarah Jane S., 1861.  For twelve 
years Mr. Trumbauer followed shoemaking; at the expiration 
of that time he married and moved to the farm where he now 
resides.  He is a member of the Lutheran church and a 
democrat.